YOUNGSVILLE -- A tandem tractor-trailer accident Thursday morning shut down half of one of the county's major north-south corridors. No injuries were reported, though. According to Trooper D.J. Ball, Charles Alexander, 43, of Kannapolis, was hauling two Rooms To Go trailers north on U.S. 1 when he ran off the road just north of Bert Winston Road.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Bettie Van Williams, age 77, who died on Tuesday, March 31, will be held 11 a.m. on Saturday April 4, at Mitchell Baptist Church in Louisburg with the Rev. Daniel Lilly, officiating.