CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
LOUISBURG -- Races for the school board were set and a long-time incumbent solidified his party's nomination for a county commission seat during Tuesday night's primary.
Election results become official next week.
Incumbent School Board members in District 1, District 5 and at-large District 7 all made the top two slots to move on to the general election in November, but newcomers Scott Graham (1,066), Jonathan Vanderford (827) and Jennifer Paylor (4,024) all took top-vote honors...
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
LOUISBURG -- A half a dozen suspects arrested on child sex abuse charges are slated to next appear in court today.
Franklin County sheriff's deputies and agents with the State Bureau of Investigation executed search warrants last week, arresting Cody Dale Blasiman, James Edward Onofrio, Jairo Rangel Flores, Salvador Joseph Galaviz II, William Erik Manning, and Daniel Joe Mabe.
According to available arrest reports, the suspects are from Youngsville, Franklinton and Louisburg.
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
LOUISBURG -- One person was killed in a wreck that shut down U.S. 401, and another person was injured in a separate wreck that cut power to 450 Duke Energy customers, while shutting down N.C. 39.
Both accidents happened within an hour of each other on Monday.
According to the State Highway Patrol, Fermin Rodriguez, 61, of Apex, was traveling south on U.S. 401 near Bennett Perry Road when he attempted to pass a vehicle at about 3 p.m.
Instructor Laura Costa with the Youngsville Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), right, Youngsville Firefighter Kyle Bolton, second from right, and CERT member Alisa King left, take two community members through CPR training.
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
LOUISBURG -- More than 100 Franklin County residents took a hands-on approach to lifesaving.
About four years ago, the Duke Clinical Research Institute, in partnership with EMS agencies and other first responding communities across the state, began a trial called RACE CARS, RAndomized Cluster Evaluation of Cardiac ARrest Systems.
Essentially, partners focused on three intervention goals:
An original grain-painted interior door at Oak Grove
Maury York, Special to The Times
Introduction
This is the third and final installment of a three-part series pertaining to Dr. Peter S. Foster, a beloved country doctor whose antebellum home, Oak Grove, located near Ingleside, has been lovingly maintained by the family since its construction. The current owners are Bill and the late Aileen Harris, who were generous in sharing their knowledge of the Foster family and their homeplace.
Janet Taylor, Dr. Al Sayles, Tasha Hatten, Jayne Kearney, Paige Sayles, Ken McGhee & Sheila Allers
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