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Racing may have led to crash that killed middle school student

YOUNGSVILLE -- According to court records, a 16-year-old accused of causing a wreck that killed a 12-year-old may have been racing at the time of the wreck.
And, he told authorities that he received a ticket the day before the fatal crash for going 95 mph in a 55-mph zone.
Franklin County school system staff confirmed that Cedar Creek Middle School student Madison Camptella, 12, died from injuries sustained in the evening wreck on May 23.


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Franklinton leaders called out for state of its roads
Franklinton leaders called out for state of its roads

FRANKLINTON -- Town officials took the first step toward keeping cut-through traffic off a main town artery.
At the same meeting, residents asked staff and officials to take even more steps to improve traffic and roads in town.
During the board's May 16 meeting, officials adopted a resolution removing the U.S. 1-Alternate designation from the more than 2.5 miles of Main Street that runs from U.S. 1 near Lindsay Precast, north to U.S. 1 at Mann Street.


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Deputies honored for making some life-saving measures
Dep. Avery Wilder and Sheriff Kevin White
Deputies honored for making some life-saving measures

LOUISBURG -- Six months into his tenure as sheriff, Kevin White hosted an awards and promotion ceremony that he hopes to make an annual event.
"... As a long-standing deputy sheriff, I recognize the vital role these deputies perform in our communities, daily," White said from inside the Franklin Plaza Training Room filled with deputies, first responders, their families and friends.
"It brings me a large amount of pride to see these outstanding individuals being honored," he said.


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A Franklinton woman and her dog die in house fire

FRANKLINTON -- Franklin County authorities continue to investigate a house fire that claimed the life of a woman and her dog.
Franklin County Sheriff Kevin White identified the woman as Bertha Crudup, 81, of 12 Harris Way -- east of Franklinton.
According to authorities, deputies responded to the home before 10 p.m. on May 25 to find it fully engulfed in flames.
Family and neighbors advised them that a woman -- later identified as Crudup -- was trapped inside.


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Louisburg T-Ball standout Kennedy Burnette


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