COMMUNITY NEWS

FRANKLINTON -- Two people were killed and two others suffered serious injuries in a three-vehicle wreck on Monday.
Stephanie Lapointe, 31, of Louisburg, and Charles Hicks, 75, of Franklinton, were killed in the wreck.
According to a report by Trooper I. Al-wadei, Lapointe was traveling east on N.C. 56, about half a mile west of Green Hill Road, when she crossed the center line in the car she was driving just before 7 p.m.

HOLLISTER -- A Louisburg man was killed in a logging truck accident last week.
According to the State Highway Patrol, Charlie Tharrington III, 55, was traveling along N.C. 43 near Rosser Road in Halifax County when he lost control of the logging truck he was driving on April 18.
Just after 9 a.m., the vehicle ran off the road to the right, struck a ditch in a culvert and overturned, sending logs from the truck.

LOUISBURG -- Six years after being demoted from a commission to an advisory capacity, the board that makes recommendations on airport operations still doesn't have a set of bylaws.
Franklin County management said the document that will detail the scope or their work and guide their actions is coming in May.

Special Olympics Local Coordinator Oliver Greene gets the teams ready to go.

Greene and county Parks and Recreation Program Coordinator Brett Garrett coordinate activities.

Louisburg Magnet High Principal Tonya Treadway gets competitors ready to go.

William Evans gives a mighty heave during the event.