COMMUNITY NEWS

LOUISBURG -- Maria Parham Franklin has been open for about four months, seeing patient visits above their projections.
That prompted them to open a multi-specialty clinic that offers primary care seven days a week.
And, they're on schedule to build and open a 20-bed behavioral health unit.

LOUISBURG -- A year later, a Franklin County death remains a bit of a mystery.
Emergency crews were called out to 110 Ricks Road on Feb. 8, 2018 to find 46-year-old Tammara Kinney dead.
A recliner was turned over. And, there was a lot of blood in the kitchen.
Investigators suspected a struggle took place and proceeded to investigate the matter as a homicide.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County sheriff's deputies arrested a man on child sex charges.
On Feb. 7, authorities executed a search warrant which resulted in the arrest of Jason Hoyt Cash and the levy of nine counts of second degree exploitation of a minor.

YOUNGSVILLE -- A fire at a Youngsville salvage yard sent a man to the burn center.
His injuries were not life-threatening.
Youngsville firefighters responded to R. Stroud's Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling the afternoon of Feb. 7 to find flames coming from a back area of the shop where vehicles are disassembled.

LOUISBURG -- An accidental fire damaged a home off East River Road, but no injuries were reported.
Louisburg firefighters were dispatched to 770 East River Road at about 4:15 p.m. on Saturday and, upon arrival, discovered heavy smoke coming from the attic of a home on Alston Acres, which sits just off East River Road.

LOUISBURG -- Ronnie Tanner Vick's parents said they've been serving a life sentence since their son, Tanner Vick, was killed in a January 2017 hit and run.
On Feb. 1, the woman authorities allege was responsible for the tragedy was sentenced to five years in prison.
Superior Court Judge Josephine K. Davis upheld a plea agreement first heard on Jan. 7 when Feild pled guilty to felony death by motor vehicle and felony hit and run.