COMMUNITY NEWS

The Franklin County Economic Development Commission is slated to meet today, electing leadership, learning more about COVID-19's impact on business and getting an update on the county's hubsite.
The virtual meeting will take place via Zoom.

LOUISBURG -- The Franklin County Board of Commissioners moved forward with an agreement that would give them another water supply in case of an emergency.
The agreement, said Assistant County Manager Kim Denton, would do just that.
The agreement does not supplement the county's normal allocation of water it needs to meet demands on the system caused by residential and business growth.

FRANKLINTON -- Sheriff's deputies have charged a Franklinton man in a shooting that sent someone to the hospital.
Franklin County sheriff's deputies charged Jaquan Sebastian Allen, 28, with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and assault by pointing a gun.

A LOT HAS CHANGED in the last 12 months -- and the long-awaited Louisburg High School Athletic Complex is nearing completion. A year ago, at a tree-covered site just west of the Allen Lane-Wilder Street intersection, convenient to Louisburg High School, officials broke ground on what has become a roughly $6.5 million athletic complex. At the time, the contractor, Daniels and Daniels of Goldsboro, predicted that there could be "cleats on the ground" by late fall of this year and the facility will be ready, although whether it will be used is uncertain because of another unknown, the COVID-19 virus.

YOUNGSVILLE -- Sheriff's deputies arrested a Youngsville man they allege pulled a man from a car and assaulted him.
Brion Jemod Brodie, 46, was charged with assault inflicting serious bodily injury, sending the 19-year-old to the hospital, witnesses said.
Brodie was also charged with second degree kidnapping and assault by strangulation in an unrelated matter that was revealed during the investigation.