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YOUNGSVILLE -- The State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash -- the result of a high-speed chase that began in Wake Forest and ended outside of Youngsville.
According to Wake Forest authorities, police stopped the vehicle that Marcus Richardson was driving at about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday because a check revealed the owner's driver's license had expired.

LOUISBURG -- The Franklin County Board of Commissioners on Monday awarded bids that will outfit 41 new vehicles for the sheriff's office, animal control and emergency services.
The board also delayed a vote on a zoning request.

LOUISBURG -- It was a night of very routine business for the Louisburg Town Council on Monday with only two items on the unusually brief agenda.
First, the council agreed to make Jonathan Franklin, town administrator, the town's representative to the ElectriCities Board of Commissioners -- and named assistant administrator Ray Patterson as the alternate and town planner Tony King as the second alternate.

Full name: Carolyn J. Thompson
Age: 50
Occupation: Resident Superior Court Judge
Marital Status: Married

Full name: Cindy Lou King Sturges
Age: 47
Occupation: Attorney
Marital status: Married to Boyd Sturges

Full name: Mitchell Glenn Styers
Age: 48
Occupation: Attorney
Marital status: Married

Full name: Bobbie J. Richardson, House Democratic Minority Whip
Age: 68
Occupation: Retired educator
Marital status: Single

Full name: Lisa Stone Barnes
Age: 52
Occupation: Self-employed in agribusiness
Marital status: Married

Full name: Kent Winstead
Age: 52
Occupation: Sheriff
Marital status: Married

Full name: Jerry Wayne Jones
Age: 59
Occupation: Former Franklin County Sheriff and Agriculture services
Marital status: Married (Wife Peggy Wrenn Jones)