COMMUNITY NEWS

YOUNGSVILLE -- Youngsville officials and staff will soon begin their hunt for a new police chief.
Daren Kirts retired from that post, abruptly, on June 5 after submitting a letter to Town Administrator Phillip Cordeiro.
"We were going to announce it at the [June 13] board meeting and thank him for his service to the community," Cordeiro said last week.

LOUISBURG -- Two people were rushed to the hospital, one by land, the other by air, following a two-vehicle spinning crash on Monday.
According to Trooper J.T. Southerland, Jerlean Alston, 57, of Castalia, was heading east on N.C. 56 near Leonard Farm Road when the 2006 Jeep Liberty she was driving hydroplaned just before 2 p.m.

LOUISBURG -- The Franklin County Board of Elections will hold two educational seminars about voter photo identification requirements.
The first is slated for Thursday, June 20, at 6 p.m. at Cedar Creek Middle School in the cafetorium.
The address is 2228 Cedar Creek Road, Youngsville.

SAN ANTONIO -- U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Luke T. Gabbert graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
Gabbert completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

The Taekwondo Grandmasters Society recently hosted its 14th Annual Hall of Fame Award event in Chicago, IL. The event was held at Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare and attracted over 300 masters and grandmasters from across the country. The organization honored 10 grandmasters for their lifetime dedication to the art of Taekwondo and their teaching.

KITTRELL -- A Vance County man died in a single vehicle wreck in Franklin County last Saturday -- just 3 miles shy of his home.
Charles Franklin Stone, 62, died at the hospital as a result of injuries sustained in the single-vehicle wreck.
According to a report by Trooper D.J. Ball, Stone was driving a 2002 Chevy Silverado west on Rocky Ford Road just before 5 p.m. on June 8 when he rounded a curve and ran off the road to the right.