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LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Diana "Dee-Xclusive" Edgerton, 23, who died Saturday, March 26, will be held Saturday, April 2, at 2 p.m. at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg, with the Rev. Randolph Alston officiating.

NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Beulah R. Harrison, 87, who died Monday, March 28, 2016, will be held Sunday, April 3, at 1 p.m. at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Nashville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Keisha Lenique Wilder Livingston, 36, who died Saturday, March 26, 2016, will be held Friday, April 1, at 2 p.m. at Perry's Missionary Baptist Church in Centerville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

CASTALIA - Funeral services for Ernestine "Hester" Mitchell Richardson, 76, who died Monday, March 28, 2016, will be held Saturday, April 2, at 11 a.m. at Luther's Chapel Holiness Church in Castalia, with Elder Sarah Brake officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery.

LOUISBURG - Lillie M. Freeman, 73, died Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at 350 Hospice Circle, Raleigh. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 29, at St. Paul Presbyterian Church, Louisburg, Burial followed in the Cemetery on the Hill in Louisburg.

FRANKLINTON - Funeral services for Eula Mae Harris, 82, who died Saturday, March 26, will be held Thursday, March 31, at 2 p.m. at Kinches Chapel Christian Church, with the Rev. Willie Nixon III officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

FRANKLINTON-- Funeral services for Mary Branch, 90, who died Thursday, March 24, 2016, will be held Wednesday, March 30, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

CASTALIA - Ann Thorne Colbert, 71, died Thursday afternoon, March 24, 2016. A graveside service was held Saturday, March 26, at Red Bud Baptist Church Cemetery.

LOUISBURG -- With aid from state and federal authorities, Franklin County sheriff's deputies continue their manhunt this week for a suspect in a triple homicide.
Authorities allege Darius Revel Robinson shot and killed Keisha Livingston, 36, and Diana Edgerton, 23, of Louisburg, and Malik Harris, of LaGrange, inside a Harris Road home the afternoon of March 26.
Authorities allege Robinson, 24, shot at a fourth person, but she was not hit by gunfire.

LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Jahmar'i Nicholson, age 3, who died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, will be held Thursday, March 31, at 1 p.m. at Walnut Grove Baptist Church in Louisburg, with Dr. Timothy Walker officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

LOUISBURG - Willie James "Howard" Evans, 59, died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Transition Hospice Home in Cary. Funeral services were held Thursday, March 24, at New Liberty Baptist Church, Louisburg, with the Rev. Jamil Crosson officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County commissioners approved a master plan that will guide development of a long-awaited park.
If all goes well, construction on the more than half million dollar park could begin next spring and it'd be ready for fun and fishing in the fall of 2017.
Rachel Cotter, project manager for the McAdams group, the firm the county hired to develop the park, said they're getting closer to fulfilling the last will and testament of Louisburg businessman Edgar Owens.

Lucy and Henry Sosobee of Youngsville are all smiles as they get their picture taken with the Easter Bunny. Egg hunts, face painting and photo ops were part of the fun during the Friends of the Youngsville Library Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday.

LOUISBURG -- A three-year-old died Tuesday after being hit by a car.
According to the State Highway Patrol, a woman was driving a Chevy passenger car south near the 300 block of E. River Road when the child, identified as Jahmari Nicholson, ran out into the road.
According to emergency scanner traffic, the impact knocked Nicholson into the ditch during the accident that was reported at about 3:55 p.m.

LOUISBURG -- Even though Louisburg's sewage treatment plant received straight "A's" in a recent inspection, the town council on Monday night agreed to start looking around for grant money to improve it.
The "A" grades came from the North Carolina Department of Water Resources which recently inspected the plant and determined that the facility was functioning properly in all of the areas where inspections were applicable. Categories ranged from "housekeeping" issues to permitting, maintenance and mechanical operations.

YOUNGSVILLE -- A new nonprofit in Franklin County will develop programs and initiatives for the hungry and will focus on supporting existing food pantries as well as developing cooperative networking through grants and transportation, production and distribution to the people here who need food.
Feeding Franklin Inc. -- recently approved as a federal tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit and established corporation through the N.C. Secretary of State's office -- will operate out of Youngsville.

LOUISBURG -- Doing a double-take around the Justice Community lately has become commonplace at Cypress Hall Farms.
There has been a recent two-time recognition of excellence in local agriculture, innovation, leadership and agribusiness - one on a state level and the other just last week in Washington, D.C., March 15, on National Ag Day, from a pool of more than 1,000 farmers.

Louisburg's Alejandro Rivera

LOUISBURG -- Authorities are looking for suspects they allege are responsible for break-ins reported in three jurisdictions.
At a quarter to 8 a.m. on March 21, Louisburg police responded to an emergency alarm at Johnny's BBQ on N.C. 56 to find a side door compromised.
Louisburg Police Chief Rick Lassiter said evidence suggests that two suspects were involved and one went inside and looked around, but nothing was reported missing or stolen.

I'm going to take a little time to dig through the recipe box and come up with an acceptable way to prepare crow.
It appears that I'm due to dine on one of those critters, not exactly an unusual occurrence for those who write opinion pieces, by the way.
This time it's a little different. This time it's for something I didn't write!
You may have noticed we've been pretty silent about those new North Carolina election laws that require everyone to show valid ID to cast a ballot.

At the root of a surprising number of problems is a failure to adequately communicate.
Sounds simple ... but it's not.
It is that failure to adequately communicate -- in both ways -- that is contributing to a growing problem in Franklin County that will "blossom" into the news, probably in late May or early June, just as it always does.

Anyone who has kept up with a news outlet, a Facebook timeline or a Twitter feed lately can tell you one thing: there seems to be an increase in the reports of teachers taking indecent liberties with students.
What's most troubling, according to focused investigation by USA Today Network, is that educators found guilty of such abuses in Wisconsin are not doing hard time.

The radicals in Raleigh are faced with the very real possibility -- though far from a certainty -- that they will lose the Governorship in November.
It is extremely likely that they will retain super-majorities in both chambers. (Sorry to disappoint many of my friends and I sincerely hope I am incorrect).
Their dilemma is how to retain a stranglehold on the state without benefit of control of the Executive branch?
Radical right "think tanks" have the answer.