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July 31, 2008

‘God sent us to help’
Duo with special needs now mobile
Driver who left boy alone no longer with WCPSS
Thieves make off with heavy metal
Fuel costs bump up electric rates

July 24, 2008

‘We’re No. 1’ — Rolesville retains title as fastest-growing town
Lynn recalled for duty as new fire chief
DA drops charges in fatal 2004 helicopter crash
Homecoming surprise for soldier
Rolesville high facing rocky road ahead
Restaurant robbed at gunpoint

July 17, 2008

Some flock to ‘urban farmer’ trend
Downtown revitalization director resigns
Eaton takes over Flextronics site
Machete attack leaves victim bloody
Greenways connection a hit with town

July 10, 2008

Harrison family gathers for 110th reunion
‘Everywhere we need to go’
Youngsville bike cop on the two-wheel beat
Robber strikes downtown
Wake Forest school to toe Franklin line

July 3, 2008

Bus service in gear Monday
Woman arrested for firing into home
Thief wields machete
Man attacked with pipe and bitten Town turns about-face on Quail Crossing

June 26, 2008

A garden party
Wake Forest seeing red, white and blue for annual July 4 festivities
New school’s cost, site draw officials’ fire
Sweeping changes ahead for downtown streetscape

June 19, 2008

Crenshaw Hall reborn
Wake board OKs 2.5-cent hike
Town, county wrestle with tax increases
WF-R repairs squeak by commissioners
Firefighters back from smoky battle

June 12, 2008

Having a ‘gazing’ ball
A penny for your tax rate
Desegregation revisited
Town to fire up natural gas engines
Man saves driver’s life

June 5, 2008

Students rewrite history in water balloon battle
He gave a life’s worth
Dead catfish cause concern at Falls Lake
The butterfly guy
More groceries in the bag

May 29, 2008

Rolesville reluctant to test reservoir waters
A homestead to remember
Family of daughters killed in chase files suit
Franklin budget squeezes schools
FC airport director resigns amid charges

May 22, 2008

Hot dogs, High Rock, brick masons, barbershops recalled
Traditions gets green light
Hospital still fighting to move
Leaders say ‘no fare’ to bus
Explosion at Duke claims Franklinton family man

May 15, 2008

Housing market down, but not out
Gang suspects charged in armed robbery
Public gets on board to map out bus route
Seminary student spotted with gun, arrested

May 8, 2008

Cockrell’s next destination: Six Sundays
Franklin voters say yes to bond
Court says year-round OK
Presidential aspirations
Crowd reacts to Clinton

May 1, 2008

New school hinges on Franklin vote
Brind’amour drops by
Hospital move blocked again
Time to Meet In The Street
Frustrations high about 98 Bypass

April 24, 2008

Still in demand: Forum focuses on where town needs to be
WF-R High repairs in the works
Franklin hospital trying to survive damaging report
Second man arrested in robbery, shooting
Live music venue may tune up downtown

April 17, 2008

Slave descendant uncovers Wake Forest roots
Two teens charged with animal cruelty
Wake Forest man arrested for murder
Worker falls to his death from tower
Bus service pulling into Wake Forest

April 10, 2008

Dan the Animal Man meets The Man
April showers bring eased water rules
Crash claims life of Rolesville third-grader
Baker’s bargain: manslaughter plea nets up to 5-year sentence
Fire chief steps down after two-year stint

April 3, 2008

Franklin County parents rail against student reassignment
Saturday night suplex
Town reels from double murder
Irrigation systems shut off?
Wake school construction hinges on budget battle
Rolesville nets record drug bust

March 27, 2008

Uneasy about reassignment
Businesses survive water surveys
Old park finding new life
Centennial plans take shape
FRMC loses CEO, could lose Medicaid payments

March 20, 2008

WHS again in search of coach
Legion bids farewell to old headquarters
Franklin reassignment hamstrung by old ruling
White-collar criminals strike
Thrown rocks raise ruckus
Drought closes town pool

March 13, 2008

Houses take a back seat
Tall truck, weather cut weekend power
County wants to pool water resources
Shooter caught, confesses
Special Olympics at starting line

March 6, 2008

Loch Ness, Bigfoot and now Wakefield’s white deer
Franklin County driven to lower DWI-death rate
Teen hits 18-wheeler head-on
Cop hits 100 to catch up with drag racers
Clerk shot in convenience store robbery

February 28, 2008

DuBois CDC plans fine arts center
Schools get creative to combat overcrowding
Child molester gets 40 years
Town may muffle shots with silencers
WF robbery spells end of brothers’ crime spree

February 21, 2008

Developer thinking big via ‘small projects’
$2.9 million golf course offer nixed
Foy cleared of assault, drug charges
Heritage and harmony
Gas station robbed at gunpoint

February 14, 2008

Green businesses queasy about new drought rules
Town tees up offer to buy golf course
Police nab suspect after car chase
Wakefield sections seared
Drought, winds spell double trouble

February 7, 2008

Criticized condos still in bloom
Police hunt for missing teen
Walking the line
Woman fends off would-be robber
After mayors’ plea, water rules tighten

January 31, 2008

WF couple has unexpected home delivery
Student busted for dealing on campus
Prestwicke resident tussles with police
Deputy fired, faces charges for gun theft
Bowling Green burning

January 24, 2008

Beauty in the midst of violence
Man suspected of raising dogs to fight
Residents sound off
Needed repairs run the gamut at WF-R
Pros, cons weighed at hospital public hearing

January 17, 2008

Drought tops town commissioners’ concerns
Coach arrested for attacks on patron, police
‘Do we have right to assign to year-round schools?’
Suspect caught after car and foot chase
And don’t come back …

January 10, 2008

Suspension of Rolesville EMS chief seen as badgering
Teens arrested for racing
Kids’ trip here proves filling
Pedestrian killed by Franklin County deputy
Boys & Girls Club ransacked

January 3, 2008

After population surge to 25,000, slowing down may take longer
Franklinton chase ends in arrest
Holidays turn bloody for 2 WF men
Parents sue over son wrongly declared dead

December 27, 2007

‘Joe B’ honors hometown in song
Boy’s spirits brightened by white Christmas
Shopping center plans draw ire
21 cracked on drug charges
Wake Forest legend Tommy Byrne dies

December 20, 2007

Merry Christmas, Rolesville Elementary!
Suspected corner store pill-dispenser arrested
Grinch steals Christmas tree
After-school worker arrested for indecency with 10-year-old
Suspect sought in midday bank robbery

December 13, 2007

Gingerbread houses a ‘rite of passage’
Paying through the hose
Facelift sought for WF-R High
Meeting on the mall
911 tape reveals details of fatal police chase

December 6, 2007

Christmas spirit shipped out to Ft. Bragg
Furr is Citizen of the Year
Chickenpox outbreak strikes Franklin County
Town looking for answers
Witnesses say Ayscue a wreck waiting to happen

November 29, 2007

Falls Lake level reaches record low
Car wash will have to wait
Golf course homeowners file suit
A different kind of birthday party
Suspect flees at 107 mph

November 21, 2007

Survey to redraw county line may relocate 66 lots
Residents sound off on making town better
Fleeing suspects crash into home
Rex joins plan to lure hospital to Youngsville

November 15, 2007

Wake Forest pushing for more severe conservation
Benson, Wheeler exchange to augment Falls Lake supply
Voters spoke ‘with a 2-by-4’
Consultant to town: impact fees justified
Uptown plan boasts hotel, ballroom, shopping

November 08, 2007

Reward offered for home invasion info
240 grams seized from suspected pot dealers
‘By any means necessary’
‘Wall-Creekers’ help shape Rolesville board
Voters choose ‘100-percent change’

November 01, 2007

Mill Village pulls out all stops to host 100th birthday bash Saturday
Short of rain, experts stress conservation
Finance reports show campaign supporters
Up, up and away
Driver ignores warnings, tasered twice

October 25, 2007

Youngsville teens drawn to fire dept.
New blood wanted for junior firefighting squad
A $200 lesson learned
Rolesville school land back on table
Police stumble upon accused molester

October 18, 2007

Town Board: Raleigh too ‘chicken’ to get tough on water
Spot picked for Rolesville P.O.
Candidates stand up
Water tap tightened further
Rolesville grows on Averette Farms

October 11, 2007

Taliaferro to call for runoff in Wakefield race
Man charged in attack on wife
Youngsville plant closing cuts 700 jobs
Only 107 days of water left
Candidates trade barbs at forum

October 4, 2007

City workers busted in scrap metal scheme
NE neighbors grill town board candidates
Four nabbed in prostitution arrest
Rolesville school land at center of Wake, Raleigh feud
Residents again fight sale of golf course

September 27, 2007

Wake Forest Birthplace gets OK to break ground
Man killed crossing U.S. 1 at N.C. 56
Franklinton man held for shooting
IDLE COURTS
Principal pleads for sidewalk after child hit

September 20, 2007

Mission Quake hopes to shake volunteers to act
School board candidates face off
Suspected con man set free
Feeling disconnected
Youngsville teen shot; four arrested

September 13, 2007

Artists swing open their doors for tour this weekend
Friend’s death inspires yellow ribbon campaign
Village voices still echo
Suspect leads police on side-street chase
Parking dispute turns into Border war

September 6, 2007

Pottery Fest takes shape
Sex-oriented businesses put on hold
Canine cops make collars
DuBois campus becomes a student project
Look of Legion building draws complaints

August 30, 2007

Tommy Byrne Day to honor Yankees star, former mayor
Old Franklinton High to become middle school
Questions abound in fire’s wake
McPhauls get first look at repaired home
Rolesville residents protest 800 more homes

August 23, 2007

Youngsville, WF plan may be grounded by Raleigh
‘A good place to slow down’
Foy claims innocence; files charges
Devastating fire strikes neighborhood — again

August 16, 2007

Who needs TV show when you’ve got neighbors?
More parking spots lost near WF-RHS
Club bus stops dropped
Arson suspected in 2 fires
Best-laid plans put off

August 9, 2007

Dining and shopping options expand again
Coffee shop, wine bar (even ice cream) head downtownr
Wake Forest gets a little greener
WFE magnet status to fade out by 2010-11
Mother decries short sentence in Wakefield death

August 2, 2007

Arid summer has tobacco gasping for life
Powerball Paid Off For Her
Music, family fun to spark downtown nightlife
Hospital’s move to Youngsville halted
Neighborhood mourns 6-year-old drowning victim

July 26, 2007

Sprinklers spray despite restrictions
Hospital’s future hangs in balance
Woman claims father used her for child porn
Disabled couple stuck with botched repair job
8 crowd race for 3 seats

July 19, 2007

Tale of two houses: The one that got away
Long drive nears end: college comes closer
Armed robber targeting Hispanics
A powerful protest
Autopsy reveals grisly murder

July 12, 2007

Youth line up to serve their town
Tale of two houses: Lake home spared
Dollars trimmed on new town hall
New school opens amid construction
Future rides on OK’d plan

July 5, 2007

Town’s first dog park opens as howling success
‘Agitated’ driver chases and rams car
Water tap reaching cap
Shots fired into SUV
Neighbors vigilant after abduction attempt

June 28, 2007

Firefighters douse discontent over site of future station
Neighbors block DOT’s axe
Recent grads busted for school vandalisml
Wake Forest ready to get star-spangled Families rally for school’s magnet status

June 21, 2007

Heart-to-heart: mom’s death opens eyes
New piano is key to smiles at senior centerl
Chase hits 122 mph on 1A, Capital
Mayor Kelly caps decades of service

June 14, 2007

Family: ‘We found the body. We found Jason’
Rolesville rallies to aid house fire victims
Swift lights fire under board
Gang signs mark Franklin County
Chamber’s new executive director lured away from Morrisville

June 7, 2007

Fire chief: more stations, manpower ‘needed yesterday’
Body indentified as man missing since November
Robbed at gunpoint
Family contends police not trying to find son
Fire erupts across Rolesville houses

May 31, 2007

Love triangle triggers shootout
Parents try to save WFES magnet status
Two caught trying to burn school
Veterans, residents honor those who sacrificed all
Latchkey arrests up to officer’s discretion

May 24, 2007

Relay sets records in fight vs. cancer
15-year-old arrested for raping another teen
High school to welcome class of ’57
Kids left to wander
A neighborhood success story

May 17, 2007

Youngsville party makes splash Saturday with The Embers
Computer repair leads to child porn arrest
Crash claims 17-year-old driver
Water use restricted
Village-sized development OK’d

May 10, 2007

Parents get input on year-round moves
Women accused in four assaults
Stuck on you
Battle brewing over Shorty’s at WFU
Vandals strike Jones Dairy Elementary

May 3, 2007

10,000 to 12,000 expected to Meet in the Street
Holding Village hurdles planning board
Ex-con caught in downtown dragnet
Ambulance negotiations resuscitated
A garden parting

April 26, 2007

Year-round schools lawsuit in judge’s hands
Town: Hospital cut in line at hearing
Congregation’s days numbered as club buys church
Woman arrested after girl, 5, left in childcare van two hours
Helping shape the future

April 19, 2007

Two students report being followed home from school
19-year-old nabbed for Fidelity robbery
Old to New run revived by college’s first frat
63 laid off in Nomaco shutdown
Hospital plans hotly debated

April 11, 2007

How soon will heat, usage tap water supply?
Bank robbed at gunpoint
Hospital progress slowed in Wakefield
Baby born in backseat
Arts festival blooms in Youngsville

April 5, 2007

Firemen recall search in smoky home
Facing cut by county, Rolesville truck first on scene
Questions create Holding pattern
Plans afoot to keep U.S. 1 moving
Farmers’ market growing, returning this weekend

March 29, 2007

Tree city’s ordinance still lacks teeth
Grieving mom says second ambulance badly needed
A neighborhood in transition
Downtown mural to reflect history
Turning church into museum rankles congregation

March 22, 2007

Mom: ‘It hurts the same every day’
More teens charged for drinking
Downtown desperately seeking new life
Rep. Allen opposes hospital move
100 years of love, laughter and the Lord

March 15, 2007

Rex medical center, health plazas prescribed
Six more arrests tied to fatal crash
YMCA set to open at The Factory
Yes, no, maybe on FRMC move
Effort renews to keep historic Lake home afloat

March 8, 2007

WF may get own Triangle Town Center
Plaza now plausible
NE neighbors begin to gel
Slew of restaurants set for town’s menu

March 1, 2007

Franklinton abuzz over Bush’s visit
Overpasses for U.S. 1 on road wish list
Inventors keep on electric trucking
With help, a home rises from the ashes
Wake Weekly wins 12 state press awards

February 22, 2007

President to visit Franklinton
High school hopes students Wake Up
Youngsville’s own tops charts
Pope part of Wake Forest downtown’s history
Retired store owner reflects on desegregation

February 15, 2007

Schools move on year-round plan
High-rent tent district
Fleming steps down
Remembering WF’s first black commissioner
Digging into town hall design details

February 08, 2007

Hospital looks for cure in Youngsville
School board sticks to year-round plan
Driveway dispute leads to knife fight
Struggle marked school days
Town moves toward widening South Main Street

February 01, 2007

NE neighborhood ‘left behind’
WF family loses home to fire
Reassignment plan tweaked
Black, white worked as one to save lives
County proposes another bond vote

January 25, 2007

Citizens to get peek at new town hall
ABC license lost over sales to teens
Living the dream a challenge
Sign brings recognition to a town that was
Hinzman pleads down charge

January 18, 2007

Student noted for focus, talent
Deli briefly smoked out
Bumpy roads, safety top survey
Marchers urged to continue Dr. King’s cause
Sibling charged in stabbing

January 11, 2007

Move to cut back on year-round conversions stuns education leaders
Undaunted, school board presents proposal to shift 11,000 students
The Corner sold to history buffs
Man’s throat slashed in fight at club
I-540 ready for traffic Tuesday

January 4, 2007

Development clears hurdle
HGTV may shine its spotlight here
WF man charged with embezzlement
Sheriff getting tough on domestic violence
Hang on to your pocketbooks: police in search of brazen thief

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