/tags/franklin-county Franklin County en-US Copyright Fri, 10 May 2024 15:35:25 GMT /education/2024-05-10/franklin-county-nc-budget-school-librarians One of North Carolina's fastest-growing counties could get rid of school librarians, due to budget issues. Fri, 10 May 2024 15:35:25 GMT /education/2024-05-10/franklin-county-nc-budget-school-librarians Bradley George /politics/2023-08-15/nc-appeals-court-louisburg-confederate-monument-removal The N.C. Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit against the town of Louisburg's decision to move its Confederate monument. Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:23:36 GMT /politics/2023-08-15/nc-appeals-court-louisburg-confederate-monument-removal Colin Campbell /arts-culture/2023-06-23/louisburg-residents-restore-local-movie-theater-franklin A group that wants to preserve the former Louisburg Theater has the attention of Franklin County officials. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:26:27 GMT /arts-culture/2023-06-23/louisburg-residents-restore-local-movie-theater-franklin Sharryse Piggott /news/2021-01-08/residents-in-alamance-franklin-counties-experience-long-wait-times-to-get-vaccinated As some places in North Carolina enter the next phase of COVID vaccinations, people who are wanting to get vaccinated are experiencing long wait… Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:07:31 GMT /news/2021-01-08/residents-in-alamance-franklin-counties-experience-long-wait-times-to-get-vaccinated Naomi P. Brown, Jason deBruyn /sports/2018-06-25/from-football-to-the-farm-field-meet-jason-brown When he first started playing football, Jason Brown saw it as a business decision. He wanted to get a scholarship to college so that he would not be a… Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:06:30 GMT /sports/2018-06-25/from-football-to-the-farm-field-meet-jason-brown Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-06-25/from-football-to-the-farm-field-meet-jason-brown When he first started playing football, Jason Brown saw it as a business decision. He wanted to get a scholarship to college so that he would not be a… Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:06:30 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-06-25/from-football-to-the-farm-field-meet-jason-brown Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /education/2015-12-01/in-franklin-county-federal-court-orders-keep-schools-desegregated Over the last couple of decades, many of North Carolina’s public schools have become increasingly segregated. But in Franklin County, it’s a different… Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:26:29 GMT /education/2015-12-01/in-franklin-county-federal-court-orders-keep-schools-desegregated Reema Khrais /education/2015-11-30/remembering-the-fight-for-school-desegregation-in-franklin-county Franklin County Public Schools are one of a handful of districts in the state bound by court desegregation orders. The federal orders are what helps keeps… Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:21:08 GMT /education/2015-11-30/remembering-the-fight-for-school-desegregation-in-franklin-county Reema Khrais /business-economy/2014-07-15/psnc-considers-historic-barns-gravesites-in-new-pipeline-route PSNC Energy is taking feedback from property owners about plans to lay a natural gas pipeline. The company wants to extend an existing transmission line… Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:15:12 GMT /business-economy/2014-07-15/psnc-considers-historic-barns-gravesites-in-new-pipeline-route Rebecca Martinez