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Franklin Co. Public Schools to Remain Closed Until After September 7, Board Decides
ROCKY MOUNT – Franklin County Public Schools School Board votes to move start of 2020-2021…
Billy Wayne Yopp
Billy Wayne Yopp, age 81 of Rocky Mount died Monday, July 20, 2020. Surviving are…
Billy Joe “Mighty Whitey” Davis Sr.,
Billy Joe “Mighty Whitey” Davis Sr., age 66 of Rocky Mount, passed away Friday, July…
Ulis Noel Chitwood
Ulis Noel Chitwood, age 96 of Rocky Mount died Thursday, July 16, 2020. He was…
Online Fundraiser Set Up For the Two Victims of Monday’s Shooting in Henry
HENRY – A GoFundMe page has been set up for the two men who were…
Three Arrested in Fatal Henry Shooting
HENRY – The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department says they arrested three suspects in a shooting…
Wanda Thompson
Wanda June Lester Thompson, age 70 of Hardy died Friday, July 10, 2020. She was…
Nancy Louise Goehring
Nancy Louise Goehring, 88, of Hardy, Virginia passed away at her home on Thursday, July…
Susie Ann Crum Hodges
Susie Ann Crum Hodges, age 75 of Rocky Mount passed away on Tuesday, July 7,…