Thursday, May 29, 2025
A lineman from Wake Forest won top honors at a statewide conference of electric systems professionals in Rocky Mount earlier this month. Hugo Mier, who works for Wake Forest Power, was the first-place overall winner at the 2025 NC Association of Municipal Electric Systems Lineman’s Rodeo held May 15 in...
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is providing guidance to livestock owners on methods to protect their animals from becoming prey to black bears. Black bears tend to consume a mostly plant-based diet and are attracted to livestock feed, such as grains and corn. However, they are omnivores and opportunists and...
A fishing derby in Franklin County is one of the events being held throughout North Carolina as the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and its partners participate in National Fishing and Boating Week, held the first week of June each year. The Lake Royale Kid’s Fishing Derby is being held in Louisburg June 7. The Fintastic...
Wake County’s Solid Waste and Recycling Division is encouraging residents to take advantage of alternative options to dispose of their household hazardous waste. On Jan. 22, a fire caused irreparable damage to the main storage building at the North Wake Household Hazard Waste Facility, located at 9037 Deponie Drive in...
The Wendell town board voted unanimously Tuesday night to adopt a budget for next fiscal year. The budget allocates $58,586,493 for municipal expenditures for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and retains a property tax rate of 42 cents per $100 of assessed property value. It also calls for creating seven new...
The Falls Lake Academy Firebirds opened the first round of the 1A state softball playoffs with a 5-1 win over the Wake Prep Guardians May 6. Wake Prep looked poised to score first inning with Emma Chambers smacking a double and reaching third on Emmy...
The Franklin Academy Patriots soccer program remained undefeated with a 9-0 win over Super Six conference rival Falls Lake Academy. The April 25 contest found the 1A Firebirds a little short handed against one of the top 2A teams in the state, but Falls Lake...
The Falls Lake Academy Firebirds hammered out 14 hits while starting pitcher, Wynterlee Glenn, allowed just three hits in the 11-0 win over the Wake Prep Guardians on April 2. Glenn worked six innings in the circle for Falls Lake Academy. She faced 23 batters...
Two of the top teams in the 1A division battled on the pitch April 2. The Wake Prep Guardians, ranked in eighth place in the 1A division, and the Falls Lake Academy High School Firebirds, ranked fourth in the 1A classification, put on a defensive...
Wakefield cheerleading added the largest trophy yet to its trophy case last week, winning the national competition in Dallas after having claimed both county and state championships. The team from Wakefield won the top prize in the intermediate co-ed varsity category. It beat out nine...
The Wake Forest Cougars used a strong second half offensive showing to defeat the Franklinton Red Rams 62-39 in the South Granville Holiday Invitational Dec. 31. Palmer Chase, listed as a six-foot-five-inch center, dropped a 3-pointer to set the tone for the Cougars offense. Juel...
When was the last time both Republicans and Democrats voted to pass a state budget? It happened last week when the N.C. House passed its two-year budget. Twenty-seven Democrats voted...
All we Democrats knew Joe Biden was a good man, but too old to run for a second term. When we saw his performance on the debate stage, it was...
Just released online (and to be published June 12) in the peer-reviewed journal Cell, genetic research by Jonathan Pekar of the University of Edinburgh in the U.K. (and 18 other...
