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LOUISBURG -- Prosecutors notified the courts that they would not be pursuing the death penalty in an apparent retaliatory drive-by shooting that killed an innocent bystander -- a 69-year-old woman.
Authorities allege that Anarie Brown, Ny'zir Karian Miller-Stevenson, Jaquan Lynch, and Donavan Boyd killed Bernice Pender Massenburg when they fired shots inside her Bert Winston Road home on April 1, 2025.

LOUISBURG -- The United Way and the community celebrated another Day of Caring, sprucing up a coffee shop that is a cornerstone in the community and champion of the differently-abled.
For more than two decades, the United Way of Franklin County has galvanized the community to take on projects around Franklin County -- from building handicap-accessible ramps, to bolstering homes and floorings, to yard work to improving businesses that cater to the community, like Safe Space.

LOUISBURG -- A Wake Forest man accused of killing his seven-week-old child is now cooling his heels in jail after missing a court date. Patrick R. Jordan could find out during his next hearing whether or not he could face the death penalty.
Franklin County sheriff's deputies arrested Jordan in April, alleging the 25-year-old seriously injured and killed Chozen Jordan in January 2024.
He was and charged first degree murder and intentional child abuse causing serious physical injury.

LOUISBURG -- Even though an Alert man was convicted of sexual assault, the father of the victim remains critical of a plea system that allowed him to remain, essentially, guilt free.
On Nov. 4, Perry Wheless Moseley entered an Alford plea in Franklin County Superior Court -- admitting that prosecutors had enough evidence to convict, but never admitted being guilty of sexually assaulting a girl who was about 12 at the time the incident was reported more than a decade ago.

LOUISBURG -- A superior court judge agreed to dismiss two counts against Louisburg and its town administrator in a wrongful termination case, but four more remain pending in Franklin County Civil Superior Court.
Raleigh attorney Taylor Rosbrook filed a complaint in Franklin County Civil Superior Court on June 26, alleging Louisburg Town Administrator Sean Medlin was guilty of wrongfully terminating Jeremy Henthorn in retaliation for his complaints against the department, opposition to workplace misconduct and his continued association with former chief, Randy Lanham.

Staff Sgt. Ida Tomlinson, Spc. Hattie Richardson & Sgt.1st Class Teresa Thomas