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A bright red firetruck can make for a stunning display at a Christmas parade. The story of the firetruck known as Maude rose from the ashes and called the Louisburg Fire Department is just as stunning.

OR A VISIT. >> A BRIGHT RED FIRE TRUCK CAN BE AN EYE-CATCHER AT A CHRISTMAS PARADE AND TONIGHT ARE TAR HEEL TRAVELER FEATURES ONE SUCH WREG. SCOTT MASON IS IN LEWISBURG WITH THE STORY ODD. A FIRE TRUCK THAT ROSE FROM THE ASHES >> AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, OF COURSE, HAVE FIRE TRUCKS. THE LEWISBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS MALL ON. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK? LOT THINKS ABOUT BEING BACK HOME. >> I THINK SHE'S A THANK GOD. THE ENGINE IS AN AMERICAN. THE FRANCE ENGINE 100 HORSEPOWER, BRIGHT RED AND SHINY CHROME AND NUMBER ONE, THE FIRST ENGINE LEWISBURG HAD THE FIRST ONE IN FRANKLIN TENN. >> WE LIVE IN LEWISBURG BY TRAIN. THE SUM OF THE 18TH OF  >> 1921. IT COSTS $12,500. IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY BACK IN THE DAY, BUT IT WAS THE STATE OF THE ART 19. 0, 5, THE LEWISBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT IS FOUNDED IN 19. 0, 7. THE DEPARTMENT BUYS A HORSE AND WAGON SO THEY USED A HORSE AND WAGON FROM 19. 0, 7, TO 1921. UNTIL MOM, IT WAS DESPERATELY NEEDED. IT WAS ON DECEMBER 5TH, 1928, 20 LOUISBURG COLLEGE CAUGHT FIRE. A BIG FIRE GIRLS DORMS ON THE TOP FLOORS. BUT EVERYONE A SKATE. SOME ODD PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THAT 5, 0, DEFINITELY. IF WE DIDN'T THAT WOULDN'T BE A LOUISBURG COLLEGE. DID NOT ESCAPE HAMBRICK THE CRUEL KONG OF TIME. IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. RETIRED NOD IN 1952. THE TRUMP CHANGE CHANGE THE YEARS PULLED A. >> I THOUGHT BUT THEY DID IT. >> FIREFIGHTERS FOUND MAW THAT IN 2012 BOSHER BACK AND BROUGHT HER BACK AND HAD HER RESTORE. YEAH. HE TOOK IT COMPLETELY DOWN A BIT IN THAT BOAT CREWMEN AND PAUSE WAS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE. IT WILL NOTHING ON. >> SO IT WAS TOTALLY ALL TOUCH. HAS IT TAKEN APART? >> TOTALLY REBUILT. EVERY PIECE IN IT WAS A LONG 2 YEARS. A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS IS A LONG RANGE. >> AND NOW MATA IS BACK ON THE ROAD. IT'S AMAZING. THIS THING GOES PLACES. HE'S GOT A HUGE FALL THAT NEVER SAY ANYTHING WALK. BUT PEOPLE WILL SEE MOM, MUCH MORE OF THEM. ALL. >> WHAT I AM KNOWN THIS BUILDING SO THEY SAY, WELL, WE ALL CAN USE AT FOR AND WOULD LIKE KIDS AT CHRISTMAS HOT KNOW WE'VE GOT A MUSEUM. >> IT'S AMAZING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS SHOW 100 YEAR-OLD BEAUTY. I WONDER SHE'D BE ITCHING TO GO OUT ON A FIRE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT 5G SURE WOULD LOVE TO GO TO A PARADE. >> LEWISBURG CHRISTMAS PARADE. WE'VE GOT I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM BACK HOME. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE IT HOME WITH THE LAW. >> THAT'S A PRETTY SWEET RIDE RIGHT THERE. PEOPLE CAN SEEM ODD AND TOWARD THE MUSEUM.

Tar Heel Traveler: Maude the Firetruck

The Louisburg and Franklinton junior varsity basketball teams had just finished their game at Louisburg College when a fight broke out just before the varsity teams took the court.

Fight disrupts second Louisburg varsity basketball game

Louisburg College Athletic Center

For decades, the historic Louisburg Theater was a place for folks in Franklin County to catch a movie, but its last showing was in 2009.

NAMED ANY SUSPECTS IN THE $75,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST, GROWING EFFORT TO PRESERVE HISTORY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, PEOPLE SAY REVITALIZING THE HISTORIC THEATER ON NASH STREET. >> WHO HELPED LOSE BERG TO THRIVE WRAL'S DESTINY. PATTERSON FOUND OUT THEY WILL NEED THE COUNTY SUPPORT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> IF YOU COME TO THE LEWISBURG FEEDER, YOU'LL SEE CONES OF BOARDED UP WINDOWS AND LOCKS ON THE DOORS. BUT PEOPLE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY TELL ME THAT THIS BUILDING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ONCE AGAIN BE A STAPLE HERE IN THIS SMALL TOWN. THIS IS COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT THAT THEATER MEANS. TO ME. THE LEWISBURG THEATER WAS ONCE A PLACE TO GET TOGETHER. GRAB SOME POPCORN AND ENJOY A FOR THIS. THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER SILKA STEIN SAYS ITS LAST SHOWING WAS 14 YEARS AGO. WE NEED THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE HERE. DO WE HAVE TO GO TO? >> HENDERSON, MY CARS, RALEIGH, TO SEE IT FAIL. FRANKLIN COUNTY BOUGHT THE THEATER IN 2022. NOW THE COUNTY MANAGER SAYS IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF THE STRUCTURE. I ASKED THE COUNTY SPOKESPERSON IF THEY WERE CONSIDERING TEARING IT DOWN. HE SAYS THE COUNTY IS WAITING FOR ANALYSIS RESULTS TO MAKE A DECISION ON NEXT STEPS. THE COUNTY IS ALSO CONSIDERING THE SITE AS PART OF A FUTURE JUDICIAL COMPLEX. WE HAVE SOMETHING VALUE. WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAS AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT THIS WE COULD REALLY BE AN ASSET IN THE ENHANCE OUR ENTIRE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY, SIGNING KNOWLEDGE IS THAT THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE ON THIS OLD BUILDING. BUT SHE SAYS THE LOVE PUT INTO IT WOULD HELP MORE FIT BACK INTO A PLACE TO MAKE THEM. JUSTIN, A PATTERSON, WRAL NEWS, FRANKLIN COUNTY AND WE'LL KEEP YOU KEEP YOU UPDATED. LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. THERE'S A FACEBOOK GROUP ABOUT 300 PEOPLE SUPPORTING THIS IS WHICH CREATED THIS MONTH. >> SOME OF THOSE SUPPORTERS PLAN TO SPEAK DURING THE COUNTY

Group forms to save longtime theater in Louisburg

The Louisburg Theater was once a place to meet up with friends, grab some popcorn, and watch a film.

Supporters hope to restore historic Louisburg Theater after years of dormancy 

Louisburg Theater

The E District would be located just off the U.S. Highway 70 exit from Interstate 40 in Garner. In Louisburg, the town council is considering a project expected to be the largest development in the history of Franklin County.

FOR YOUR EASTER HOLIDAY WEEKEND. >> NEW PLANS WERE RELEASED TODAY FOR THIS 225 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN GARNER. >> THE PROPOSAL WOULD BRING MORE TRAFFIC TO AN ALREADY CROWDED PART OF WAKE COUNTY. NEW AT 6, A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THE PLANS AND HOW THEY FIT INTO THE BIG PICTURE OF GROWTH BEYOND THE CAPITAL CITY. HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M DEBRA MORGAN. THAT PROPOSAL IS ONE OF 2 MIXED USE COMMUNITY AS WE TOLD YOU ABOUT IN THE LAST. 24 HOURS TOGETHER, THEY WOULD COVER NEARLY 300 ACRES OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL FOOTPRINT OF THE TRIANGLE WRAL'S MATT TALHELM JOINS US NOW LIVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THESE COMPLEXES FIT INTO THE GROWTH. >> MATT? >> WE HAD EVER THE DEVELOPER BEHIND THE PROJECT ON THIS PROPERTY HERE IN GARNER REALLY PROMOTE ITS PROXIMITY TO RTP AND ALL THE UNIVERSITIES IN THE TRIANGLE. BUT AS MORE PEOPLE MOVE HERE, THESE TOWNS AND THEY'RE OPEN LAND ARE BECOMING MORE ATTRACTIVE TO DEVELOPERS. >> LERNER'S GROWN UP SINCE KIMBERLY ENNIS WAS A LITTLE GIRL USED TO GUIDE. THIS WILL NOT BE IN THE WAY UP BACK. COUNTRY ROAD. NOW THIS CORNER WHERE SHE SHOPS WITH HER SON WHEN I WAS A KID, WILL NOTHING OUT HERE BUZZES WITH THE CONSTANT FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND C DOT COUNTED. 22,000 CARS EACH DAY DRIVING BY WHITE A CROSSING ON HIGHWAY 70 IN 2003 THAT JUMPED TO 40,000 IN 2019. >> ON WHITE OAK ROAD TRAFFIC NEARLY TRIPLED IN THAT SAME TIME, PERIOD. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MORE PATIENT. IT'S PART OF THE GROWTH PROCESS TO THAT. GROWTH INCLUDES PLANS FOR NEW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON 225 ACRES OF WOODED LAND ON THE CORNER WIDE OPEN 70. IT'S CALLED THE E DISTRIBUTION. THE DEVELOPER TELLS WRAL NEWS. IT WILL INCLUDE RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS, RESIDENTIAL UNITS, A HOTEL OFFICES AND SPACE FOR TECH AND LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES 40 MILES AWAY, A DIFFERENT THE DEVELOPER PLANS A SIMILAR MIXED USE PROJECT IN LEWISBURG. WE SEE LEWISBURG FAULT IS KIND OF A KEY COMPONENT IN DEVELOPING THE GATEWAY TO LEWISBURG THAT 115 MILLION DOLLARS DEVELOPMENT COULD CREATE 200 TO 500 JOBS. IT'S PROVIDING PARKS IS PROVIDING A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING OPTIONS. DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES FROM LEWISBURG TO GARNER. >> TOWNS ARE GROWING UP AS THE TRIANGLE GROWS OUT, WHETHER THAT'S WELCOME IS ENOUGH TO EVEN CAUSE A LITTLE FAMILY FEUD WITH AN S AND HER SON. IT'S ALREADY BEGUN. THE MORE NOTHING TO DO A LITTLE. SO NO, I WOULD NOT LIKE >> I THINK WHAT THE WATER THE NIGHT AND THAT FIGURE MEAN FALL PEOPLE MOVING IN AND CREATE SOME JOBS. SO >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES, THEY'RE STILL OLD FARM EQUIPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY HERE IN GARNER. BUT THE TOWN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR CALLS THIS A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT. NOW, THIS POINT, I ASKED THE DEVELOPER IF THERE'S ANY TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION, IT'S STILL IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF THAT. BUT AS THAT LEWISBURG PLAN THAT ALREADY GOT APPROVAL JUST LAST NIGHT FROM THE LEWISBURG PLANNING BOARD FOR THE REZONING. SO THAT'S WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THAT TOWN'S PROCESS STEP FOR OUR

Garner, Louisburg to consider building mixed-use developments

Garner to consider building mixed-use developments

It's unclear how soon the Garner Town Council could consider Grady Matthews and Wycliff Development's proposal for the 225-acre E District.

