LOCAL SOLDIER AT BRAGG - RALEIGH After completing eight weeks of basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., and 18 weeks of training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Private First Class Sean Stephens has returned to North Carolina.

Stephens was stationed at the Raleigh Recruiting Station from Sept. 24-Oct. 2. His duty station will be Fort Bragg, Fayetteville.

Stephens is a 2001 graduate of East Wake High School and is the husband of Lakia Stephens and son of Francis Stephens, both of Raleigh.