By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
ROANOKE RAPIDS -- Bunn remained undefeated in both the Northern Carolina Conference boys and girls basketball standings with a pair of victories Tuesday at Roanoke Rapids.
In boys action, Bunn took a seven-point lead after one quarter and went on to defeat the Yellow Jackets by a 51-33 score.
High School Basketball
TUESDAY
Northwest Halifax at Franklinton 6 p.m.
Bunn at North Johnston 6 p.m.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Youngsville resident Dickie Schock has announced his resignation after three seasons as the head football coach at Rocky Mount High School.
“It was a family decision,’’ said Schock, the former coach at Franklinton High School. “It was really for family reasons.’’
(L to R) Koty Nixon, Chris King and the rest of the Louisburg College Hurricanes will begin the 2012 baseball season this weekend with a home series versus Catawba Valley.
Bunn Middle School’s Janasha Green (left) drives during Wednesday’s victory over Northern Granville in the MAC Tournament Finals.
Bunn’s Kenan Epps (with ball) drives for two points during the Bulldogs’ matchup Tuesday against Northern Granville in the finals of the MAC-9 Boys Basketball Tournament at Terrell Lane MS.
The popular Ciompi Quartet will be making a return trip to historic Cherry Hill in Warren County.
The group, founded in 1965 by renowned Italian violinist Giorgio Ciompi, will be performing in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19.
This concert will commemorate Eugenia Williams Voorhees and will feature music by Haydn, Shostakovich and Dvorak
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Louisburg man arrested on child pornography charges late last year is still awaiting a probable cause hearing.
Agents with the State Bureau of Investigation arrested Bruce Arthur Howard on Oct. 27, charging him with 10 counts of second-degree child sexual exploitation and one count of first-degree child sexual exploitation.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Federal aviation investigators are about two months away from releasing the cause of a crash involving the county’s airport director.
The recently released factual report does not indicate any mechanical problem with the craft, though.
On Nov. 20, Triangle North Executive Airport Director Steve Merritt was at the controls of a single-engine kit-built plane that went down at the end of the runway at Crooked Creek Airport — a small, private airstrip on Whippoorwill Lane between N.C. 39 and N.C. 98 in Bunn.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
“I practice what I preach,” said NC State senior Sarah Nahum about a seminar she’s planning to offer in Louisburg beginning in February.
Called “Give Your Heart a Healthy Beat,” the seminars are part of a North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service effort to help people understand the relationship between diet and health -- and to make positive changes to improve both.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood late Friday suspended an embattled Durham District Attorney who’s at the heart of an ongoing court feud that critics say is undermining the court system.
Hobgood has set a hearing for Feb. 13 which could help determine if Tracey Cline is fit for office.
Durham Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson requested Hobgood’s involvement after an attorney filed an affidavit last week questioning Cline’s ability.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
After struggling to keep a decades-old artistic competition alive in Louisburg, organizers of the International Whistlers Convention are preparing to host the worldwide event for a consecutive year.
The county’s Tourism Development Authority is recommending that the county help in that endeavor, suggesting the county give organizers $8,000 in occupancy tax money to help promote the event.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Gov Bev. Perdue said she was not seeking re-election to focus on her fight for education, not politics.
Rep. Glen Bradley doesn’t see it that way, though.
Most importantly, he said Perdue’s decision to leave the Governor’s Mansion could buoy her party — at the detriment to Republicans.
County resident Raquell Jordan
Novozymes is investing between $160 million and $200 million in a manufacturing plant in Nebraska. A story in the weekend edition of The Franklin Times incorrectly listed that amount. We regret the error.
YOUNGSVILLE - Floy Cannon Jones, 80, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 at her residence. A memorial service was held Tuesday, Jan. 31, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home.
NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Willie Bell Boone, 89, who died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Linda Taybron officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Nellie Murray Dean, 99, of Louisburg died Sunday, January 22, 2012, at Louisburg Nursing Center. She was a longtime active member of Cedar Rock First Baptist Church, working for many years with the GA’s. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Elmo Dean; her daughter, Emily Dean Parrish; her brothers, Johnny, Jack, Lucas, Herman, Spencer, Floyd, George & Walter Murray; her sisters, Christine Fuller and Alice Duncan.
ENGAGED. Don and Cheryl Evans of Louisburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Dawn Evans, to Christian Lance Daniel of Louisburg. The groom-elect is the son of Tony and Teresa Daniel of Youngsville. An Aug. 18, 2012 wedding is planned at Corinth Baptist Church, Louisburg.
The following Franklin County area students at Mars Hill College were named to the Honor Roll at the end of the Fall 2011 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 on a minimum of 12 semester hours, and carry no grade below a C.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
For years — decades actually — reporters from this newspaper (and others) have been waging a continual struggle with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department for information about local crimes. This same struggle goes on with police departments, too.
It really hasn’t made much difference which sheriff has been in office, the struggle has been the same.
GOOD MORNING: I don’t know where the weatherman on TV was getting his information from, but at 7:45 a.m. Monday when he was reporting the temperature in Louisburg at 34 degrees, I was glad I had my long-johns on ’cause the outdoor thermometer at my house was reading 25.2 degrees when I stepped outside shortly thereafter.
After Gov. Bev Perdue announced her decision not to seek re-election last week, almost immediately, there was a list of folks who either said outright that they are seeking the Democratic nomination or at least hinted that they wanted it.
The qualifications for the job aren’t very demanding.
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