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COLORFUL GREETING. Visitors to the annual Justice Tractor Show on Saturday were treated to a picture-perfect day as well as a wide assortment of displays ranging from carefully restored tractors to equipment in as-found equipment. In addition, there were a number of other displays that captured the atmosphere of a bygone era.
Franklin Regional Medical Center will host a free diabetes community event. The event, Healthy Night Out: A Two Part Series on Diabetes, is comprised of two parts.
Friday, Oct. 7 will be an informational session on diabetes geared toward those who suffer from or care for people who suffer from the disease.
Franklin County farmers may be eligible for Farm Service Agency EM loans after President Barack Obama included this county in the list of counties eligible for assistance after Hurricane Irene.
In addition to five counties declared disaster areas, including Vance County, 15 additional North Carolina counties were named a contiguous counties where loan assistance may be available.
ZEBULON - Bertha Jeffreys Creech, 97, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. A graveside service was held Monday, Sept. 12, at Historic Oakwood Cemetery Mausoleum.
DURHAM - Barbara Wright Mitchell, 80, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 at her home. Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 11, at Parkwood Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jim Baggett officiating. Burial followed in Youngsville Town Cemetery.
ZEBULON - John “Carroll” Pate Jr., 51 died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 at the William Dunlap Hospice House of Raleigh. A memorial service was held Sunday, Sept. 11, at Zebulon Baptist Church in Zebulon.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Lois M. Tucker, 70, who died Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, will be held Friday, Sept. 16, at noon at Allen Chapel Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON - Funeral services for Joshua Lee Ford, 31, who died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, will be held at noon Thursday, Sept. 15, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the Hayes family cemetery.
ZEBULON - Annie Pearce High, 82, died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Corinth Baptist Church, 13450 NC Highway 96, Zebulon, with the Rev. Will Abernethy and Dr. Carl Hedrick officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Paul Joseph Krockman, 75, died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 at his home. Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Montlawn Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Montlawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Baird, 76, of Charlotte, NC, died early Saturday morning, September 10, 2011 at Levine & Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville, NC.
Noted preservationist, Dean Ruedrich of Louisburg, is among eight Wake County projects that will receive awards at Capital Area Preservation’s 18th Annual Anthemion Awards Presentation on Monday, Sept. 19.
Ruedrich will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement in Preservation Award. Anthemion Awards recognize outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence in historic preservation in Wake County.
While most freshmen are getting acclimated with redshirt seasons, former Bunn High School standout Andre Davis is making an instant impact with the Elon University football program.
Davis, who led BHS to the Elite Eight of the Class 2-AA State Playoffs last season as a quarterback, has switched to wideout at Elon.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Rasheed Williams made history for Louisburg College two weeks ago as he was tabbed as LC’s first-ever selection as Northeast Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week.
Williams has done it again as he repeated his league POW honors following another sterling performance.
RED OAK -- Freshman Jacques Alston scored a pair of rushing touchdowns and racked up 151 return yards, but it would not be enough on Saturday as Hampden-Sydney cruised to a 56-17 victory at the Northern Nash Football Complex, spoiling the Bishops’ 2011 home opener.
The loss drops Wesleyan to 0-2 on the season, while the Tigers improve to 2-0.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
HENDERSON -- Franklinton had hoped to be king for the day during action last weekend at the Burger King Classic -- but host Kerr-Vance Academy had other ideas.
But for FHS, that hope would actually come two days later as the Red Rams would score a key 4-3 overtime victory at perennial titan Roanoke Rapids in the Northern Carolina Conference boys soccer opener for both clubs.
NASH COUNTY -- Listed are last weekend’s results from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association football campaign:
Franklinton High School quarterback T.J. Wall (left) receives a snap from center out of the shotgun formation during the Red Rams’ home victory last Friday agianst Oxford Webb.
By: The United Way of Franklin County
There was cake, smiling and a whole lot of gratitude when families came to “shop” for school supplies as part of “Build A BackPack.”
Despite Hurricane Irene, 185 Franklin county students with their families were given backpacks and school supplies Aug. 27 to begin the new year.
North Carolina USDA Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Aaron Martin has announced that Lindsay Driver is the new executive director for the Franklin County Farm Service Agency.
Martin said Driver was chosen, in large part, because of her experience in planning, managing, harvesting and inspecting crops and livestock.
By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, began just about like every other morning had for four years — a ride on the “J-train” from Brooklyn, greeting the 3- and 4-year-olds who would be in her care for the day and chatting with parents dropping off their children on their way to work, and making sure breakfast was served.
It wasn’t much different than mornings today when she arrives for work at a Louisburg day care.
Franklin County residents will have plenty of opportunities to recognize and remember those who lost their lives during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
• First, the county’s Firefighters Association will host a morning and early afternoon ceremony at the Louisburg Fire Station on Wade Avenue.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Eight months after former sheriff Pat Green resigned his post amid allegations that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners agreed to move forward with plans to name a permanent sheriff.
The board admitted, though, that it will be doing so without knowing what a State Bureau of Investigation probe has uncovered, or who, if anyone else, might be implicated.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners agreed to wait another month to discuss radio towers.
Currently, if an applicant wants to erect an emergency communications tower, they have to receive a conditional-use permit — which requires a number of obligations, including a public hearing and other activities that would alert the public of the action.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — Police Chief Daren Kirts made his second public plea in three months, asking commissioners to find money to fund his department.
Its a request, he said, that can’t continue to be denied.
“I need help,” he told the board during its regular meeting on Thursday night.
“I can’t maintain public safety at this point.”
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