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Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Some Franklin County residents found themselves zapped by scammers posing as power company representatives. As early as Sept. 21, residents began complaining to law enforcement that someone claiming to either be with Progress Energy or Wake Electric called and requested credit card information, or else their service would be disconnected.
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Candidates were asked last month to remove election signs found to be in violation of town ordinances. Only one candidate — County Commissioner Harry Foy — remains in violation, Town Manager Larry Carver said.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Authorities arrested a Franklin County man accused of running an illegal night club called Poe Boys.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Nearly a week’s deluge brought good and bad news to Franklin County.The good news is that Franklinton was able to lift its most stringent water restrictions, going from Stage III to Stage I limitations.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Commissioners will be asked Monday night to accept a Crime Control and Public Safety grant that would expand law enforcement efforts at the sheriff’s office.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — After fielding questions and hearing concerns from residents, including some who once represented the town, commissioners agreed to apply for stimulus money that could be used to improve the town’s reservoir and dam.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
North Carolina Farm Bureau’s Healthy Living for a Lifetime initiative will provide free health screenings at Franklin Regional Medical Center Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
Our host server has been down and Saturday's edition was lost. The Front Page and Opinion/Editorial sections are online. The entire paper should be up by tonight. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — Members of Franklin County’s Committee of 100 are optimistic that the area’s economy is poised for a turnaround.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The case against a man accused of precipitating a riotous situation that resulted in a sheriff’s deputy sustaining serious injuries is slated for a court hearing next week.
Prosecutors don’t expect any resolution in the case, though, as defense attorneys have apparently dug in their heels.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — A fire on Sunday afternoon took away a man’s apartment and, perhaps, a business that was one of the new faces of progress in town.
Firefighters from Youngsville, Franklinton, Bunn, Wake Forest, Brassfield and Bailey responded to the fire at 120 E. Main Street in Youngsville to find smoke coming from the top of the building at about 4:30 p.m.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
After Saturday, the beauty of Lois Donaldson’s back yard wasn’t the only thing that was restored.
So was her faith in humanity.
A platoon of United Way volunteers converged on Donaldson’s Franklinton home, pruning shrubs and trees and clearing weeds as part of the organization’s Day of Caring — a day where more than 200 volunteers performed 33 similar projects all around Franklin County.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Forecasters predict rain through Thursday, but officials and staff don’t expect it to be enough to raise the reservoir or scale back restrictions.
A summer’s drought and a dwindling water reserve forced Franklinton officials to enact Stage III water restrictions earlier this month, essentially making it illegal to use water for any purposes outside save for firefighting.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s unemployment rate remained unchanged from July to August, joining seven other counties who kept the status quo.
And while a decrease would be better, said Employment Security Commission’s local branch manager Mike Brown, the status quo beats an increase in unemployment.
Louisburg resident Aiden Limer, 11 mos.
FRANKLINTON —Edith Wall “Tabbie” Ross, 84, died Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, Sept. 29) in the chapel of Hall Wynne Funeral Home, Franklinton, with the Rev. Clyde Waiden officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery.
WAKE FOREST —Thelma Eleanor Jones Griffin, 96, formerly of Louisburg, died Saturday Sept. 25, 2010 at Hillside Nursing and Rehab Center in Wake Forest. A private interment will be held at a later date.
LOUISBURG - Mary Guagenty Matthews died Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. A funeral service will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Louisburg on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 5 p.m.
BRONX, NY - Funeral services for Viola Wilson, 77, formerly of Vance County, who died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, were held Saturday, Sept. 25, at Allen Chapel Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON —Lillie Mae Reagan, infant daughter of Danielle O’Neal and Christopher Reagan, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh.
WAKE FOREST - Sadie Mae Watkins, 89, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 at Hillside Nursing Center. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday, Sept. 29) at the Falls Community Church cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE-Leslie A. “Speck” Freeman, 61, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Funeral services were held Monday morning, Sept. 27, at Harris Chapel Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
ZEBULON - Margaret M. Pearce, 82, daughter of the late Troy McCune Pearce and Lizzie Alford Pearce, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Funeral service was Monday, Sept. 27, at Bunn Methodist Church. Burial followed in Bunn Cemetery.
RALEIGH - Arthur Theron Strickland, 95, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. A local service was held Saturday, Sept. 25, at Springmoor Retirement Community. He will be interred with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on Dec. 30, 2010 at 9 a.m. In order to be a part of this service, it is imperative that attendees arrive by 8:30 the morning of.
FRANKLINTON - Odelle Barwick Taylor 90, of Franklinton, (formerly of Seven Springs, NC) died Friday, September 24, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, H. Ray Taylor, Sr.; her parents, Ben and Penny Barwick of Seven Springs, NC; sisters, Ruth Benton and Martha Raye Holland.
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