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LOUISBURG -- Early voting for an election that will determine the county's new sheriff, critical seats on the county commission and a county legislative seat starts next week.
However, even at the conclusion of the fall general election, the clerk of courts post could still be in debate.
Early voting starts on Oct. 20 and runs through Nov. 5. Election day is Nov. 8.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County commissioners are expected to consider providing a Missouri business with $6.3 million to locate here.
SRV Acquisitions LLC is an affiliate of Summit Real Estate Group in St. Louis, Missouri.
SRV Acquisitions LLC, said Franklin County Economic Development Director Richie Duncan, is a real estate development company that creates industrial sites.

LOUISBURG -- Even with something as slow as molasses, things can come at you pretty quick.
"I had been doing it with my dad for about 15 to 20 years when, one day, he said, 'I'm finished. It's yours. Get to it," Lewis Evans recalled of the day his father, Everette, put him in charge of the family's more than 200-year-old tradition -- making molasses.

LOUISBURG -- Louisburg High School has a new name -- or will, effective Nov. 1.
The Franklin County Board of Education agreed to change the name of the school to Louisburg Magnet High School during its meeting Monday night and made the effective date Nov. 1.

LOUISBURG -- In the summer of 2019, Franklin County entered into an agreement with Open Broadband to provide Internet service to Franklin County customers -- with a particular focus on the unserved and underserved.
This week, Franklin County management said the Waxhaw-based company had 99 customers.

Louisburg's Jeremiah Mann

It's no secret that newspapers, even community newspapers like this one, have been struggling for years, often against forces they cannot influence, let alone control.
First, of course, is the Internet's huge effect on retail shopping, the ways we communicate and the sense of almost complete isolation that it has fostered, especially during the pandemic.

In what feels like forever ago, I remember a former colleague and I had devised a plan to pretty much get out of working at the newspaper during the holidays -- or, all together, for that matter.
As the years pass, my memory of the specifics get a bit foggy, but I'm pretty sure our delusions of financial grandeur began with a feature story.
I seem to recall someone doing a feature story about a guy who was selling Christmas trees. And, said person was doing quite a bit of business, too.

Dear editor: My eyes grew wide and my breathing shallowed faint as my chest tightened when I saw that a trash dump landsite was purchased for $800,000.
$170,000 an acre? This just blew my mind and I wondered on what planet this could occur. Perhaps Pluto? Never mind as that is not a planet anymore, or is it in this strange world?

FRANKLINTON, NC--Joseph Earl "Joe" Wright, 87, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at his residence. Joe was born in Franklin County, the son of the late John Thomas Wright, Sr. and Vallie Evans Wright. In addition to his parents, Joe was preceded in death by his wife, Leah Wilder Wright, brothers, Willard "Bo" Wright, John Thomas "Junior" Wright, Jr., Donald Wright, and sister, Mary Wright Parham.

Baltimore, MD--Funeral services for Maggie Lee Alston, age 96, formerly of Louisburg, NC, who died on Monday, October 10, 2022, will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, October 22, 2022, from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg with Rev. Jerry McCowan officiating. Burial will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery.

FRANKLINTON, NC- Sheryl Janine Privette Shearin, 56, of Franklinton, died Sunday evening, October 9, 2022 at her home.

BUNN -- Of the many developments during the 2022 Big East Conference boys soccer season, few are as intriguing as what the Bunn Wildcats have accomplished to date.
Bunn didn't even have a coach until August and got a late start to practice. Then, after not playing any non-league matches, the Wildcats opened in mid-September with its first Big East event at Rocky Mount.

ROCKY MOUNT -- With a second-place Big East Conference showdown against Bunn looming two days later, the Franklinton Red Rams first had to get past upset-minded Nash central on Monday in another key league boys soccer matchup.
Franklinton was able to handily avert the potential threat as the Red Rams utilized their possession game to control the proceedings from the outset en route to defeated the host Bulldogs by a 7-1 margin at the NCHS Soccer Complex in Rocky Mount.

FRANKLINTON -- Given their recent dominance of the series, it was no surprise that the Franklinton Red Rams continued their recent success against Louisburg with a Big East Conference football conquest last Friday.
But what was a bit eyebrow-raising was the margin of victory as Franklinton broke open a tight game in the second half en route to earning a convincing 56-7 decision over the Warriors at the FHS Football Field.

BUNN -- No victory is a given this season in the parity-filled Big East Conference volleyball scene, where even the lowest teams in the league standings are capable of knocking off a spike heavyweight on a particular night.
Such was the case last Thursday as Nash Central, currently the No. 2 team in the Big East, traveled to Franklin County to tangle with the Bunn Ladycats, who entered the contest with just a single conference conquest.

STANHOPE -- Bunn made things interesting early, but Southern Nash's vaunted offense eventually proved to be too much for the Wildcats during last Friday's Big East Conference football showdown.
After the underdog Wildcats held tough with SN through one period, the Firebirds broke away for good with three unanswered touchdowns in the second stanza of action en route to securing a 49-14 triumph over BHS at historic Firebird Stadium on the SNHS campus.

Bunn's Geritt Coombs controls the ball during last Thursday's home victory against rival Louisburg.

Kerry Thomas (right) was one of the Bunn High School volleyball upperclassmen who were honored during last Thursday's Senior Night matchup against league foe Nash Central.

Dr. Andrew Willis, Covington Distinguished Professor in Music at UNC Greensboro, will present four of his most outstanding students in recital at Cherry Hill on Sunday, Oct. 16.
The program, which will begin at 3 p.m., will feature music by Bach, Schumann, Chopin, Beethoven, Severac, Brahms, and Mendelssohn. Both solo and duo works will be performed by Dr. Willis, Jessica Wai Yan, Robin Morace, Stephanie Schmidt, and Tahmoures Tabatabaei.

October is National Eat Better, Eat Together Month and when families eat together, meals are likely to be more nutritious and kids who eat regularly with their families are less likely to snack on unhealthy foods and are more likely to eat fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Beyond health and nutrition, family meals provide a valuable opportunity for children and parents to reconnect.

As the leaves begin to fall and the daylight shortens, exercise routines can tend to take a back seat to the fall atmosphere. To help you maintain exercise during the fall season be sure to pull out your resistance bands. A resistance band is essentially a piece of rubber used like hand weights. It provides the force against which your muscles work.

Fall is a great time for bike riding and impromptu picnics with your kids. Sandwiches are easy to make. Most kids are happy to eat the sandwich they made themselves. Fresh vegetables from the garden or farmer's market were used to create this "open face" sandwich (pun intended). Save money with sandwich lunches by skipping the chips, fries, and soda that go with most fast-food lunches. Make your own sandwiches with low-cost ingredients.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County reported its first case of Monkeypox in August.
As of the first report in October, the county reported three cases -- the same number as the week before.
Because of the stagnant numbers and decreasing numbers across the state, the Franklin County Health Department decided to no longer provide and mass distribute its weekly data report.

YOUNGSVILLE -- A puppy is recovering from successful surgery after a Youngsville-area man cut off its ears.
The afternoon of Oct. 5, a young girl living in the Cleghorns 1 Drive mobile home park reported that a neighbor assaulted her pitbull mix puppy.
Deputies arrived and were directed to the offender, an Hispanic male living at 34 Cleghorns 1 Drive. The suspect, identified as Juan Mendez, refused to come out, according to authorities.