Youngsville’s Isaac Williams (right) barely avoids being tagged out at third base during Tuesday’s semifinal action of the Dixie Youth Minor League District Baseball Tournament, which was held at the Oxford Webb High School Softball Field.
Bunn’s Jaylen Perry (left) tries to come up with a loose ball as Oxford’s Austin McGhee slides into third base during Thursday’s Dixie Youth Minor League District Tournament.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Franklin County man was sentenced to spend at least the next decade in jail for trying to kill his estranged girlfriend.
If Gary Normand had taken his chances at trial, he could have faced at least 40 years in prison.
Chloe Reynolds, though, said there was no amount of time that would have been long enough.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
More than 15 months after leaving the sheriff’s office in disgrace, word on the street is that Pat Green will be in court next month.
Sheriff Jerry Jones said as much during the Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday night.
“What I can report,” Jones told commissioners, “is that the word coming from some in the court system is that it will come up on the August court calendar.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Youngsville man wanted by three different law enforcement agencies turned himself in to authorities.
Brandon Sills was placed in the Franklin County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond.
Franklinton authorities suspect Sills was responsible for a break-in reported at Inter-Technologies the morning of June 26.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town officials and staff have scheduled a meeting this week, hoping to prevent an argument to preserve history from making the town history.
The Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor is a state and federal project to connect Richmond, Va., to Raleigh, and South Carolina and Georgia.
I WANT YOU. Above, Kenneth Radford does his best Uncle Sam impersonation, waving the American Flag during Alert’s annual Fourth of July parade the morning of July 4.
Louisburg’s Jaslyn Williams
COMING ‘ROUND THE BEND. Participants in the annual Alert Fourth of July Parade make their way down Alert Road to the delight of many who came out to witness the community’s celebration of Independence Day. Above, fire trucks and other vehicles led the festive parade through the heart of the community during the morning parade on July 4.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a suspect who broke into a Youngsville area business.
David Rosato reported the morning of July 3 that someone broke into CCS Equipment Sales in the 5400 block of N.C. 96.
By:
Martha Mobley, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Agent
As we all know, we have recently experienced record setting temperatures in the county.
During this time of year, our animals, both pets and livestock, need to be closely monitored to help those suffering effects from the heat.
GOOD MORNING: If I owed someone a hot day and they wouldn’t accept this past Sunday in payment thereof, they’d simply have to go unpaid.
The indoor reading outdoor thermometer at my house just east of Louisburg registered a steaming hot 106.3 degrees at 2 p.m. Sunday before dropping back to 104.4 later.
Look around. At your town, your county, your state, your nation.
And don’t forget to take a gander at the world in general.
So, where are you?
A little worried. Concerned? Terrified? Looking for a hole to crawl into and hoping you can find a large rock to block it up after you’ve gotten deep inside?
This past week, as the country celebrated its independence, groups in Franklin County provided a number of chances for families to join together and have fun.
First, the county’s Parks and Recreation Department hosted an early Fourth of July celebration, setting up
inflatables for kids and giving away free snow cones before giving the cue for a fireworks display on July 3.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Mary Clifton “Liz” Yelverton, 63, who died Sunday, July 8, 2012, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 13, at St. Delight United Church of Christ, with the Rev. Maurice White officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
HOLLISTER - Funeral services for Fannie E. Lynch Copeland, 76, who died Friday, July 6, 2012, were held Tuesday, July 10, at Pine Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Robert Hedgepeth officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON— Funeral services for Brenda P. Talley, 55, who died Friday, July 6, 2012, will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, at New Liberty Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Manasseh Baptist Church cemetery.
ZEBULON - Mary Privette Mullen, 88, died Friday, July 6, 2012. Funeral service was held Monday, July 9, at Massey Funeral Home, Zebulon. Burial was private.
ZEBULON - Randy Angus Gay, 59, died Sunday, July 8, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, at Zebulon Baptist Church. Visitation will follow the service in the church fellowship hall. Interment will be in Gethsemane Memoral Gardens.
FRANKLINTON – Dr. Cenieth Catherine Elmore, 82, of Franklinton, died Monday night.
LOUISBURG – Grandma Dot passed peacefully on July 9, and is back with her beloved family and husband, Lewis, who together served so many Methodist churches and communities throughout the eastern North Carolina region.
Have you ever taken a trip on the Spirit of Norfolk in Virginia?
It is awesome. I used to take my Spanish students on this short trip over the Elizabeth River for years.
We made this trip at least once a year, and usually we took the one cruise when they celebrated Mardi Gras.
It was so much fun to get on the bus and spend all day long in Norfolk cruising down the river, eating lunch, singing, dancing, and viewing the most interesting places and ships all along the river.
Franklin County’s Animal Control office has adopted new, lower fees in hopes of spurring more adoptions.
Animal Control Director Taylor Bartholomew said this week that the office has dropped the fees for adoptions from $75 to $25.
The fees went in place on July 1.
