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Posted on: October 20, 2011
SPRING HOPE - James Furman Wright Sr., age 48, a resident of 69 Lake Rd., Henderson and 970 Duke Memorial Rd., Spring Hope, died Tuesday October 18, 2011 at his home in Spring Hope
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Commissioners tabled a decision to pursue purchasing land for a new park.
Parks and Recreation Director Oliver Greene was scheduled Monday night to present the board with a proposal to buy the old Girl Scout campsite along N.C. 39.
The county’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board was tasked with finding a suitable site to fulfill the dying wish of Edgar Owens, who left the county $800,000 from his estate to do the project.
Louisburg firefighters, along with an Epsom crew, put out a fire at this house on 1010 Bickett Boulevard at 3:45 a.m. on Monday. A police officer driving by the scene reported the fire. No one was injured, according to fire officials, as everyone inside was able to get out. The cause of the fire was undetermined, but it began on the porch area, according to firefighters.
Franklinton commissioners planned to officially recognize the impact of a woman’s life on a community after she died in a wreck late last week.
According to a preliminary report by the State Highway Patrol, Joyce G. Roberts, 81, was driving a pickup truck east on N.C. 56 near Timberlake Road when an oncoming pickup truck crossed the center line on Friday afternoon.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The man who prosecutors allege fired the shot that killed a man during a home invasion was sentenced last month.
His co-conspirators are scheduled to be in court next week.
Their fates are undecided.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
For marksmen trained to pick off a target that looks like the tip of an eraser seven football fields away, they still didn’t see it coming.
After the first day of a three-day competition pitting the best snipers against each other, Franklin County Sheriff’s Sgt. Robert Legnante and Det. Kevin White found themselves in third place.
By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The town of Louisburg walked way from a 300,000 gallon water tank near the Palziv plant on NC 56 West (formerly HON) Monday night, apparently ending a quietly simmering dispute between the town, Franklin County and Palziv.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Another Franklin County farmer has filed suit against a tobacco seed producer and distributor, alleging he was sold a bad batch of seed.
Attorneys for Steve Lamm Jr. filed a lawsuit on Oct. 3, alleging that the CC27 certified tobacco seed they received from Cross Creek Seed Inc. and Crop Production Services Inc. was misbranded and falsely labeled.
Franklinton resident Emma Styers
The Franklin County Community Foundation is reminding teachers of the upcoming deadline for grant applications from its Education Fund.
The deadline for submitting a grant application is Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Russ and Laura Ayscue of Kingsport, Tenn. announce the birth of their daughter, Kathryn Diane Ayscue, born Sept. 23, 2011 at Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, Tenn. The infant weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Two cases that have been delayed by mental health issues are on the superior court docket this coming week.
Deputies arrested Joseph Mendez on Jan. 19, 2010, alleging that he killed his sister and stabbed his mother.
According to court documents, Mendez told psychiatrists that he had heard voices and expressed other mentally unstable behavior.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Granted, it’s always difficult to draw conclusions from a single election.
But it’s interesting what happened in Raleigh last week as voters trooped to the polls and made their preferences known.
It’s also a little surprising that the transportation bond issue passed by a two-to-one margin.
GOOD MORNING: Fall is not only in the air, but on the ground as well out my way just East of Louisburg as we began what is now officially the fourth week of autumn on Monday. And we could be feeling it later this week, too, when daytime highs struggle to reach the low 60’s.
It seems like my tour of twiddling thumbs is never going to end.
If you follow this column, you would recognize that attending meetings and sitting through closed sessions has become the norm.
From the airport authority to the Youngsville Board of Commissioners, they all seem to be going behind closed doors more and more.
Are you going to the NC State Fair?
RALEIGH – It was unfair, unethical, and unwise to use taxpayer dollars to bail out banks, insurers, auto companies, and other large corporations. Check.
Many young Americans have, with the complicity of unscrupulous lenders and colleges, run up huge student-loan debts that they can’t afford. Check.
By: Tracy Perry, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Agricultural Technician
With a bold caption like Animal Health Network, your first thought is probably, what now! Well I won’t keep you in suspense. The Animal Health Network is a state-adaptable local network established by the local level Cooperative Extension Service which gains the commitment of local feed retailers to reach out to customers, both non-commercial and commercial livestock and poultry owners, with the State Department of Health Zoonosis Division or State Veterinarian Division.
FRANKLINTON —Joyce Goswick Roberts, 81, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Oct. 18, in the chapel of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, Franklinton.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for David Junior Epps, 60, who died Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at Allen Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Carl Wardrett officiating. Burial will follow in the M. H. Jones cemetery.
ZEBULON - James Nelson O’Neal, 87, died Monday, Oct.. 17, 2011 at Wake Med. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at Corinth Baptist Church, 13450 NC Highway 96, Zebulon, with the Rev. Will Abernethy and the Rev. Glen Brock officiating. Burial will follow in Corinth Baptist Church cemetery.
ZEBULON - Jesse “Rudolph” Ferrell, 90, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 at the Hospice Home in Raleigh. A memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church in Raleigh on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 3 p.m.
ZEBULON - Warner Franchot “Frannie” Brown, 71, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. Private services will be held at a later date.
WENDELL - Nelson Lee Brown, 74, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. Graveside services were held Monday at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Zebulon.
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