By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn wrapped up a successful defense of its Northern Carolina Conference regular season volleyball championship with a pair of clutch home victories this week.
Tuesday, BHS stopped North Johnston 25-15, 25-23 and 25-20 at the Bunn Dome.
The Ladycats served at 90 percent, led by Tainasha Vines (15-of-15) and Marisa Ang (18-of-19).
Cape Fear Community College’s Lauren Sawyer (right) sends a header forward while being defended by Louisburg’s Gemma Dugo during Wednesday’s match.
Louisburg College’s Arnaldo Cabrera-Arroyo (left) sends the ball forward for the Hurricanes during their home victory Wednesday afternoon against Cape Fear Community College.
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October 12, 2011
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Franklinton High School teacher was suspended with pay amid allegations that he assaulted a student.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
As he was getting sworn in as the county’s new sheriff, Jerry Jones had already hit the ground running, instituting a new command staff.
Jack Joyner, Jones’ right hand man during his first tenure, was hired as the department’s chief deputy on Friday.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County commissioners will have to look for a new county attorney after the firm of Batton and Guin announced a shake-up.
In an email sent out on Monday evening, Darnell Batton informed the board and staff that his partner, David Guin, will serve as the new sheriff’s attorney.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
There were plenty of small blazes at the Louisburg Moose Lodge.
And there were plenty of firefighters and other emergency responders around.
But rather than douse the flames, they put chicken and pork on top, simmering them to perfection.
The result was the first United Way Siren Cook-off Contest, an event coordinated by Jeremy Neal that, at once, pitted the county’s emergency responders against each other and brought a community together.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The Franklin County Board of Education took another step along a road it began in 2008, the reworking of the former Franklinton High School into a middle school.
In 2008, voters approved a bond issue that created a new Franklinton High School, which opened this fall, and the plans began for converting the old FHS in downtown Franklinton into a middle school.
Franklin County emergency crews responded to an accident at a Youngsville recreational farm.
According to reports, fire, emergency services and law enforcement personnel responded to a low-speed collision between a tractor pulling people on a hay ride and the train at Hill Ridge Farms.
According to law enforcement, someone driving the tractor was following another tractor as it crossed the train track.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
By the time Spence Dean’s children get their steers to the State Fair this week, he figures the family has already won.
His 12-year-old daughter Amanda will have become more assertive, learning how to take command of a 1,000-pound calf.
Nearly 1,000 Louisburg area Progress Energy customers lost power on Monday afternoon when a primary line went down.
According to Scott Sutton with Progress Energy and witnesses, a contracting crew was cutting down a large Black Gum tree near power lines along N.C. 56 and East River Road when the tree fell on the line.
Dominique Perry, Lisa Jones
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — Town officials will host its next meeting at the town’s Community House, expecting a large crowd that wants to know about a company’s plans to test ballistic concrete products that are used in live fire training.
Amidon Contracting Solutions Inc. manufactures the concrete products that military bases and others in law enforcement use when conducting live round training in settings that simulate urban warfare.
The cooking team from Justice Volunteer Fire Department display their awards for placing second in BBQ Pork and Cake. Justice also won the Community Support Award for most plate sales.
Lake Royale Police Chief Jarrett Umstead, left, and Jack Gibbons show off their first-place awards for Chicken and Sauce.
Clockwise, from back row, Mike Collins, Lynn Arnold, Ethan Medlin and Brandon Arnold with Bunn Fire Department placed third in BBQ Pork and second in BBQ Chicken.
Bunn Rescue Department won first place in BBQ pork, placed second in BBQ Chicken and Sauce. From left, back row, Randy Pearce, Scott Strickland, Carl Price, Jeff Whitley and Boston Pearce. Kneeling, from left, Joe Price and Shelia Strickland.
Franklin Regional Hospital President Jason Proctor, second from right, takes a breather between samples of BBQ chicken during the United Way Siren Cook-Off contest. From left, John May, Tony Tavera and Moon Mullins wait to judge the next entry. (Submitted photo)
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
There is a hint of color in the trees, gardens are pretty much gone and the nights are beginning to feel downright chilly.
It’s only a matter of time until heating systems are being kicked on — whether it’s the central unit, a fireplace or even a space heater.
GOOD MORNING: With few exceptions, Times readers continued to lambast the county commissioners regarding their appointment of former Sheriff Jerry Jones to fill the unexpired portion of former Sheriff Pat Green’s term in office.
I’ve sort of paid attention from afar to this phenomenon of public protests across the country. It started with “Occupy Wall Street.”
From what I gather, they are a series of demonstrations in New York City, with people protesting against social injustice, economic inequality, corporate greed and, plainly, poor government.
When you heard Jerry Jones had been appointed sheriff by the county commissioners, how did you react?
Whoever suggests increasing taxes on the rich is engaging in class warfare according to the right. We don’t condone warfare but it is time to discuss why the middle class has gotten squeezed and is shrinking, why the percentage of poor is increasing rapidly and why the top five percent has actually gained wealth.
Dear Editor,
October 16 is National Feral Cat Day — a day for us to think about the outdoor cats in our neighborhood. We often see these cats ducking behind the supermarket or sunning in our backyards, and many of us dig into our wallets to feed them. Who are these cats, and how did they get here?
