Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training will be offered in Warrenton for Law Enforcement, School Resource Officers, 911 Telecommunicators, & Magistrates, Oct. 3 – 7, at the Warren County Campus of Vance Granville Community College. The training is free for sworn law enforcement officers.
FRANKLINTON -- Franklinton’s decision to play last Friday night proved to be a profitable one on the scoreboard.
While some area clubs moved their football contests up to Thursday -- or back to this coming Monday -- the Red Rams opted to take to the field despite the potential for poor weather.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- For the second time in a one-week span, the Southern Vance Lady Runnin’ Raiders picked up a volleyball victory against Louisburg.
But LHS head coach Erica Wammock saw a world of improvement from her squad during Monday’s rematch, even though Southern Vance was able to earn the win courtesy of a three-game sweep.
Carey Johnson says that he isn’t ready to make his annual National Football League predictions.
Neither am I.
As if waiting would somehow improve our ineptitude with the touch of a magic wand.
Like those old oil filter commercials, do you want us to stink now or stink later?
So here were go:
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Listed are the results from Week Two of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s 2011 prep football campaign:
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Due to the weather, Bunn’s football squad has only been able to play one game over the past several days.
The waiting game.
But that’s OK with BHS head coach Chris Miller, who has rescheduled his team’s meeting with Wilson Fike twice over the past 96 hours.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- If the third time is indeed the charm, the Louisburg Warriors will finally get in their scheduled football game with Ravenscroft on Sept. 12.
Maybe.
The clubs were supposed to play last Friday, but the event was postponed because of the pending threat of poor weather.
MONTGOMERY, ALA. -- Isaias Velazquez had three hits and two RBI to lead Montgomery past Carolina 4-3 at Riverwalk Stadium on Sunday afternoon in a Class AA Southern League baseball matchup.
Trailing 4-1 in the ninth, Carolina loaded the bases with no outs against closer Zach Quate.
LOUISBURG -- League play in the Northeast Football Conference’s 15th season will open this weekend when Louisburg College begins its inaugural season of NEFC play by hosting Erie Community College.
Game time is scheduled for noon on Saturday at historic Patterson Field on the campus of Louisburg High School.
Franklinton High School quarterback T.J. Wall (left) tries to escape Northern Vance’s Joseph Mitchell during last Friday night’s non-conference gridiron matchup, which was claimed 20-7 by the host Red Rams at the Old FHS Football Field.
YOUNGSVILLE - Patricia “Sis” Abbott Hill, 66, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 at Duke Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Flat Rock Baptist Church, with the Rev. Gary McNair officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
PILOT – Mary Magdalene Lewis, 85, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 26, at Strickland Funeral Home Chapel in Wendell. Interment followed in the Lewis family cemetery.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- After two tough losses to regarded foes to open the season, members of the Franklinton High School boys soccer team found things more to their liking Wednesday afternoon.
That’s when the young but potential-filled Red Rams earned their initial conquest of 2011 with a 5-0 decision over a rebuilding Northern Nash contingent at the Franklinton Recreation Park.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s emergency services crew spent much of this week preparing for Hurricane Irene.
They hope she’s a swift guest who’s in and out.
Meteorological forecasts have the storm traveling across the North Carolina Coast, making landfall at about 2 a.m. on Saturday near Cape Hatteras.
Locally, forecasts call for about one to three inches of rain, with sustained winds of about 20 mph.
Gusts could reach as high as 40 mph.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town officials took no action following a closed session to discuss their water impasse with Franklin County, but officials said their offer to sell the county water at a lower rate remains on the table.
If no resolution is reached at the staff and elected official level, the courtroom awaits.
“We hope this ends with the best possible solution for everyone,” said Mayor Elic Senter.
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Angela R. Ballentine, currently the college’s vice president of instruction, to be interim president of the institution.
Her appointment is effective Sept. 1. She will take the reins from Dr. Randy Parker, who is leaving VGCC to become president of Guilford Technical Community College.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
More than 8,300 students returned to the classroom Thursday as classes began at a majority of Franklin County’s schools.
Youngsville operates on a year-round calendar and began its school year back in July.
The system’s Early College High School, which operates under the same calendar as its host institution, Vance-Granville Community College, began on Aug. 9.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
In more than a year, a Franklin County program to remove unsightly manufactured homes has got the wrecking ball swinging.
Now, the administrator of the program wants to see that ball continue rolling — downhill.
In May of 2010, the county received a $40,000 grant to help with the removal of abandoned manufactured homes.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
If computer issues can be worked out, the first tenant at Franklin County’s industrial site could begin operations this coming week.
U.S. Growers Direct, a commodities marketing and distribution company, was planning to begin work at its Triangle North Franklin site south of Louisburg on Monday.
• Wilson Fike at Bunn ppd. until Monday at 7 p.m.
• Ravenscroft at Louisburg ppd. until Monday at 7 p.m.
• Northern Vance at Franklinton still on Friday at press time.
Bunn resident Jevon Wright, 3 years
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Next month, it will have been a decade since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
In the 10 years since that attack, the country has waged a war on terror, both abroad and at home.
Also, in those 10 years, the sacrifice made by first responders and others who died during the attacks slowly fades into the background.
Franklin Regional Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s national Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation.
The Gold Seal acknowledges when a hospital demonstrates The Joint Commission’s standards for health care quality and safety. The accreditation award recognizes Franklin Regional’s dedication to meeting The Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art standards.
Given recent diagnoses of mosquito-borne diseases in a child and a horse in North Carolina – coupled with possible heavy rains from Hurricane Irene – a North Carolina Cooperative Extension specialist advises people to take precautions when outdoors.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
