By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- While his girls basketball team was on the cusp of squeezing out a championship at the Region X Tournament on Sunday, Louisburg College President Mark La Branche had one eye on the action -- and the other on his laptop computer.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The county’s parks and recreation advisory board got back to square one this week in its search for a park location to fulfill a dying man’s wish.
Primarily, members decided that they would give property owners until the end of June to submit land they want to be considered for development.
Youngsville resident Jerry Vaughan fills out some paperwork set up in front of the booth shared by Sugar and Spice Pretties and Salon 111, represented by Lindsey Holmes, left. The activities were part of the Youngsville Area Business Association’s 15th annual expo on Thursday at the National Guard Armory.
Bunn resident Dale Honeycutt
Wayne Champion, Franklin County agent for North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, was named among the Top 75 Agents for 2011, by Steven D. Carroll, CPCU, executive vice president and general manager. Champion was selected for this honor based on his outstanding sales and service record for multiple lines of insurance during 2011.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Two Louisburg College basketball players are scheduled to appear in court later this month on assault charges while school officials have found themselves defending disciplinary action.
Louisburg College Police Officer Anton Edwards arrested Kiara F. Cruse, 19, and Brittney Merriweather, 18, during the early morning hours of March 1 after another student alleged the two assaulted her inside Merritt Dormitory.
LONG BEFORE STAR WARS! We’re not sure what was showing at the old Louisburg movie theater on Court Street in downtown, but whatever it was, it must have been one popular movie! And that’s assuming that it was a movie that drew all these people into town, although that may be too much of an assumption. When this photo was taken, downtown Louisburg was a bustling place.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
On Monday, every Franklin Countian will have a chance to participate in our Constitutionally mandated right to be a part of government.
It’s one of those unusual times when the collective voice of the people can be heard and will make a difference if it is heard loudly and often enough.
At the risk of seeming like Chicken Little worried about whether the sky is falling, I think it is important we pay particular attention to a political situation and it is political brewing in the background.
No, not tax revaluations, not theft of county money, not redistricting for politics or schools, not even election-year grandstanding.
GOOD MORNING: I don’t know what it is about this recent property revaluation that our county commissioners don’t fully understand, so let me try to make it crystal clear. The mere suggestion that individual property owners should go through the costs and burden of an appeals process is absolutely unacceptable. What the taxpayers in Franklin County want and demand is a complete “Do Over” by another appraisal firm.
Two years ago next week, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On March 26, the Supreme Court will hear arguments and begin deliberations as to whether this law is constitutional. Regardless of how they rule, we are at a defining moment in our nation’s history.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklinton officials will be asked to approve two business ventures that have certainly drawn some scrutiny.
Pareshkemar Patel and proprietors of EZ Lounge LLC have both petitioned the town to open and operate Internet sweepstakes cafes.
Franklinton officials considered banning the businesses prior to a General Assembly decision in December 2011 to outlaw the establishments.
WAKE FOREST - George G. Ferrell, 82, died Monday, March 12, 2012. Funeral services were held Thursday, March 15, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home. Burial was in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens.
OXFORD - Angus Bridges Jr., 82, died Monday, March 12, 2012 at Maria Parham Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at Christian Faith Center, with Pastor Brenda Timberlake officiating. Interment will follow in the Estes family cemetery.
RICHMOND, VA. - Donnie Ray Allen, 62, died Monday, March 12, 2012. Arrangements by Asera Care of Richmond, Va. Friends and family will be received at the home of Ronnie and Brooke Allen at 4331 NC 39 Highway N., Louisburg, on Sunday, March 18, from 3-6 p.m.
ZEBULON - Sylvia Ann Ellis, 72, died Friday, March 9, 2012 at Franklin Oaks Nursing Center.
YOUNGSVILLE —Charles A. Starkey, 66, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Arrangements by Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn’s Whitney Bunn struck the first blow, but Northern Nash had the final say during Thursday’s non-conference girls soccer showdown on the BHS campus.
Bunn staked her club to an early one-goal cushion, but the Ladycats wouldn’t score the rest of the way en route to suffering a 5-1 setback against the undefeated Lady Knights.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Coach Chris Miller expects this track and field season to be one of the most competitive ever in the history of the Northern Carolina Conference.
And Miller anticipates that his Bunn Wildcats will be in the boys mix to win their third straight title -- but he acknowledges that it won’t be easy.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- First-year Coach Don Stopa had to wait a little longer than usual to enjoy the initial home game of his softball career at Louisburg College.
An earlier meeting was called off due to weather, so LC already had 12 contests in before finally having its Sheilah R. Cotten Field opener Thursday against the College of Albemarle.
Chuck Mann feels like he is leaving the Bunn High School girls basketball program in pretty good shape.
Nobody will dispute that assessment.
During Mann’s four seasons running the show at BHS, the Ladycats have won three regular season and tournament championships in the Northern Carolina Conference -- while making two appearances in the Elite Eight of the Class 2-A State Playoffs.
High School Baseball
TUESDAY
Franklinton at Roanoke Rapids 6:45 p.m.
Corinth Holders at Bunn 6:45 p.m.
BUNN -- Bunn High School kicked off its 2012 Northern Carolina Conference baseball schedule in style Tuesday with a comeback victory against long-time league titan North Johnston.
The Wildcats, playing at home, trailed by four runs early in the game before rallying for a key 8-6 conquest.
BUNN WINS AGAIN. The Bunn All-Stars recently took first place at the Top Gun Super NIT Baseball Tournament in Cary. Not only did players receive a trophy and ring, but Bunn also qualified for paid berths to the Summer and Winter World Series.
