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By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
To some, a small metal stamp with the letters “JS” might not mean much, but to one Franklin County native, those letters may be the key to a career change!
North Carolina bladesmith E. Scott McGhee, a native of Franklinton, earned his ABS journeyman knife maker certification recently at the All Forged Blade Expo in San Antonio, Texas.
Ballots for the primary and general election continue to be rounded out as two more candidates filed for local offices this week.
Rep. Glen Bradley will take a shot at unseating Sen. Doug Berger, as he has filed for the newly formed Senate District 18 seat.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The case against a Louisburg man accused of child pornography is expected to go before a grand jury this coming week.
Agents with the State Bureau of Investigation arrested Bruce Arthur Howard on Oct. 27, charging him with 10 counts of second-degree child sexual exploitation and one count of first-degree child sexual exploitation.
Historic Holton Gymnasium on the Louisburg College campus will be renamed the Roger G. Taylor Athletic Center in a ceremony planned for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28. Taylor is a 1968 graduate of Louisburg College and was a member of the basketball team.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Last October, town officials lamented the loss of a community stalwart, proclaiming Oct. 18 as Joyce Goswick Roberts Day.
On Tuesday, commissioners recognized Roberts once again, presenting her family with Roberts’ Citizen of the Year award.
Hoops fan Shamir Sheppard
Two more suspects in a 2010 murder are slated to appear in court this coming week.
And so is a former Bunn police officer accused of taking indecent liberties with a minor.
Sheriff’s deputies allege more than a handful of assailants broke into Anthony Perry’s home in northern Franklin County in March 2010, killing him during a robbery attempt.
Members of Girl Scout Troop 983 were on hand to lead Franklinton officials and residents in the Pledge of Allegiance during the board’s Feb. 21 meeting. Also, Mayor Elic Senter read a proclamation marking the week of March 11-17 as Girl Scout Week in town.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — With a unanimous vote, town officials took ownership of a town cemetery that for years served as a racial dividing line for the community.
In April 2010, commissioners agreed to assume maintenance of Evergreen Cemetery — historically the final resting place for minorities in town.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
We Americans are always looking for the easy answer, the quick fix, the painless solution — and there is none for the energy problem that is pinching your wallet and the nation’s economy.
For more than 40 years, our leaders in Washington — Democrat, Republication and “Other” — have known that without a concise, coherent, sensible energy policy, we were headed for a train wreck.
Amazing! Property values in Franklin County have spiraled upward 14.8 percent in the last four years during the worst economic times since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Who would have thought it?
Certainly not I!
GOOD MORNING: I’m having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that it’s midwinter when overnight lows are in the mid 60’s, but such was the case early Friday morning when I drove down to pick up the morning paper.
The indoor reading outdoor thermometer in my front yard was reading 65.3 degrees at 6:30 a.m. and shortly thereafter at 7:10 a.m. dropped to 64.8 degrees, which is considerably higher than the daytime highs expected today and tomorrow.
RALEIGH – Although those involved may wish us to forget, there were actually two attempts over the past year to make a certain statistic, one percent, into a political cause here in North Carolina. Both flopped in telling ways.
We all know that grieving is not an easy process, and that there are all kinds of surprising emotions such as shock, anger, and guilt which people experience. We also know that the degree of these emotions differs from person to person; therefore, some people need more support than others.
BOSTON, MA - Funeral services for Bessie Williams, who died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at God’s Vision, with the Rev. Sidney Dunston officiating. Burial will follow in the Haywood Baptist Church cemetery.
WAKE FOREST- Louise Burnette Fuller, 89, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 at Hillside Nursing Center. Funeral services were held Thursday, Feb. 23, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home. A private burial was held in the Sandy Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Louisburg.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Blanche Williams Gordon, 74, who died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, will be held Monday, Feb. 27, at 1 p.m. at Perry’s Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Randolph Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Eugene “Gene” Raymond Tomlinson, 65, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 at Wake Med. Funeral service was held Thursday, Feb. 23, at New Hope Baptist Church, Raleigh, with Dr. Richard Childress officiating. Burial was at Stone Heritage family cemetery, Middlesex.
RALEIGH - George Elliott Moore, 76, died Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 at Oak Hill Living Center in Angier. A memorial service was held Thursday, Feb. 23, at Montlawn Funeral Home.
LOUISBURG - Mary Magdaline Wall Perry Leonard, 90, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 at Louisburg Nursing Center. The funeral services was conducted Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Greater Pentecostal Church, Raleigh, by Bishop Claude Cooke. Burial followed at Walnut Grove Baptist Church cemetery.
LOUISBURG – Mary Helen Harrison, 73, of Louisburg, died Wednesday.
Thanks to a resident, a man and a mother, Franklin County sheriff’s deputies cited a man for leading an officer on a chase.
According to a report by Det. John Whitman Jr., he was patrolling Bunn Elementary School Road when he came upon a man on a dirt bike in the middle of the road.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Guilford Tech played a nearly perfect first half during its women’s basketball showdown Wednesday against the high-powered Louisburg College Lady Hurricanes.
GTCC, a key Region X rival of LC’s over the past several years, had made a slew of long-range 3-pointers while making the transition-oriented Lady Hurricanes play a half-court game.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- A frenzied full-court pressure defense is destined to fuel Bunn’s quest for a deep run into the Class 2-A Girls Basketball State Playoffs.
But another defensive strategy is every bit as pleasing to the Ladycats’ fans.
When BHS head coach Chuck Mann implores his team to drop back into a 2-3 zone, it usually means that the Ladycats have obtained a substantial cushion -- and Mann isn’t about to run up the score on an opponent.
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