By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- One of the most remarkable aspects of Bunn’s second-half run to the girls basketball season is that the Ladycats have been able to excel even when key players were out of the lineup.
BHS faced one last test in that regard during last Thursday’s regular season finale against Corinth Holders, which entered the event with just two league victories.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- After a strong start to the season, a playoff berth seemed to be a formality for the Louisburg High School boys basketball team.
But those lofty plans hit a snag in January as the Warriors began to struggle -- all the while nearly falling out of the postseason race.
FRANKLINTON -- Franklinton High School will have an opportunity to showcase its new gymnasium as part of the 2012 Northern Carolina Conference Boys and Girls Basketball Tournaments.
The event will be held today through Friday at the FHS Gymnasium.
After first-round games at home sites, action will switch to FHS today for the boys semifinals at 6 and 7:30 p.m.
LOS ANGELES -- Christian Buffaloe, the 12-year-old son/student of Nash County Kyokushin Karate instructor Kenny Buffaloe, recently won the youth division of the Japan sponsored “2012 Kyokushin Karate U.S. Weight Category Tournament” in Los Angeles on Jan 22.
This annual tournament is one of the largest and most prestigious Kyokushin Karate full-contact competitions outside of Japan.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
RED OAK -- A pair of Franklin County soccer squads will be in action at the Fighting Lady Knights Preseason Jamboree on Feb. 23.
The annual event will be held at the Northern Nash High School Soccer Field, which is located in Red Oak.
In addition to host Northern, other competitors will be Tarboro, Bunn, Corinth Holders, Louisburg and Southern Nash.
SPECIAL TIME FOR EBONEE. Louisburg’s Ebonee Alston, shown with members of her family, was one of only two seniors who were honored Thursday as members of the LHS girls basketball squad.
Bunn’s Montrel Cooke (with ball) tries to penetrate during last Thursday’s Northern Carolina Conference home victory over Corinth Holders.
LOUISBURG -- Despite his club’s undefeated record through two weeks, first-year head coach Mike McGuire has been patiently waiting for both his high-powered bats and stingy arms to produce together in a game.
McGuire got his wish last Saturday in the finale of a three-event baseball series against Lackawanna College from Pennsylvania.
Marisa Bellamy scores inside for the Bunn Ladycats against league foe Corinth Holders.
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February 14, 2012
BUNN — A Sunday morning house fire has left a family of four without a home.
LOUISBURG – Bobby Andrew Robbins, 77, died Thursday afternoon, Feb. 9, 2012 at his home. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Strickland Funeral Home, with Dr. Bill Haley and the Rev. Jared Pemper officiating. Burial will follow in Lancaster Memorial Park.
LOUISBURG - Betty Ray Allen Shubert, 65, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 at WakeMed Hospital. Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 10, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, with the Rev. Al Thomas officiating. Burial followed in the Sykes family cemetery in Wake Forest.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
BUNN — The county’s fire marshal and arson investigator are probing an explosive fire that forced three people out of their home Wednesday morning.
No injuries were reported at the 4:30 a.m. fire at 647 John Winstead Road.
According to fire officials, investigators were trying to determine whether the fire caused the resulting explosions, or whether the explosions caused the fire.
Two people were injured in a head-on collision on a major county thoroughfare Thursday night.
According to Trooper B.S. Gardner, Helena Nevicosi of Raleigh was heading south on U.S. 401 near N.C. 98 when she crossed the center line just before 7 p.m.
The car she was driving crashed head-on into a sport utility vehicle driven by Gracie Clifton of Franklin County.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Those interested in public service will get their chance this coming week to file for office.
The filing period for the primary and general election begins at noon on Monday and will run through Feb. 29.
“People looking to file don’t need anything,” said Board of Elections Director Amy Southerland. “We’ll check to see if they’re a registered voter.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The change of the year has brought increased interest in Franklin County from business and industry, according to Ronnie Goswick, Franklin County economic developer, who reported to the Economic Development Commission Thursday morning.
He said that his office fielded more inquiries about Franklin County in January alone than in the last six months of 2011 combined.
Girl Scout Troop 1422 and 1617 leaders, from left to right, Crystal Powell and Jennifer Parrish, load a van full of cookies to deliver to their troops on Friday. Fifteen Franklin County Girl Scout troops are prepared to begin delivering 28,944 boxes of cookies this weekend.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Louisburg residents likely won’t be facing a tax increase or any significant increase in fees in the fiscal year that will begin July 1, at least that was the indication at the town’s first budget workshop Thursday evening.
Town council members and the administration held an informal discussion about where the town is and where it needs to go in the next year -- and council members came armed with a fairly scaled back “wish list” of projects, most of which don’t cost significant money.
Don’t look now, but although it’s only February it’s time to begin making plans to register children for the 2012-13 school year — especially those who will be starting kindergarten.
School officials have changed the process this year and here are the most commonly asked questions (in bold) and answers regarding registration.
Louisburg residents Anesa and Jamal Lucas
The United Way of Franklin County has been recognized for helping hundreds of county residents receive discount prescription drugs through the grassroots FamilyWize card program – saving them more than $10,000 in 2011.
“UWFC recognizes the need for this type of support in the community, and we are pleased to realize that so many people here at home have benefited through this partnership,” board Chairman Dale Byrns said.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
BUNN — Town police continue to investigate an assault and robbery reported at a gas station.
According to Bunn Police Chief Kent Winstead, a manager at the Wilco-Hess reported that she sat in her car the morning of Jan. 30, preparing to make a bank deposit when someone approached, struck her, and took the money.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
It’s been two years since a Louisburg man left Franklin County nearly $1 million to build a new park.
It’ll take a bit more time before staff, volunteers and officials figure out how to meet that dying man’s last request.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Could it be?
Is it possible?
Dare we even hope?
Well, maybe, or maybe not, but hoping is a lot better than what most of us have been doing for the last four years as our economy wallowed in the mud.
