LOUISBURG - Adelaide Jones, 91, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Arrangements by William Toney’s Funeral Home, Spring Hope.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Bunn coach Gerald Melton hoped that a lively crowd would provide his club with plenty of motivation during last Friday’s Northern Carolina Conference boys basketball road game at Louisburg.
Melton expected a sellout, and he got one for the contest, which was staged at Holton Gymnasium on the Louisburg College campus.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- As an elite-level sprinter, Bunn’s Marisa Bellamy isn’t used to traveling long distances.
But this summer, Bellamy will embark on a 252-mile journey that will take her to her future home in Columbia, S.C.
After fielding offers from several top-notch programs, Bellamy has opted to continue her career with Southeastern Conference track and field powerhouse South Carolina.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Fans who were ready to give up on the Bunn Ladycats earlier in the season are devouring their share of crow these days.
That’s because Bunn, which wasn’t playing well against a solid non-conference schedule, seems to be revving into top form -- and just in time for the Northern Carolina Conference Tournament and the Class 2-A State Playoffs.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Even with a slew of Division I transfers, there were still plenty of butterflies on the bench for Louisburg College during last weekend’s season-opening baseball series against Catawba Valley Community College.
It wasn’t a Hollywood-type beginning to the much-anticipated career at LC for new coach Mike McGuire, but it was still enough to get the job done.
FRANKLINTON -- Despite 18 points from Jamal Johnson, the Franklinton Red Rams dropped a key Northern Carolina Conference boys basketball game last Friday against visiting Warren County.
WC led by nine points after one frame and went on to post a 65-58 conquest.
Johnson delivered 10 of his 18 points in the fourth frame as the Red Rams made a strong comeback that came up a little short.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- ‘In and Out’ was the theme for the Louisburg College football program during last Wednesday’s National Signing Day.
LC head coach John Sala said goodbye to several standout performers, including some Division I signees.
The Hurricanes currently have had 10 players from last season’s club ink deals with four-year schools, including All-American and Northeast Conference Player of the Year Rasheed Williams.
Southern Nash High School running back Terron Huffman signs a letter-of-intent to join the football program at UNC-Pembroke. Also pictured are (back, l to r) Terron Huffman (father) and Shaquille Rivers (stepbrother); (front, right) Charlotte Riley (mother). Huffman is a former Franklin County resident who was a member of the gridiron team at Bunn Middle School before transferring to SNHS.
Franklin County Schools is participating in the 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge.
The challenge invites students to create video games that not only excite, but also educate game users about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
High school students in grades nine through 12 from any school can enter the contest.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Richard Trader Jr., 45, who died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at Rocky Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Rory Sneed officiating. Burial will follow in the M. H. Jones cemetery.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies wrapped up a months-long drug investigation that resulted in one of the suspects facing federal charges.
Officers with the Multi-Agency Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant the afternoon of Jan. 27, seizing just more than 7 grams of cocaine and nearly 1.7 pounds of marijuana from a home on Hazel Lane in the Zebulon area of the county.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Accountants with an Oxford firm will present commissioners with an audit report indicating weaknesses in internal controls within the sheriff’s office — highlighted by allegations that former sheriff Pat Green stole more than $200,000 in undercover drug funds.
The audit also reveals an apparent end-run around protocol that the sheriff’s office made during Green’s tenure to secure a planning contract for the jail.
Ben Killinger, left, and Andrew Poole, contractors with Pennsylvania-based B Moyer, are making the rounds, installing new radio equipment in emergency response vehicles. The new equipment is designed to be compatible with the multi-million-dollar overhaul to the county’s emergency communications system.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The race for new government housing added one new contestant this week when former Congressmen Bob Etheridge announced he was running for governor.
Last week, Gov. Bev Perdue announced that she would not seek re-election, opening the door for Democrats to seek the party’s nomination.
Veteran Franklin County Commissioner Robert Lee Swanson will receive the highest honor the North Carolina governor can bestow on a citizen, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, in a special ceremony on Monday, Feb. 6.
The event will begin at 5 p.m. in the Franklin County Cooperative Extension Service annex at 103 S. Bickett Boulevard, Louisburg, with the presentation set for 5:30 p.m.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s Gray Bar hotel has made itself more hospitable to outsiders this year.
The Franklin County sheriff’s office volunteered to take part in the Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program — which allows them to house state inmates, earning $40 a day for each inmate through the state.
Louisburg College student Augie Ayers
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are investigating an armed home invasion.
No injuries were reported.
Staceye Dale reported the morning of Jan. 31 that an acquaintance forced his way inside her Bunn area home, using a nightstick.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s unemployment rate inched back up to double digits for December, following a trend shared by 92 other counties.
According to information released by the state Department of Labor, unemployment rates increased in 93 of the state’s 100 counties in December.
Emily Williams, a 2008 graduate of Louisburg High School, graduated on Dec. 15, 2011 from the University of NC at Greensboro. She graduated (cum laude) with a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Health and Human Services.
East Carolina University has announced the names of students recognized by the University Recognition Program for the fall semester of 2011. This program consists of the Chancellor’s List (4.0 GPA), the Dean’s List (3.5 GPA and above), and the Honor Roll (3.0-3.4 GPA). To be named to either list, the student must be a full-time undergraduate who meets these grade requirements with no grade below C.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
There is both good news and bad news regarding the diets and eating habits of Franklin County residents these days.
For longer than most of us can remember, “experts” have been making vague, often contradictory suggestions about what we should and should not eat.
GOOD MORNING: Although it was not noted on my desk calendar, Thursday was Groundhog Day and judging by the weather locally, it’s a pretty good chance that old Punxsutawney Phil or whoever, saw his shadow, which supposedly indicates that we can expect six more weeks of winter.
But if the local weather for the ensuing six weeks is anything like that of the previous six, we don’t have anything to worry about.
When a local judge found a former Franklin County school teacher not guilty of being aggressive with a student recently, that shined a spotlight on a problem that we’ve been writing about for years.
The issue is as simple -- and as complex -- as finding a way to deal with students who cause disciplinary problems, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not -- in classrooms.
