FRANKLINTON - Sam Emory, 86, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Arrangements by Hudson Funeral Home, Durham.
FRANKLINTON —Roger “R.J.” Horne Jr., 26, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Arrangements by Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest.
LOUISBURG - Benjamin “Ben” Terrell Jr., 88, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Arrangements by Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest.
WAKE FOREST —David Herod Ray, 92, died Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012 at Franklin Oaks Nursing Center in Louisburg. A graveside service was held Friday, Jan. 27, at Free Will Baptist Church cemetery.
HENDERSON - Carl Richard Vick, 68, of Henderson, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Franklin Regional Medical Center. He was a longtime owner and operator of Ingleside Grocery and Vick’s Grocery. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jeanette Vick, and his son, Dennis Wayne Vick. Funeral services were held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Corinth Baptist Church with the Rev. Matthew Bowden officiating. Interment followed in Lancaster Memorial Park in Louisburg.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg had an opportunity to create some distance Tuesday night in the competitive Northern Carolina Conference boys basketball standings.
Instead, the surging Franklinton Red Rams jumbled things even more.
Franklinton, which has been playing its best basketball of the year over the past two weeks, roared to a 56-37 victory over Louisburg in a key NCC matchup at the LHS Gymnasium.
BUNN -- Bunn continues to find different ways to pick up victories in the competitive Northern Carolina Conference.
Tuesday at the Bunn Dome, the host Wildcats turned to their defense, and the result was a pull-away victory over league opponent Northwest Halifax.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- For the better part of three periods, the Franklinton Lady Rams displayed all the tendencies that will make them a tough opponent come the Class 2-A Girls Basketball State Playoffs.
Franklinton, coached by Lester Wilder, was playing tight, full-court defense while controlling the boards and draining some key jumpers during Tuesday’s key Northern Carolina Conference road game at backyard rival Louisburg.
Shock waves were sent through Franklin County in 2000, when the idea was first floated about splitting up the county’s three high schools -- Franklinton, Louisburg and Bunn -- in classification.
School and county administrators fought hard against the switch, but Louisburg and Franklinton eventually remained in Class 1-A -- and Bunn moved up to Class 2-A -- during the updated North Carolina High School Athletic Association realignment one year later.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Just like the mail service, adverse weather won’t stop the Louisburg College baseball squad anymore.
That’s because LC, under first-year head coach Mike McGuire, has built a state-of-the-art batting practice facility adjacent to the clubhouse along the first-base line at Frazier Field.
RALEIGH -- After an up-and-down start to begin the second half of the season, Louisburg College men’s basketball coach Mark Vanderslice hopes his squad found its groove over the past two contests.
Each of those outings were key Region X tests -- and the Hurricanes passed both in impressive fashion.
High School Wrestling
TUESDAY
Louisburg at Bunn 6 p.m.
Roanoke Rapids at Franklinton 6 p.m.
GREENVILLE -- East Carolina University Director of Athletics Terry Holland announced Tuesday that Pirate head baseball coach Billy Godwin will serve a two-week suspension without pay as a department-imposed corrective action for a self-reported National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) violation that involved impermissible housing benefits for volunteer coaches.
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Bunn High School’s boys basketball squad is ranked seventh in the most recent NCPreps.com/High School Media Class 2-A State Poll.
The Wildcats, coached by Gerald Melton, garnered 39 points in the voting, leaving them just one point behind No. 6 Reidsville.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Franklin County’s own ‘Redman’ -- also known as Lamont Richardson -- is back in the ring, and wrestling opponents continue to pay a heavy price during Richardson’s return.
Redman, who graduated from Louisburg High School in 1998, was working his way up the ladder of the Gouge Wrestling promotion before moving to Texas.
Louisburg’s Jamal Lucas (right) tries to gain possession of the ball while being defended by Franklinton’s Caleb Crudup during Tuesday’s contest at the LHS Gymnasium.
Franklinton’s Diamond Graham (left) drives toward the basket while being guarded by Louisburg’s Ebonee Alston during Tuesday’s Northern Carolina Conference hoops event.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Franklinton man accused of helping a murderer avoid jail was sentenced to prison for his role in the incident.
Stephen Hawkins’ plea deal concludes four cases surrounding the Sept. 20, 2010 murder of Jesse Montague Jr.
Hawkins, 26, pled guilty to accessory after the fact of second-degree murder after police allege he helped Rashawn Arrington flee to Virginia.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Lake Royale man accused of shooting his girlfriend in the head may be laying the groundwork for a sleepwalking defense.
Lake Royale police arrested Gary E. Robinson Jr. on Nov. 3, alleging that he shot Jessica Ashworth with a small-caliber gun.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Board of Elections officials and staff met with county management this week to figure out where Cypress Creek residents will cast their ballots this spring and fall.
The action became necessary after elections officials and staff were notified that a Seven Paths community group would no longer be maintaining the Community Center — the Sykes Road building that has been the Cypress Creek polling place for years.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The case against a Youngsville man accused of trying to set his girlfriend on fire will most likely be resolved during the next court session.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested Gary Normand on March 5, shortly after they allege he assaulted and tried to kill his girlfriend, Chloe Reynolds.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The case against a woman accused of running a puppy mill hit a snag this week.
Rena Long was arrested and charged with cruelty to animals after local and regional animal control advocates descended on her Carlyle Road property in June after receiving a complaint of animal cruelty.
With the aid of agents from the Humane Society of the United States, animal control staff seized hundreds of dogs, ducks, chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs and other animals for their welfare.
We can count -- but sometimes in the printing process, pages can get scrambled.
That’s exactly what happened in our Saturday edition when our “Year in Review” pages ended up in the wrong places.
Jordan Allen Watson, 4 days old
Yes, “Don’t Forget to Remember” was the message given at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation at Louisburg College on Jan. 17 at the Jones Performing Arts Center.
Dr. Robert Smith Jr. was the guest speaker; he serves as professor of Divinity and Christian Preaching at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Ala.
