By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
AURELIAN SPRINGS -- Bunn continued its early-season undefeated streak with a Northern Carolina Conference boys basketball victory Tuesday night against the homestanding Northwest Halifax Vikings.
BHS was not outscored during any period stop, but the Vikings were still tough to put away.
“It was a close game all the way through,’’ said BHS head coach Gerald Melton. “We were finally able to get some distance there in the end.’’
Former Louisburg College pitcher Paul Clemens continues to work his way up the Minor League system -- and may be appearing in a Major League stadium near you much sooner than later.
Clemens, a native of Burke, Va., has earned a spot on the 40-man roster for the Houston Astros heading into the 2012 campaign.
High School Wrestling
FRIDAY
FHS at Northern Durham Tourney 9 a.m.
BHS at C.B. Aycock Tourney TBA
AURELIAN SPRINGS -- Talk about tall tasks -- the Louisburg Lady Warriors tangled with a pair of undefeated clubs on back-to-back nights this week.
Tuesday, Louisburg traveled to unbeaten Franklinton for a key Northern Carolina Conference matchup, and the Lady Rams earned a 36-22 home decision.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn High School, coached by Leonard Allen, will begin its 2012 baseball schedule with a road game on Feb. 28 at Nash Central.
Bunn’s first five games will all come against Class 3-A foes from Nash County. In addition to Central, the Wildcats will also tangle with Northern Nash and Southern Nash.
Louisburg’s Sedalia Seda (with ball) heads upcourt while being defended by Franklinton’s Mecca Hicks during Tuesday night’s girls basketball contest at FHS.
Franklinton’s Delonte Perry (with ball) goes up for a shot while being defended by Louisburg’s Marcus Davis during Tuesday night’s boys basketball event, which was staged at the FHS Gymnasium.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Staff got an update from those responsible for engineering a high-speed rail project that could cut the town in half.
Monday’s meeting was an opportunity for town officials and staff to continue dialogue about the Southeast High Speed Rail project and reiterate their call to prevent the project from closing major East-West thoroughfares to accommodate the train project.
Police arrested a Louisburg man they allege had a role in a murder-suicide.
Investigators on Tuesday afternoon charged Ryan Reynolds, 21, with accessory before the fact and aiding and abetting a felonious breaking and entering.
According to Louisburg Police Chief Rick Lassiter, Reynolds had gone to an apartment in Franklin Court Apartments the morning of Dec. 14 with the intent of helping Gregory Hicks get inside.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
When allegations surfaced that former sheriff Pat Green illegally dipped into Shop with a Sheriff funds, a cloud hung over the program.
But Sheriff Jerry Jones, the United Way and others who donate to the program wanted to make sure that deserving children wake up Christmas morning with beaming smiles instead.
Geoffrey Hawthorne, assistant principal at Cedar Creek Middle School, has been named the 2012 Franklin County Schools Assistant Principal of the Year.
Hawthorne began his teaching career at Cedar Creek Middle School in 2005, teaching eighth grade social studies for four years.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Topics ranging from an update on the area’s newest industry, to wrapping up a long-running utility project, to honoring a former member and even hearing complaints about its police department (see related story), the Louisburg town council had an eventful session Monday night.
A good portion of the meeting centered around Palziv, the area’s newest industry, when its CEO, Greg Brooker, brought the council an update on his company.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Owners of a local business, recently hit hard by smash-and-grab burglars, are also upset with the Louisburg Police Department and brought their concerns to the town council Monday night.
Jeremy Neal, who with his father, Dwight, operates Tar River Trading Co., on Bickett Boulevard in Louisburg, said someone threw a cinder block through the front window of the store about a month ago and quickly scooped up about $50,000 worth of gold and silver and fled.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Youngsville and Franklinton police combined efforts to slow down speeders.
It was the second time that Franklinton police teamed up with the state Highway Patrol’s motorcycle unit to employ LIDAR to identify speeders along U.S. 1.
And it was the first time they teamed up with Youngsville police to crack down on speeders along one of the county’s main thoroughfares.
The Louisburg High School student who allegedly brought a .22-caliber pistol to school in the glove compartment of his car is facing a misdemeanor charge of taking a weapon on educational property.
An earlier news report in The Franklin Times indicated that Clayton Williams, 17, was facing federal felony charges. However, because the gun was in a car and not brought into the school, misdemeanor charges were filed.
Ava Hayden, 4, is ready for Santa’s visit
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
For the past year and a half, a health care group has been dealing with dental issues that have been downright offensive.
In response, they held a DENTAL BLITZ last weekend to try and stem the tide, helping nearly 30 patients.
Wayne Champion, right, organizer of the Coats for Christmas campaign, stands with John Rouse and Joyce Rowe of Safe Space, which is helping to house some of the coats and provide them to those in need. The coats are being collected at drop-off sites, including the Youngsville Library, the Farm Bureau Insurance Office, or the Village Cleaners in Louisburg.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
When we paused a moment after putting together last Saturday’s edition, we were struck by the two very different pictures of our community that were represented in one edition.
Page 1 was, unfortunately, the stereotype of a newspaper’s front page, although not typical for a community paper like your Franklin Times.
GOOD MORNING: The Christmas/New Year countdowns are underway and it looks like it’s going to be a pretty wild ride for us here at the Times for the foreseeable future.
The Wednesday MIDWEEK editions of the paper will go to press as normal, but the Saturday WEEKEND editions will go to press a day early for Saturday delivery.
As Christmas approaches, I figured it was the perfect time to check my Christmas list to old St. Nick.
The first thing I hope Santa Claus will bring is the end to all of these closed sessions.
I’ll be honest, I’ve lost count of the number of doors that have been closed in my face as town and county officials have elected to go into closed session to discuss county business.
In the 2012 NC house and senate races, do you see yourself voting for a candidate not from Franklin County?
Is it just me or are we more interested in dwelling on our problems, focusing on what we don’t have, complaining about what’s not working and pointing fingers of blame than in finding solutions to our problems?
We constantly tweak our current systems, largely creations of the 19th and 20th centuries, putting new wine into old wineskins, so to speak but today’s circumstances require new, out-of-the-box thinking.
RALEIGH – One of the ironies of the holiday calendar is that Christmas follows closely after Thanksgiving. Many of the Pilgrims and Puritans who helped make Thanksgiving an American tradition were appalled by and opposed to the celebration of Christmas.
