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By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Monday represents the next time that state prosecutors could seek an indictment against former Sheriff Pat Green.
But it also could not.
That was the continued bit of insight that county Attorney Darnell Batton could provide when Commissioner Harry Foy again asked for his latest report on the status of the investigation.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The chance to cast an early ballot for municipal leaders began this week.
The first two hours in, one ballot had been cast — by a member of the elections staff.
Elections Director Amy Southerland said municipal elections may lack the overall buzz generated by an even-year or presidential election, but they can often be more intimate — which brings out voters.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
For those trying to stamp out domestic violence, it was particularly cruel that during Domestic Violence Awareness month, the Supreme Court ruled that a man convicted of killing his estranged wife would go free.
Rather than dwell on Robert Lee Pastuer’s freedom, those who gathered for Safe Space’s annual candlelight vigil remembered Narskelsky Pastuer and others like her who have been battered and bruised, and in the case of Mrs. Pastuer, killed by someone that at one time or another they trusted and loved.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects responsible for shooting a 15-year-old.
At about 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Youngsville police responded to a call of shots fired at Cureton Mobile Home Park which is off N. White Street heading into Wake County.
Could picking up an old house and moving it to a new location spark a reconciliation of a family and perhaps lead to a better understanding of the South and its often-tenuous relationship between races?
That’s the underlying theme behind the film “Moving Midway,” that will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at Louisburg College -- and be introduced by Godfrey Cheshire, the man who made the film. Admission is free.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
If Franklinton and Franklin County officials want to resolve a long-standing water dispute outside of court, time is running out.
Realizing that, both sides had pooled together possible dates for mediation and on Tuesday night, following a closed session, Franklinton officials forwarded Franklin County two dates to choose from — Nov. 3 or Dec. 1.
Remember when you were required to separate every little item before recycling?
Well, times are changing, and recycling is being simplified to make it easier for our citizens.
You can now mix certain items together, called “co-mingling,” which means that you can now put several different items into the same recycling container, explained Ed Shearin of the Franklin County Solid Waste Department.
Sherry Bell, daughter Jessica Rosales and granddaughter, Belen
By: PETER ANDREWS, Special to The Times
The Franklin County Breast Care Team is sponsoring a benefit Bluegrass concert Oct. 29 to raise money to keep stereotactic breast biopsy service in Franklin County.
The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Jones Performing Arts Center (JPAC) at Louisburg College.
Gladys Brown celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends on Sept. 27. She received a Certificate of Acknowledgement and Congratulations from Governor Bev Perdue.
A Franklin County man is scheduled to appear in court next month on domestic violence charges.
According to investigators and an arrest warrant, Jonathan Scott Ball, 31, removed a window air-conditioning unit to break into a woman’s home during the early morning hours of Oct. 2.
According to authorities, Ball and the woman had a past relationship.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
What happens when today’s growth — big box stores, four-lane highways and a burgeoning population — encroach on a historic home of local importance?
Far, far more than you might imagine!
In one instance, it became much more of a story than just pressure on an old building. It grew into a far more complex and mysterious tale than you might expect.
By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
With fall falling rapidly in Franklin County, it’s a great time to get outside and enjoy this beautiful North Carolina weather before ... well, before it turns cold and the holiday season gets cranked up into high gear.
As these beautiful October days begin to fade, it won’t be long before we’re all talking turkey — and we know how quickly St. Nick follows the turkey!
GOOD MORNING: Whatever their reason, the County Commissioners were wise to hold off on the purchase of the old Girl Scout campsite on N.C. 39 this past Monday night, and we can only hope that they will use the delay to consider other options for the wishes of the late Edgar Owens, who left $800,000 to the county for a new recreational park.
The Youngsville Town Board public hearing Oct. 13 exploring the discharge of military weapons in a scruffy, outside test area contiguous to residential property by Amidon Contracting Services had a room-full of residents voicing upset, disbelief and anger. Residents had expected the Planning Board to exercise wisdom and due diligence on that concrete munitions testing company on behalf of its citizens to:
Dear Editor:
Jerry Jones lied about not firing anyone that was interested in the sheriff’s job, but he did. Already he got rid of the best detectives that the sheriff’s department had.
Dear Editor:
I think President Obama is a good man trying to do good things and the GOP’s only goal is to block everything good to make President Obama fail. Truth is, when George Bush was president, he left a large deficit.
Utilities department employee Josh Bennett, center, was recognized for his five years of service by Franklinton Public Utilities Director Raymond Bragg, right, as Mayor Elic Senter, left, is set to present Bennett with a plaque. The presentations were made during the Franklinton Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday.
ZEBULON - Thomas O’Neal, Sr., 76, died Oct. 20, 2011 at Wake Medical Center, Raleigh.
WAKE FOREST - Alma Mary Brantley, 64, died, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 at Duke Raleigh Hospital. She was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to the late Lillian Thorne Morse and Walter K. Morse and was a member of Open Door Baptist Church.
ROLESVILLE - Philip Jones Olmstead died Oct. 17, 2011 at Rex Hospital after a prolonged illness. He was born Aug. 5, 1947 in Raleigh to Elsie Carver Olmstead and Albert Lewis Olmstead.
SPRING HOPE - James Furman Wright Sr., age 48, a resident of 69 Lake Rd., Henderson and 970 Duke Memorial Rd., Spring Hope, died Tuesday October 18, 2011 at his home in Spring Hope. Born on August 18, 1963 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Kenneth L. Williamson Sr. and April Lee Wright.
RALEIGH - William Albert Perry, Jr., age 76, passed away October 8, 2011 at his Raleigh residence. Surrounded by family, he was a loving father to his four daughters, three stepdaughters, and doted over his five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His greatest joy came from playing with his grandchildren, teaching them to build wooden airplanes and telling them tall tales.
There is so much more to tell about the success of Chile, this narrow, small, but prosperous country, that the stories need to continue for one more article.
Something good must be happening, because Newsweek 2011 labeled Chile as “The best country in Latin America and third best in the Americas.”
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