DANVILLE, VA. -- Wideout Jarret Coffield hauled in a career-high nine receptions for 119 yards, and fellow senior Javon Boddie returned an interception 23 yards for a touchdown to lead North Carolina Wesleyan College’s football team to a 29-0 shutout of homestanding Averett University last Saturday.
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October 3, 2011
Franklin County Commissioners unanimously chose Jerry Jones as the county's new sheriff on Monday night.
AURELIAN SPRINGS -- Franklinton went down to the wire to avert an upset bid Friday at Northern Carolina Conference football rival Northwest Halifax.
The undefeated Red Rams scored on a 4-yard touchdown run from Reggie Williams with one minute remaining to squeeze out a 20-16 decision over the Vikings.
WARRENTON -- Bunn spotted Warren County the game’s first touchdown, but the Wildcats quickly roared back en route to posting a 51-18 road victory over the Eagles in a Northern Carolina Conference football showdown on Friday.
Bunn will carry a 4-2 overall and 3-0 league record into this coming Friday’s key matchup at backyard rival Franklinton.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
WENDELL -- Winless through four games, the Louisburg Warriors could wait just a little longer in order to gain their first victory of the 2011 football season.
Friday’s Northern Carolina Conference matchup between Louisburg and host Corinth Holders was delayed over one hour because of storms.
YOUNGSVILLE - Carol Ann Young Jacobs, 59, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2011 at Franklin Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 30, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest.
FRANKLINTON —Zelma Sophina Brewer Puett, 79, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Perry’s Chapel Baptist Church, 854 Perry’s Chapel Church Road, Franklinton.
Magic can happen when young people, those of a certain age and a few animals get together for a little while, especially when a cute little baby girl is added to the mix!
Exactly that happened recently when some Franklin County 4-H’ers participated in Assisted Living Week at Louisburg Manor.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners expect to be another step closer to naming the county’s next sheriff on Monday.
The board met twice in closed session this past week to interview five candidates interested in the job, according to those close to the matter.
A Franklinton man was taken to Franklin Regional Medical Center at about noon on Thursday following this two-vehicle wreck in front of a Louisburg eatery. According to Louisburg Police Officer Dennis Benson, James Hicks, 65, was attempting to pull out of the Waffle House parking lot and make a left onto Bickett Boulevard when he pulled into the path of a truck driven by Margaret Mulholland.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County commissioners are scheduled to review proposed changes by which emergency communications towers are approved.
At the same time, efforts to build a tower that’s pivotal in a $10.7 million emergency communications overhaul are moving forward.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Louisburg area man is slated to appear in court in November on murder charges.
Franklin County detectives and agents with the State Bureau of Investigation were called in to investigate after authorities found Michael Richardson, 49, dead inside a home at 122 Fox Ridge Road at about 10:45 p.m. on Sept. 16.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
They didn’t keep score on Thursday night, but everyone who rounded the bases at Louisburg High School’s softball field was a winner.
And so were those who came out to cheer.
More than a year ago, organizers set out to create a baseball league for those with mental and physical disabilities and on Thursday night, the Miracle League hosted its first game.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The county’s airport authority will discuss a personnel matter during a special-called meeting on Wednesday.
The agenda does not indicate who will be the topic of discussion, however, airport director Steve Merritt appears a likely choice.
The Triangle North Executive Airport committee met in closed session during a special-called meeting on Sept. 7, but Merritt did not attend that meeting.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Expect “several more years of sluggish economic growth,” said Dr. Michael Walden, an economics professor at North Carolina State University and featured speaker at the annual Committee of 100 dinner meeting Thursday night. Dr. Walden has taught economics at NCSU for 32 years and is well known for his newspaper columns and frequent appearances on television and radio programs.
Little Landon Sides, 2 months old
Tammy Calvery tries to get a good shot of her son, Cody, during the Miracle League of Franklin County’s first game on Thursday night.
Franklinton police are looking for a suspect in a hit-and-run involving a bicycle.
According to an accident report by Sgt. W.B. Bulloch, James W. Tapp II was riding a bicycle on Howard Harris Road when he stopped at the intersection of U.S. 1-A.
According to the report, a white pickup truck approached from behind and hit Tapp.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
And now, for the third consecutive month, the county commissioners will consider changing the rules to take some of your rights away — and to make the lives of county bureaucrats easier.
Like the Energizer Bunny, county officials keep trotting out this really bad idea that was presented as an “ambush” in both August and September — and the ambush is set yet again!
I got quite a chuckle out of an AP story this week that also received page 1 play on the Raleigh daily.
The story, written in rather breathless prose, reported that the cost of employer-sponsored health insurance “surged” this year — climbing an average of 9 percent.
Nine percent? A surge?
GOOD MORNING: We apparently won’t know until late Monday at the earliest, but Kent Winstead will likely become our next sheriff – that is IF our County Commissioners somehow arrived at a decision over the weekend. The commissioners are planning to meet in secret again at 6 p.m. Monday, one hour prior to their 7 p.m. regular session, to discuss the appointment yet again.
People constantly ask what’s wrong with our country? Why have we lost trust in government, business, the church and most every institution? Let us state emphatically there is a lot right with our institutions, but there are warning signs that should alarm us. I believe things started changing for the worse when we all bought into the “bigger is better” myth.
RALEIGH – President Barack Obama and like-minded liberals here in North Carolina weren’t wrong in 2010 when they said that it was impossible to solve government’s budgetary problems without tackling the issue of health care. The road to fiscal solvency does, indeed, run through Medicare and Medicaid.
On Tuesday Sept. 20, faculty, staff and students of Louisburg College (LC) gathered at Benson Chapel to reflect on “Peacemaking” and what they can do to find peace.
President La Branche prepared a sermon which emphasized how important it is to find peace since we cannot remove conflict from our nation and the nations of the world. As we seek peace- making, we must remember that it is not denial of conflict, La Branche said.
