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Posted on: August 23, 2011
The remnants of an earthquake that struck Richmond, Va. and registered a 5.9 on the Richter Scale shook Franklin County for a few seconds on Tuesday afternoon.
By: Alicia Eller / Submitted photos
Motivation is one of the challenges parents have to face when the summer comes to an end. Not an easy task for the parents and the children. One important thing to mention is that while they are young, the right experience of motivating should begin, and should take place in a systematic, constant way.
How can we help our children to get on the right track from the beginning, is the question.
By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Wow!
With a single word — which he led the audience in exclaiming loudly — Franklinton High School graduate and current county commissioner Shane Mitchell summed up the public reaction to the new Franklinton High School.
A crowd estimated at nearly 1,000 helped usher in a new era in education in Franklinton, witnessed the ribbon cutting and toured the state-of-the-art 214,277 square foot facility Thursday night.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Franklin County man compounded his legal problems after leading authorities on a manhunt.
Jonathan Tanner, 21, was additionally charged with escaping from custody after a prison break on Thursday afternoon.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies were transporting Tanner to jail at about 2 p.m. on Thursday on charges of breaking and entering and larceny.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town commissioners agreed to cut out-of-town water customers a break.
By unanimous decision, commissioners agreed to cut the rate from $29.92 — double the in-town rate — to $17.95, which is 20 percent more than the in-town rate.
The decision was prompted by staff finding a calculation error in the budget and by customers who cried foul.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town officials will host a special-called meeting next week to discuss its water standoff with Franklin County.
On Tuesday morning, Franklin County Manager Angela Harris sent town officials and staff a letter notifying them that the county had lost interest in purchasing the town’s water and sewer system.
Louisburg resident Alex Jones
With four snips of a ribbon, the new Franklinton High School building opened Thursday night. Doing the snipping honors were (from the left) County Commission Chair Sidney Dunston, Schools Superintendent Dr. Eddie Ingram; FHS Principal Charles Fuller and State Superintendent of Schools Dr. June Atkinson. The school is built to handle 1,200 students but can be easily expanded to 1,600 as the need arises.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Police arrested a Kittrell area man who led his father on a vehicle chase before crashing into a telephone pole — knocking out the utility for the better part of a day.
Terrell F. Rodgers, 18, was charged with hit and run, leaving the scene of an accident; aggressive driving, failure to stop at a red light, misdemeanor injury to real property, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklinton investigators called in some help to investigate a weekend house fire.
It turns out Mother Nature was the culprit.
According to investigators, a storm that swept through the area the evening of Aug. 14 brought lightning with it.
That lightning is alleged to have hit a home at 410 N. Cheatham Street around midnight.
The information received by The Franklin Times regarding the time for the Open House at Louisburg Elementary School, to be held Aug. 24, was incorrect.
This incorrect information was published in the “Back To School” section of the Aug. 17 edition of the Times. The correct time for the Open House is 3 to 6 p.m. on Aug. 24, not 5-7 p.m.
Wanted: A few more subscribers who want to read a newspaper that’s produced right here in Franklin County and focuses entirely on events that happen in the county or affect Franklin County residents.
To find those subscribers, The Franklin Times -- the only newspaper in the world that is produced by and for the residents of Franklin County -- is conducting a telephone solicitation drive.
So, Franklin County is abandoning its plan to purchase the Franklinton water system.
Wow, that’s as big a surprise as the sun rising this morning -- and expecting it to set this evening!
Not to be facetious, but this is a decision that should never have had to be made -- and which comes as no surprise to anyone remotely familiar with the situation.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
It was bribery, pure and simple bribery!
And it happened right out in the open, right in the Louisburg town hall — and not a single person complained.
Certainly, I didn’t.
Of course, I contend I wasn’t influenced at all by the bribe which consisted of some really delicious chocolate fudge — sweetened with honey — that was being doled out to those attending the meeting.
GOOD MORNING: Thought for the day: Now that the Louisburg Town Council has decided to rethink a new ordinance limiting bee-keeping within the city limits, maybe the solution would be to consider relocating over-the-limit bee-hives to Oakwood Cemetery where there are plenty of flowers, or used to be anyway before the town trimmed all the bushes.
Dear Editor,
My name is Monica Warner, and I am president of the Franklin County Beekeepers Association
On Monday evening, Aug. 15, about 30 or 40 fellow beekeepers joined me at the Louisburg Town Council meeting. We were there to do one thing: To implore the council to reconsider their two-month-old, severely restrictive beekeeping ordinance.
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON. The Franklinton High School band was part of the festivities that took place outside Franklinton High School before the crowd moved inside for a ceremony and tour.
ALL SMILES. State Superintendent for Public Instruction June Atkinson, far right, with, from the left, Commission Chair Sidney Dunston, School Board Chair Paige Sayles and Superintendent Eddie Ingram. (Times photo by Donna Cunard)
WAKE FOREST - Willie Kittrell Sr., 91, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 at his residence.
CLAYTON - Herman S. “Pete” Barbrey Jr., 84, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 at Universal Healthcare. A private burial will be held at a later date in the Clay Hill Cemetery in Charity.
LOUISBURG - James Garfield “Jimmie” Sullivan, 76, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. A graveside service will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, in Pinewood Memorial Park.
ROLESVILLE - Deacon Theodore Columbus Dunn, 94, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, in the Feggins-Feggins Service Chapel in Wake Forest. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Saturday prior to the funeral service.
LOUISBURG – Horace David Rennard Jr., 69, died Thursday morning, Aug. 18, 2011. A funeral mass will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 22, at Our Lady of The Rosary Catholic Church, 460 Fox Park Rd., Louisburg. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.
Ricky and Erica King of Louisburg are proud to announce the birth of their new baby girl, Preslee Ann King. Preslee arrived at 5:24 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Maria Parham Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds and was 20 1/4 inches long.
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