Potential members of the Nu Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Pi Chi National Sorority Inc., who are called Piettes, worked to prepare goodie bags stocked with hygiene supplies to aid tornado victims in Alabama, Missouri and North Carolina and the children of The Good Shepherd Fold Orphanage in Uganda.
Jennifer Leigh Jones received her Master of Business Administration degree at the Meredith College commencement exercises on May 8. Having earned a 4.0 GPA, she delivered commencement remarks as the representative of the graduate class.
Thomas Ervin Hunt is the recipient of the Lucelendia Massenburg-Tabb Educational Scholarship, which is presented by the Perry’s School Alumni Association. Hunt is a 2011 graduate of Louisburg High School and has a 3.8 grade point average. He will be attending East Carolina University in the fall and plans to major in graphic design.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- With 19 starters returning, there isn’t a lot of new scheme teaching during Franklinton High School’s preseason football drills.
For the Red Rams, it’s all about reinforcement -- and veteran FHS head coach Clark Harrell sees that as a huge positive.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- For Head Coach Chris Lee, it was only a coincidence that his Louisburg Warriors lined up against a spread offense during Wednesday’s home football scrimmage against Granville Central.
Not that Lee is complaining.
Certainly, Louisburg can use the practice time against the offense, as at least half of the Warriors’ opponents in the Northern Carolina Conference will utilize the spread attack this fall.
Late last August, that sound you heard was the collective necks creaking in the football coaching profession in Eastern North Carolina.
Whiplash-induced pain is still evident with some of these coaches, who quickly turned their heads toward Franklinton when it was announced that FHS skipper Clark Harrell would be switching his Red Rams to a spread offense.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Thanks to current North Carolina High School Athletic Association regulations, most prep football teams in the area are scrimmaging twice in the same week heading up to their respective Aug. 19 regular season openers.
Some clubs are even going on back-to-back nights -- including the Bunn Wildcats.
High School Football
FRIDAY
Lakewood at Franklinton 7:30 p.m.
Rocky Mount at Bunn 7:30 p.m.
Louisburg at Southern Vance 7:30 p.m.
RALEIGH -- Panther Creek and Wake Forest-Rolesville High Schools will be partnering to host the 5th Annual Kick It To Cancer High School Soccer Showcase today to benefit the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
All games will be played on the three synthetic-turf fields at CASL’s WRAL complex in North Raleigh. Barring thunder and lightning, all games will be played – rain or shine.
RALEIGH -- The Carolina Mudcats left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning as they dropped the series opener 6-4 against the Montgomery Biscuits at Five County Stadium before 3,834 fans in Class AA Southern League baseball action.
(L to R) Offensive linemen J.T. Fallkner, Tyler Duncan and Marshall Sherrod exit the field Wednesday for the Louisburg High School football squad.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Even as it plans to open the new, state-of-the-art Franklinton High School later this month, the Franklin County Board of Education is hearing warnings about a looming financial pinch in the 2012-13 school year.
The warnings came from Doug Moore, assistant superintendent for business and finance, Monday night as he called the current budget “a process like none other.”
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A state occupational safety agency is investigating a workplace fatality — the second such incident in Franklin County this year.
According to the state Department of Labor (DOL) and emergency responders, Eric Eugene Black, an electrician’s helper with Act Electric in Wake Forest, was working on a scissor lift when the apparatus got knocked over by a bridge crane.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
In her 70 years, Mattie Kemp not only looked out for her own interests, she helped others.
The long-time executive director of the county’s Chamber of Commerce started out as an entrepreneur herself, running a salon and then a dress shop.
She also served as an office manager at a prominent Louisburg company.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A group of Franklin County residents is looking for a few good men and women.
The only requirement is that you come with an open mind, some ideas and, hopefully, some solutions to problems at the county, state and federal level.
Roger Lytle and Dee Sams are organizers behind the group, We the People of Franklin County NC Patriots.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Although the case against an accused murderer was given the go-ahead by a judge, the trial is not expected to begin next week as scheduled.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested Joseph Mendez on Jan. 19 2010 after alleging that he killed his sister, Julianna Matthews, and seriously wounded his mother, Lydia Etanislao.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A local community group is hosting a fund raiser this weekend to honor a fallen Franklin County soldier and raise money for a cause that was dear to his heart.
Military Police Spc. Lucas Elliott was killed in Iraq on July 15 when the vehicle he was riding in ran over an improvised explosive device.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A local free clinic is again a trailblazer — this time in an effort to get people to avoid lighting up.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selected free clinics in North and South Carolina and Virginia to be part of its Learn More Breathe Better campaign — an effort to stamp out Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and tobacco use.
Franklinton High School media specialist Doris Davis-Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Waters Sr. of Louisburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Noella Waters of Louisburg to Dana Joe Harris of Louisburg. The groom-elect is the son of the late Wade and Martha A. Harris of Youngsville. The wedding will take place on Aug. 20, 2011 at 2 p.m. at Tabernacle Baptist Church, Zebulon.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
The credit rating of the United States has been downgraded one notch.
Who cares?
It doesn’t mean much in the real world so don’t jump off a bridge just yet.
Although the already jittery -- isn’t it always jittery? -- U.S. Stock Market took a significant dip on the downgrade news, no one really believes that Standard & Poor’s decision means very much over the long haul.
GOOD MORNING: Keep your fingers crossed, but if forecasts prove to be anywhere near correct, we could be in for a little relief from the heat and humidity such as that we experienced over the past weekend that kept those floor to ceiling windows in the front of our house fogged up so badly that you could hardly see through them.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
I’ve always thought, when you’ve got a short distance to fall, the sudden drop doesn’t hurt so much.
I say that in reference to the recent, abrupt downward spiral in the stock market.
Now, I’m not going to sit here and tell you that I know much about the stock market, or anything, but earlier this week, economists watched as the Dow Jones dropped by 634 points.
What do you think of former Franklin County Sheriff Pat Green’s confession concerning the missing funds from the Sheriff’s Office?
