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LOUISBURG - Wesley “W.A.” Young, 70, of Louisburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 at Hospice House in Smithfield. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, at Ransdall Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jared Temper officiating.
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LOUISBURG - John C. Pernell, Sr., of Louisburg (Mapleville Community), age 82, died at his home on August 3, 2011.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- For the first time in several seasons, Louisburg High School appears to have a clear-cut No. 1 quarterback heading toward its regular season football opener on Aug. 19 at Southern Vance.
Two years ago, Sport Williams had earned that position, but he suffered a knee injury during a scrimmage at Southern Nash and was lost for the entire campaign.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- During a rare lull in practice, Bunn High School veteran volleyball coach Henry Jones stressed to his team the importance of improving on at least one fundamental aspect during every workout session.
Never will this intangible be more important to the Ladycats than this season as Jones hopes to rebuild his club on the fly following mass graduation from a club that won the Northern Carolina Conference regular season and tournament championships.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- When Bunn football coach Chris Miller talks about his club’s mass graduation losses from 2010, he has the numbers to back it up.
And they don’t lie -- the Wildcats return only one starter on offense and three on defense from a club that reached the Elite Eight of the Class 2-AA State Playoffs before falling at eventual finalist Elizabeth City Northeastern.
Maybe the postseason ended a few games early for the Bunn Coach-Pitch All-Star Team.
Still, Bunn head coach Larry McKeithan had plenty of reasons to be thrilled following his club’s performance at the Dixie Youth Coach-Pitch Region 1 Tournament at McLeod Park in Florence, S.C.
Bunn went 3-2 overall at the event, which was good enough for a Top Six effort. The All-Stars also finished the highest of the four North Carolina entrants at the 16-team event.
RED OAK -- The Louisburg Warriors will participate in the annual Northern Nash Fighting Knights Boys Soccer Preseason Jamboree, which will be held Aug. 11 at the NNHS Soccer Complex.
Action will begin at 4:30 p.m. Louisburg will scrimmage against Southern Nash A, Southern Nash B and Northern Nash.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. -- The USA South Athletic Conference held its annual Football Media Day on Monday at Christopher Newport University.
With 44 total points and three first-place votes, fourth-year head coach Mark Henninger’s North Carolina Wesleyan Battling Bishops were picked second in the preseason coaches’ poll.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. -- Neftali Soto blasted two home runs to equal the club record, while Carolina scored twice in the top of the ninth to overcome the Huntsville Stars 7-6 at Joe Davis Stadium on Wednesday night in a Class AA Southern League baseball game.
Louisburg High School’s Zoe Hinton delivers a kill for the Lady Warriors during a recent volleyball practice at the LHS Gymnasium. Hinton is entering her third year as a starter up front for Louisburg.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Prosecutors have completed an investigation into allegations that former sheriff Pat Green stole about $100,000 from an undercover drug fund.
No charges have been filed, though, and it’s not clear when the matter will go before a grand jury.
The next session is Aug. 15.
What is clear, though, is that special agents with the SBI have reason to believe that Green stole as much as $90,000 and more than $200,000 is in question.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
He might have come out the worse for wear, but Franklinton police charged a Durham man with robbery and aggravated assault in a July 15 shooting.
Police arrested Byron Howard on July 28 — almost a week after he had been released from WakeMed where doctors had treated him for serious injuries sustained in a gunfight.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
For many small farmers, getting their product to someone’s kitchen table might take them down a pricey path.
During a workshop on Monday morning, Poultry Science specialist Doug Smith showed them how they could literally do it in their backyard.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Authorities had to deploy tasers to bust up an underage drinking party that grew to more than 30 people.
A teen’s father, Darrell Basinger, 46, was cited for providing malt beverages to minors.
According to a report by Franklinton Police Sgt. K.J. Hornaday, he and Franklin County Sheriff’s Dep. Antione Eaton responded to a disturbance call at 26 Autumn Drive in the Beechwood subdivision at 12:50 a.m. on Monday.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Storms that swept through the area on Saturday and Sunday caused some heavy rains and one wreck involving a trooper, but no significant problems.
According to the state Highway Patrol, Trooper Brian Moseley was treated for minor injuries after he was hit from behind while responding to a wreck in Vance County.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County commissioners agreed to provide funding for a ball field project, bringing recreation opportunities to a group of kids who are often left out.
And one commissioner pledged to make a personal donation.
The approval and affirmation came after representatives of the Miracle League presented a plan of action that produced more than a few sniffles from commissioners and those in the crowd.
Louisburg police arrested a Youngsville man on charges of indecent exposure.
According to a report by Sgt. Joe Sherrill, he was patrolling S. Main Street when he found Willie M. Perry, 17, urinating in public.
When Sherrill tried to apprehend Perry, according to the report, the teenager ran.
By: Charles Mitchell, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Director
Webster’s dictionary defines agriculture as “the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products.”
Therefore, agriculture is a science that our producers learn, put to work, manage and create a livelihood to sustain their land and families.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Okay, put away the bubbly.
And forget the firecrackers.
It’s far too early to celebrate or even to know if a celebration is in order.
As you know, Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress announced Sunday night that they have agreed on a plan to raise the debt ceiling and avert a national credit crisis.
GOOD MORNING: There’s an old adage that goes something like this: “Red sun in the morning, sailors take warning, red sun at night, sailors delight!” And, as things turned out this past weekend, that certainly appears to be true.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
So, as I wrote this column, the National Football League was back to business.
And after all the back and forth by Congress, it looked like the Senate was going to pass a debt limit bill after the House approved the measure already.
Still, though, there is no end in site regarding the stalemate between Franklinton and Franklin County regarding water service.
Should Brooke Wheeler have resigned from her job as principal of Cedar Creek Middle School?
RALEIGH – Don Carrington, a reporter for the John Locke Foundation’s Carolina Journal, is a funny guy and a skillful photographer. But his July cover story for CJ on federal stimulus funds being used to replace the motors of North Carolina fishing boats – accompanied by a photo of the program’s most representative recipient, a boat named Bite Me – required neither original humor nor trick photography.
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