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FRANKLINTON, NC -- Tamara Peiffer, 59, passed away on May 27, 2024 at her home in Franklinton, NC.

Raleigh, NC--Funeral services for Rickey E. Arrington, age 60, who died on Friday, May 24, 2024, will be held on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 2 p.m. from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg.

WARRENTON, NC -- Kenneth Earl Pernell, 77, of Warrenton, died Friday, May 25, 2024.

Franklinton, NC-- Funeral services for Pauline Carter Burk, age 93, who died on Sunday, May 26, 2024, will be held 2 p.m., Sunday, June 2, from the Jones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Louisburg with Rev. Gwendolyn Starr officiating. Burial will follow in the Jones Chapel Church Cemetery.

LOUISBURG, NC--Marie Murray Poole, 91, of the Schloss Community, died Thursday, May 23, 2024.

LOUISBURG, NC--Rebecca Wilder Wells, 91, died Thursday, May 23, 2024.

Franklinton, NC--Frances Annette Freeman passed away peacefully in her home in Franklinton, NC on May 26, 2024. Annette was born on July 9, 1938, in Oxford, NC to the late Vernon H. and Mable Harris Freeman. In addition to her parents, Annette was predeceased by her sisters, Geraldine Freeman and Phyllis F. Pearce; and a nephew, Richard Bray.

LOUISBURG - Jerry Wayne Frazier, 82, of Louisburg, passed away peacefully on May 24, 2024 at Duke Medical Center.

A celebration of life service will be held Monday, May 27, 2024 at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of Louisburg Baptist Church.

LOUISBURG, NC -- Ms. Marie Gupton Denton, 93, of Louisburg passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. She was born on June 10, 1930 to the late Edgar and Glennie Davis Gupton in Franklin County.

LOUISBURG -- County management presented a budget that would boost employee compensation, buy new vehicles, raise taxes slightly and increase school spending ... just not as much as the school board wanted.
Following three hours of citizens' comments about school spending, County Manager Kim Denton presented commissioners with a $122 million, 2024-25 budget proposal that she said reflects conservative revenue budgeting and reasonable expenditure projections.

LOUISBURG -- The much-discussed and long-delayed Depot Hill project took a step forward Monday night when the Louisburg town council voted unanimously to send the project's preliminary drawings back to the architects to draw detailed construction plans.
Monday night's action by the council came without any pubic discussion of the project by the council.

LOUISBURG -- World War II veteran Joe Balogh flew more than 100 missions during his service to the country -- some routine, some ending with him and his crew bailing from a fiery, bullet-riddled warplane.
But, it was a commercial flight from Asheville to the Nation's Capital that the 103-year-old had waited a lifetime to make.
Last month, Balogh joined dozens of other veterans who took the Blue Ridge Honor Flight to visit war memorials that honor their service.

YOUNGSVILLE -- Without fanfare or public feedback, town commissioners approved a budget that increases spending and raises taxes above revenue neutral -- all in an effort to improve traffic around town and bolster town services.
Town Manager Nathan Page presented the board with a $5.76 million that includes $450,000 for a new automated trash truck, $400,000 to put toward expediting a Youngsville bypass, $350,000 toward repaving projects, $150,000 to begin implementing recommendations from the nearly-complete parks and recreation master plan [which could include a recreation center], and $150,000 to bolster the police department vehicle fleet.

LOUISBURG -- The Louisburg Town Council got its first peek at a proposed 2024-25 budget during a work session Tuesday night -- but only part of the budget was discussed.
Town Administrator Sean Medlin presented the council with his proposed operating budget -- which included a lot of options for the council to consider -- but delayed any discussion of the capital expense side of the budget until another budget meeting that's slated for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, in the Karl Pernell Safety Center.

Lucinda Sharpe and Pattie Jones

DOSWELL, Va. -- At the Kings Dominion Band Contest recently, the 8th grade band from Crosscreek Charter School earned highest honors with a near-perfect score of 96.5 out of 100 points.
They were named "First Place Band" and "Overall Highest Score," with a Superior rating and special recognition for the low brass section.
The 7th grade band, attending the festival as an exhibition in preparation for their competition the next year, also earned a "Superior" rating.

Honesty and integrity were the character traits emphasized in Franklin County Schools during April and the following students were honored for best exemplifying those traits:

FUN TIMES. Youngsville Mayor Fonzie Flowers, left, and Parks and Recreation Director Alysa McLaughlin are joined by State Sen. Lisa Barnes and State Rep. Matthew Winslow during a ribbon cutting for new playground equipment at Luddy Park -- next to the National Guard Armory on U.S. 1-A. Barnes and Winslow secured funding for the upgraded equipment, the color pattern for which was picked out by Youngsville Elementary School Students.

FRANKLINTON -- Authorities are looking for suspects who fired about 40 shots at a neighborhood home.
Fortunately, police said, no injuries were reported in the late May 19 incident.
According to Franklinton Police Capt. Justin Hastings, officers responded to a call of shots being fired at a home on Cheatham Street late on Sunday night.
There were four people in the home at the time the shots were fired, Hastings said.

Last week eight people, accompanied by a couple dozen of their supporters, made logical, impassioned pleas about the value of certified librarians in our public schools.
The problem is that they were speaking to the wrong audience, at the wrong time and place and, sadly, no matter how persuasive their arguments might have been, they likely wouldn't have changed the situation in North Carolina right now.

I absolutely, positively love public engagement.
As a reporter, quite honestly, my livelihood depends upon it.
Some of the best stories I've had an opportunity to write did not appear on an agenda.
They came from some brave soul -- or souls -- who took a deep breath, conquered their fear of public speaking and told an elected body EXACTLY how they felt.

After leaving the military, I never thought my face would appear on billboards across North Carolina in 2020 as part of the organization "Republican Voters Against Trump," where I was asking fellow Tarheels, and especially fellow veterans, to vote for a Democrat.
Scenes from my childhood home would not have forecast this. Background sounds back then included Rush Limbaugh on radio and Bill O'Reilly on TV.

Dear editor: I can understand Franklin County School System will have to adjust their budget after losing Covid funds like all NC public school systems but why eliminate librarians?
Isn't there still extra funding available for public schools from NC Education Lottery Fund, NC Opioid Settlement Fund and the new NC Sports Betting Fund?

Dear editor: We want to thank our Louisburg Police Department for their unwavering commitment to serve.
In The Franklin Times last week, the article "Cops make day for boy coping with bad health."
This story is another reminder that our Police Department not only cares, but they are making a big difference.