RALEIGH -- The Carolina Hurricanes have announced two new full-season ticket packages for the 2011-12 NHL season.
The two plans, which are in lower-level north and upper-level north, represent the most affordable full-season ticket prices since the team’s arrival in Raleigh in 1999, with plans starting at just $430 for the entire season.
These days when everyone is keeping a nervous eye on developing thunderstorms and the potential of tornadoes, it would be nice to have a little formal training about what to look for.
With that in mind, a Basic Skywarn spotter training class is slated for 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at the Bunn Rescue and EMS building at 333 NC 98 West, Bunn.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — Commissioners fired a long-time town administrator and her son Monday night amid a probe into wrongdoing.
Three weeks ago, the Board of Commissioners suspended both Brenda Robbins and Joey Patterson, with and without pay respectively, as Police Chief Daren Kirts and auditors conducted an internal probe.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Independence Day festivities will kick off this Saturday, but not for everyone.
Franklin County’s parks and recreation department will not host a Fourth of July celebration this year.
The reason? Depends on who you ask.
Late last week, Franklin County Parks and Recreation Director Oliver Greene said the event was cancelled because they could not find an alternate site.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The Franklin County Board of Education quickly plowed through a brief Monday night meeting, making a number of fiscal year-end transfers and adopting an interim budget.
The fund transfers are normal as each fiscal year winds down and a new one is about to begin on July 1.
“These are housekeeping items to best utilize various funds,” said Doug Moore, assistant superintendent for business and finance.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — A Dunn man alleged to have made a habit of impersonating a law enforcement officer will now get his chance at being on the other side of jurisprudence.
Franklinton police arrested Jason Apollo Jackson on June 26 after the 27-year-old was found to be a fraud.
According to a report by Sgt. Wade Bulloch, he was on patrol at 4:30 a.m. when he pulled into the parking lot of the Wilco-Hess gas station on U.S. 1 and came upon Jackson inside the store.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The criminal case against a Louisburg woman charged with embezzlement was on the superior court calendar this week.
However, prosecutors don’t expect much in the way of resolution until the case is worked out civilly.
In October, an agent with the state Department of Insurance (DOI) arrested Judy Allen on charges of embezzlement by an insurance agent.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Authorities removed some unruly parents Monday night following a little league ball game.
A Youngsville officer and Franklin County sheriff’s deputy were called to Luddy Park at about 7 p.m. after parks and recreation staff attempted to have people removed from the game for heckling 6-8-year olds during the Dixie Youth Coach-Pitch District Tournament.
Bunnn residents Ashley Murray and Claudia McKeithan
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
That giant f-s-s-s-s-t-s-z you might have heard this year was fireworks fizzling this Fourth of July weekend in Franklin County.
Well, at least Franklin County’s celebration!
It seems the annual celebration of our nation’s independence has fallen victim to the budgetary axe.
Yep, no money for the rocket’s red glare or bombs bursting in air.
GOOD MORNING: The weather is not the only thing that’s running hot here in Franklin County as the midweek edition of The Franklin Times goes to press this Tuesday evening.
Over in neighboring Youngsville, Town Manager Brenda Robbins and her son Joey Patterson, a street department employee, have both been fired as the result of an internal investigation.
“I frankly am stunned.”
That is what former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is quoted as saying after having been convicted of 17 felonies after being charged with political corruption.
I can honestly say, I’m stunned too.
I’m stunned it took a second trial to get to this point.
Is the county’s proposed plan to use EMS as a patient transport service to make money a good idea?
Some may call me geeky, or others may just call me strange, but I like to read academic reports. My standard excuse is, “Someone has to read them!” When my wife sees me curled up with the latest 100-page version, she just shakes her head and says, “You’ll be asleep soon.” But to me, the reports are almost as fun as the latest John Grisham thriller. Well, not quite.
Franklinton police are looking for a man suspected of an armed robbery and assault.
Daryle Jeffreys, 43, reported just before 2 a.m. on June 26 that he was sitting on his nephew’s porch on Fairlane Avenue when an acquaintance assaulted him with a box cutter.
According to the report by Sgt. W.B. Bulloch, Jeffreys sustained injuries to both eyes, as well as a laceration to the neck.
A retirement ceremony in honor of Master Sergeant Charlie T. “Ty” Alston was held on June 10 at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. He began his military career in September 1989.
At the time of his retirement, he was the Law Office Superintendent for the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Second Air Force, Keesler Air Force base, Miss., and primary assistant in overall administrative management of the Numbered Air Force legal office.
Noah Jay Bailey of Raleigh graduated on Friday, June 3, from North Raleigh Christian Academy.
He was in the National Honor Society, served over 100 hours of community service during his four years of high school, and received the Presidential Outstanding Academic Achievement Award with a 4.0+ GPA. Noah had been a member of the choir since 4th grade.
Rashaun Pace-Evans, a 2011 graduate of Louisburg High School, will be leaving July 19 for Army Basic Training at Ft. Jackson, S.C., under the Army ROTC program.
He received a $127,000 four-year college fund scholarship from the Army as a participant in the program. He also received a certificate of appreciation from Gov. Beverly Perdue.
Cameron “C.J.” Whitley of Zebulon was named to the Fall Dean’s List and Spring Chancellor’s list at East Carolina University.
He is the son of Tammy and Donald Whitley of Zebulon.
Franklin County received $61 million in federal stimulus money that has made a difference in the economy here. So said former Congressman and NC Superintendent for Public Instruction Bob Etheridge at a recent meeting of the Franklin County Senior Democrats in Louisburg. The event was hosted by Franklin County Democratic Party vice-chair John May.
By:
Rachel Monteverdi, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Agent
Pause for a moment. Think back to when you were a teen.
How did you spend your summer vacations?
What was your general demeanor?
Now, think of adolescents today. How are they different from the generation before them?
Just a semester away from earning his bachelor’s degree in environmental technology at North Carolina State University, Stephen Kelly is spending much of his summer in Franklin County.
As an energy intern with the Franklin County Cooperative Extension Service, he’s one of three interns who will be putting on programs to help local residents save energy and money — and perhaps help the environment at the same time.
On June 20, 35 members of Team TJ gathered at Meredith College to run/walk in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure event. Team TJ, organized by Kim Gay of Zebulon, participated in the 5k race to honor Tracey W. Jonino of Clayton, raising $1,870.00. Participants of the walk consisted of her family, friends and her co-workers at WakeMed. T
FRANKLINTON - Earl Lee Riley, 72, died Monday, June 27, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at Eastside Baptist Church in Henderson by the Rev. Aubrey Florence. Burial will follow in the Enon Baptist Church cemetery in Oxford.
