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Franklinton’s Tamara Williams (center) goes up for yet another kill during a key stage in the second game of the Lady Rams’ home conquest Tuesday against Southern Nash.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Southern Nash picked up right where it left off during Friday’s season-opening football matchup at Franklinton.
Last year, the Firebirds made a historic run to the Class 3-AA State Playoff Semifinals before dropping an overtime heartbreaker to South Johnston.
BUNN -- First-year quarterback Andre Davis is expected to spearhead Bunn’s spread offense with his arm during the 2010 season.
But Davis used his sprinter’s legs to help the Wildcats get past C.B. Aycock by a 21-13 margin in the football opener for both teams Friday on the BHS campus.
Former Bunn resident John Kostandin receives an award from SFC Brindell for his continued support of the US Military in Iraq.
Taylor Martin, Class of 2012 at Elon University in Elon, was elected Student Government president for the 2010 – 2011 school year.
As president, Taylor is responsible for a six-figure budget, presides over the student senate meetings, is the liaison between the students and school administration, and conducts judicial hearings and grade appeals.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects who stole a kitchen sink.
And a bunch of other stuff, too.
A Knightdale construction company representative reported on Aug. 15 that someone stole the sink, refrigerator, dishwasher, a commode and 49 more pieces of household items from a property at 56 Hogwood Road.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
County commissioners agreed to use bond money approved in a 2008 election to pay for a new modular building to house the Early College High School.
A public hearing on Monday night drew two residents on opposite sides of the fence, however, the board’s decision to use excess money from the $53 million school bond was unanimous.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — A journey that for many riders began in Creedmoor and wound its way through Franklinton before concluding in Youngsville was in honor of those whose journey never ends.
The Franklinton Chapter of Rolling Thunder, a group committed to searching for and educating the community about prisoners of war and those missing in action, held a ceremony in remembrance of the 43 members of North Carolina’s military that are still POW/MIA.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Louisburg High School rising senior drowned Monday in what investigators are calling a freak accident.
According to investigators, Markeith Kearney and a group of friends had gone to another friend’s house at 1512 East River Road to swim in a pool.
The friend was not home, but another man at the residence — Charles Mayo —warned the group that the pump was not working on the pool and water was dirty and advised them if they swam, it was their decision.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A car show in its third year of raising money for the Franklin County Boys and Girls Club is not running out of gas.
Organizers held their annual event in the Johnny’s Barbecue cruise-in lot on Saturday, raising $1,010 for the community program.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Zebulon man will remain in custody while the state Supreme Court decides if it will hear an appeal.
A jury convicted Robert Lee Pastuer in April 2009 for his role in the fall 2006 death of his estranged wife, Narskelsky Pastuer.
In July, though, an appellate court ruled that prosecutors did not meet the burden of proof necessary to convict.
By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Construction work on a long-awaited Louisburg utility project should finally resume after an eight-month battle that began with the bankruptcy, in December, 2009, of the construction company originally hired to do the work.
The original contractor, Mainline Construction Co., filed bankruptcy not long after starting the project and what ensued was a long struggle with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to get another contractor approved.
Louisburg resident Amanda Smith
“No one will take the SBI seriously ever again.”
Chilling words from Charlotte lawyer Jim Cooney.
But he’s almost certainly correct — and the sooner Attorney General Roy Cooper and other ranking state officials accept the accuracy of that statement, the sooner a workable solution can be found.
GOOD MORNING: Take notice state Sen. Doug Berger and Rep. John May, the ball is in your court. Former assistant state Treasurer and television host Tom Campbell, whose syndicated columns appear regularly in The Franklin Times says, the public is “weary” of problems in the Department of Motor Vehicles, The state Highway Patrol, the state Board of Elections and now even the SBI, as well as the NCDOT and state government in general.
I read a story recently where a university professor explained that the decline in courtroom dress is the result of a casual society and ignorance of court culture.
Yeah, whatever.
As a police reporter, I’ve sat in numerous courtrooms totally appalled at the the outfits that some people feel comfortable wearing before a judge who, essentially, holds their fate.
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RALEIGH – Every passionate reader has a first literary love – that first book that captured your attention and inspired your desire to explore and understand.
For me, it was a true classic: “A Child’s History of the World.” First published in 1924, the book was the product of the innovative mind of Virgil Hillyer, the Harvard-trained headmaster of the Calvert School in Baltimore.
FRANKLINTON—Tommy R. Oakley, 48, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 at Wake Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, Aug. 18) in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, with the Rev. Tom Ravan officiating. Burial will follow in Soapstone United Methodist Church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON— Wilma Inez Allen Vaughan of 318 Bowen St., Franklinton, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Lucy Bell McKnight, 49, who died Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, at Concord Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Samuel Blalock officiating. Burial will follow in the Manasseh Church cemetery.
WAKE FOREST - Raymond Jones Sr., 79, died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 at Wake Med in Raleigh. Funeral service was conducted Sunday, Aug. 15, at Corinth UCC in Youngsville, with Pastor Michael McCotter officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON —Jaylin Disuan Cannady, age 4, died Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Aug. 14, at Greater New Life Ministries Church, Franklinton, with the Rev. Leroy Duke officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery in Franklinton.
FRANKLINTON— Mattie Mae Brodie Harris, 64, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 13, at Hawkins Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Franklinton, with the Rev. W. S. Taylor officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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