It’s strawberry season in Franklin County — and it officially began on Friday, April 29, with the annual Strawberry Festival at the Farmers Market in Louisburg.
One big highlight was the free strawberry ice cream made from strawberry donations from local strawberry growers John Vollmer, Billy Wood, and Wilburt Jefferys.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
WENDELL -- Even though they entered the Northern Carolina Conference Track and Field Championships as prohibitive favorites, the final league race had yet to be run for the Bunn Wildcats and Ladycats.
And with that task brought a bit of uncertainty for both Bunn clubs -- even though they had gone undefeated in the regular season.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Talent was aplenty -- both on the field and in the stands -- when Louisburg hosted Roanoke Rapids for a crucial Northern Carolina Conference baseball contest Thursday evening at Warrior Field.
RR head coach Mark Sneal even went as far as to refer to the event as a ‘Fab Four’ reunion as, in addition to Louisburg and Roanoke Rapids, several players and coaches from North Johnston and Bunn took in the game from the stands.
When he accepted the head coaching position at Bunn High School two seasons ago, Leonard Allen noticed a rickety sign at the BHS Baseball Field that signified the only state diamond championship in school history.
The sign piqued Allen’s curiosity, and he wondered if anything had been done in the past to salute Bunn’s 1979 State Title Squad.
SILER CITY -- One of Franklinton’s best-ever boys team seasons concluded Tuesday with an appearance in the first round of the Class 2-A State Tennis Playoffs.
FHS, coached by Nathan Moreschi, was defeated 5-1 by host Jordan-Matthews.
High School Baseball
MONDAY
Franklinton at Bunn 7 p.m.
FRANKLIN COUNTY STANDOUTS. Among the county stalwarts at the annual Northern Carolina Conference Track and Field Championships was (above) Bunn’s Jamie Davis (front).
Franklinton’s Charity Snelling.
CHAPEL HILL --- Romar Morris of Salisbury High School and Courtney Melvin of East Bladen High School have been named winners of the 2011 Athlete of the Year awards by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA).
These are the top athletic awards given by the NCHSAA to honor the most outstanding male and female high school athletes in the state.
ZEBULON -- Matt Moore whiffed nine over five innings, while the Montgomery Biscuits scored three runs in the fifth to overcome the Carolina Mudcats 8-1 at Five County Stadium on Wednesday night in a Class AA Southern League baseball contest.
Moore (W, 2-2), who has led full-season minor league pitchers in strikeouts the past two seasons, collected eight of his punchouts in the first three innings.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A wave of emotion unfurled over the country as news spread that the man behind the September 11 terrorist attacks was taken down by Special Forces late Sunday.
The undertow crashed upon local folks, as well, both who have served abroad and kept the fires burning at home.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners endorsed a long-range transportation plan, while reminding planners that U.S. 401 remains an immediate priority.
Planners with the state Department of Transportation presented the board with its Comprehensive Transportation Plan at the board’s April 18 meeting, but the board had a number of questions that delayed their approval.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County commissioners reiterated their support for volunteer fire departments, but refused to waive construction fees incurred by emergency units.
Donnie Eatmon with the Pilot Fire Department appeared before the board April 18, asking commissioners to waive permitting fees it charges to contractors.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Raleigh woman pled guilty to robbing a Louisburg nursing home resident.
She also entered a type of guilty plea on charges that she did the same thing in Oxford.
Judge R. Allen Baddour Jr., informed Kelli Monique Awuonda that she could spend between five and six months in jail after a plea arrangement dismissed two additional charges and consolidated the sentence.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
BUNN — Vehicles were on the minds of town commissioners on Monday night.
First, the board committed to a public education campaign they hope will get more people to comply with the town’s junked and abandoned vehicles ordinance.
Brandon Stroud and Kierstyn Darnell at the Bunn Fire Department Easter Egg hunt
On Saturday, May 7, the Louisburg High School Band program will once again present the annual “Turn-of-the-Century” styled concert on the historic courthouse steps in downtown Louisburg. The concert will begin at 6 p.m. and will last about 30 minutes. Both the Concert and Symphonic Bands of Louisburg High School will play; some pieces will be played separately, and some pieces will be with the combined bands. In the event of rain, the concert will be held at the Louisburg High School auditorium.
“Roses for Mother Rose” was the theme and décor as family and friends honored the life of Rosanell (Mother Rose) Eaton during her 90th birthday celebration held April 16 at her church, Faith Baptist Church, 249 Holden Road in Youngsville.
Charlotte Barrick, a student at Louisburg High School, recently served as a page for the North Carolina House of Representatives. She is the daughter of Harry and Emily Barrick of Louisburg and was sponsored by Rep. Glen Bradley (R-Franklin). Speaker of the House Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) appoints the pages and introduces each one to members and citizens in the House gallery at the start of each week during Monday night’s session.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Osama is dead.
About time!
But you have to admit, it would have been difficult to script a more perfect ending to one of the world’s most wanted terrorists.
Lots of intrigue, a late-night attack by a group of superbly trained and highly motivated commandos — known by the Hollywood-sounding name of Seal Team Six — and a mission accomplished without the loss of a single American life.
GOOD MORNING: Gone but not forgotten. I guess that’s the best way to describe the end of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil ever, who was slain by U.S. forces in Pakistan early Sunday morning.
The well-known terrorist leader, responsible for the World Trade Center bombing in New York on Sept.11, 2001, U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998 and the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen in 2000, was reportedly shot to death by U.S. forces in a daring raid on a fortified command and control center in Abbottabad, Pakistan, complete with underground bunker, about 30 miles north of the capital of Islamabad.
I’ll be honest with you, and I hate to admit it, but I nearly forgot that we were looking for Osama bin Laden.
I remember exactly where I was the Tuesday morning of Sept. 11, 2001, stepping into my living room, flipping the remote to see smoke pouring out one of the Twin Towers in New York.
It was moments later that a second plane crashed into the second tower.
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RALEIGH – As the Republicans’ state budget plan makes its way through the North Carolina House, some things about the plan are clear and some are unclear.
Let’s start with the latter. At this writing, it’s unclear how many of the House plan’s provisions will survive amendment attempts. It’s unclear how many Democrats, if any, will vote for it. It’s unclear if the Republican-controlled Senate will agree with most of the House plan or offer a substantially different one.
