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By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Granville and Franklin county sheriff’s deputies combined to arrest a Zebulon woman on drug trafficking charges.
Robin Pearce House, 37, was arrested March 28 and charged with four counts of trafficking opiates, obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, and possession with intent to manufacture sell and deliver a controlled substance.
According to Granville County Deputy Chad Coffey, House was receiving oxycodone medication prescribed for her husband.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Commissioners took action Wednesday night on an issue that had been dead.
It was a move that local law enforcement officers and emergency responders say will save lives.
Back in February, commissioners balked at spending $193,000 for a mobile Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)/Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) system for deputies, police, fire and rescue workers.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
On Wednesday, order in the court included shared stories, laughter and a few tears.
The source of those emotions was Assistant Clerk of Court Jennifer Perry, who retired this week after 30 years of public service — the last 22 in the clerk’s office.
Her primary role was working behind the scenes to make sure court ran smoothly, essentially keeping order.
Practice your pucker — and be prepared to be amazed by folks who take this whistling thing really, really seriously.
Barring some serious and totally unexpected problems, the organizers of the International Whistlers Convention are ready to launch the 38th event at 9 a.m. next Thursday.
Perhaps one of the most determined whistlers headed toward Louisburg is Oba Nozomi from Japan.
In an e-mail this week, he reported that there is “a rolling blackout happening” in his hometown of Narashino in the Chiba prefecture as officials try to deal with the triple disaster of an earthquake, tsunami and a disaster at a nuclear power plant.
Franklinton resident Mecca Hicks
The following Franklin County students at Kerr-Vance Academy in Henderson were named to the Headmaster List or A/B Honor Roll for the third quarter grading period.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Spring is relentlessly making its way across Franklin and despite the damp, very cool weather of recent days, that’s all about to change.
Soon, both the weathermen and the calendar agree, the weather is going to turn warm, sunny and quite beautiful.
And with that change comes a variety of events in Franklin County.
GOOD MORNING: We needed the rain and I’m thankful for it, but if I owed someone a cold, wet miserable day and they wouldn’t take Wednesday in payment thereof, they would simply have to go unpaid as far as I’m concerned. And not only that, Thursday wasn’t much better.
Temperatures began to warm up a bit Friday, however, and Sunday looks to be sunny with a high of around 65, climbing into the mid to upper-70’s once again by Monday.
You may be pleased to know that efforts to make locally grown food more easily available — a farm-to-fork program — seems to be alive and well.
It’s just not in Franklin County.
Despite the fact that this idea has been tossed around Franklin County for years — and that our local Cooperative Extension staff managed to find a $25,000 grant to see if the idea was feasible (it was!) — local officials have once again bobbled the ball.
Dear Editor:
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is a relatively recent innovation in the history of Radiation Oncology.
It employs sophisticated computer treatment planning software and hardware to focus the damaging effects of radiation on the malignant tumor, while reducing the dose to nearby normal tissues.
How can you make a difference?
One way is to identify an area where help is needed and then get busy.
The United Way of Franklin County application period for the 2011 Community Impact Grants remains open through April 15.
Awards will total $128,000 this year, according to UWFC Executive Director Kathy Harrelson.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects who vandalized a Youngsville-area night spot.
According to an incident report, Dep. J. Maloney was dispatched the morning of March 29 to a breaking and entering call at the Country Lounge at 823 Youngsville Boulevard South.
When he arrived, he met a state worker at the front of the building.
The Louisburg Fire Department is now the BuckleUpKids Site for Franklin County. Currently, there are seven members who are Child Passenger Safety Seat Technicians. This is a national certification that accounts for 36 hours of classroom and practical skills evaluations. The technicians will inspect your child seat and instruct you on proper installation. This is a free service for inspections/installs, and child restraints are available at the station.
The 12th Annual Day of Prayer for United States Farmers (Farmers’ Prayer Day), sponsored by local churches, businesses and farmers, was observed Sunday, March 13, hosted by the Vollmer Farm of Bunn. Approximately 200 people attended. The event takes place yearly on the second Sunday of March and was started by local farmer Brent Strickland, above, who is a lifetime resident of Franklin County.
The PTA at Franklinton Elementary School is having a carnival at the FES Playground, 431 S. Hillsborough St., on Saturday April 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be pony rides, a mini train ride, bounce houses, a climbing wall, a car show and a bike show, as well as games and prizes. The American Legion will be selling hamburgers and hot dogs, the Lions Club will be selling funnel cakes and Rolling Thunder will have a dunking booth to dunk some of our favorite teachers.
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Lawrence Mosley of Savannah, Ga., died Monday, March 28, 2011. He was the former owner/operator of Gordon’s Seafood in Louisburg and former husband of Maxine Perry of Franklin County.
WARREN, Ore. —Charles L. Powell, 74, a native of Franklinton, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at a Longview, Wash. hospice care center. Open house will be at the family home at 33684 Rodney St., Warren, Ore., on Saturday, April 9, from 1-5 p.m.
ROCKY MOUNT - John Williams Jr., 78, died Friday, March 25, 2011. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 30, at Word Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount. Burial followed at Gardens of Gethsemane Cemetery in Rocky Mount.
YOUNGSVILLE - Terry L. Hancock, 58, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Cremation Society, Raleigh.
PORTSMOUTH, Va.- Funeral services for Charlie Edward Perry Sr., 85, formerly of Louisburg, who died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, April 4, at St. Delight UCC in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
I never thought I was going to hear about Maqui in this country. When I was a little girl, back in Chile, my favorite berry was Maqui. It was smaller and about the same color as a blueberry.
Our family went to the country to pick Maqui berries, or we bought them from families with poor income. The families or just the children would come to town with baskets full of these berries, as they went from door to door to try to sell them.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Traditional powerhouse North Johnston was considered one of the preseason favorites to win the Northern Carolina Conference fast-pitch softball -- and the Lady Panthers have done nothing so far to dispel that notion.
North Johnston has passed every league test to date this year -- including a key road matchup Tuesday evening against the Bunn Ladycats.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUSBURG -- For the first time in almost 10 years, the Bunn Wildcats have taken first place at a Northern Carolina Conference Prep Golf Event.
Bunn collected 325 points to outdistance perennial powerhouse Roanoke Rapids, which took second with 334 points during Tuesday’s match at Bull Creek Golf and Country Club.
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