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By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
A Bunn High School student, Jacob Wilson, has won the award for this T-shirt design for the 38th International Whistlers Convention, which is being sponsored by the Franklin County Historical Society.
Wilson, better known as Jake, is 18 and the son of Jim and Faye Wilson.
He and other students submitted designs from the Sports and Entertainment Marketing class taught by Randy Whitley.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Rep. Glen Bradley filed a bill in part hoping that legislation to limit police powers at checkpoints would spark debate.
The response from local law enforcement agencies is unanimous — they don’t like it.
House Bill 375 would make all checking stations illegal, save for those that are established to capture someone during a manhunt.
Bunn student Patika Venable
On March 3, District Court Judge John W. Davis administered the Guardian ad Litem oath to Bill Fisher, Sharon McCowan, Deborah Brown, Kate Brodie, Mary Robbins and Helen Wadford at the Hamilton Hobgood Courthouse Annex in Franklin County.
Army National Guard 1st Sgt. William J. Kennedy is returning to the U.S. after a deployment to Iraq serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn, or Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations.
The Franklin County Democratic Party will hold its annual County Convention on Saturday, April 9, at the Franklin County Courthouse Annex, Main Street, Louisburg. Delegate registration is from 9-10 a.m. The convention will convene at 10 a.m. All delegates elected at the recent local March precinct meetings are asked to attend the convention to represent their precinct.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
A handful of GOP legislators in the NC House has it right: No more federal (or state) dollars for fast rail!
As the North Carolina Department of Transportation drools over the prospect of spending $461 million in federal grants for railroads in North Carolina, it’s also looking to rope in even more money from Washington.
Even though we’re playing against a stacked deck -- or at least an improperly shuffled one -- there was plenty to cheer about Monday at that Department of Transportation hearing in Oxford.
Franklin County had more folks to show up and speak their mind than any other county -- and what they want is for U.S. 401 to be completed in Franklin County sooner rather than later.
GOOD MORNING: I received a fund appeal recently from Sloan Gibson, president of United Services Organizations, Inc., known to countless millions of U.S. Servicemen and women since soon after the beginning of WWII as the USO, that took me back to my early days in the U.S. Navy some 68 years ago.
Dear Editor:
If I walked up to you today and asked for $1 and told you that I was going to give you $7 back, would you do it? Now what if you gave me $1,000 and I gave you back $7,000? Can you imagine an investment like that? Give $1,000 today and get an immediate $7,000 back? And more money over time?
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Franklinton man on drug charges.
According to a report by Dep. Antoine Eaton, he was patrolling an undeveloped area of Kendall Forest Subdivision in the Franklinton area — an area noted for drug activity — when he came upon a red car parked on the side of the road.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for James Irby Hilliard, 70, who died Monday, March 21, 2011, were held Friday, March 25, at Nelson Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Emma Solomon officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
WARRENTON - Memorial services for Matthew A. Townes, 76, of Brooklyn, N.Y., formerly of Warrenton, who died Saturday, March 5, 2011, will be held at 3 p.m. today (Saturday, March 26) at Richardson Funeral Home chapel in Louisburg, with the Rev. Ernese Townes officiating.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Estelle Y. Perry, 77, who died Tuesday, March 22, 2011 will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at Emmanuel Church of God, with the Rev. L. J. Allison officiating. Burial will follow in the Mary Helen Jones cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Annie Pearl Wyche, 62, who died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, will be held at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, March 26) at Allen Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. C. L. Dunston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
SPRING HOPE - Funeral services for Joe Louis Wright, 68, who died Friday, March 18, 2011, will be held at noon today (Saturday, March 26) at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg, with the Rev. Carl Wardrett officiating. Burial will follow in the Spivey family cemetery.
ZEBULON - Zillie Hayes Creech, 94, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Graveside services were held Thursday, March 24, at Lees Chapel Baptist Church, Middlesex.
WILLIAMSTON - Elizabeth “Betty” Warnke Reddick died Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Martin General Hospital. She will be remembered at a Service of Choral Evensong at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at the Church of the Advent, Episcopal. A light supper for all will be served in the church Parish House following the service. At the deceased’s request, her ashes will be committed to the Atlantic Ocean.
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH - Fred J. Matt, 62, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, March 26) at St. Marks Cathedral in Wilmington.
YOUNGSVILLE —Sherry Ann Meaux, 60, formerly of Spring, Tex., died Sunday, March 20, 2011. For more information, go to www.raleighfuneralhome.com or call (919) 866-1866.
RALEIGH – Corine Bartholomew Williams, 76, of Raleigh, died Tuesday evening.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Following a pair of first-half goals from sharpshooter Whitney Bunn, the Bunn Ladycats appeared to be well on their way to a victory over host Louisburg on Wednesday evening in a crucial Northern Carolina Conference girls soccer showdown.
The host Lady Warriors, however, had other ideas, as they put together a strong second-half performance to test Bunn.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- When Monica Gordy arrived in town three years ago, one of the first subjects she learned about was one of the area’s most on-the-rise softball rivalries.
Louisburg College vs. Pitt Community College, usually with one of the top spots in the Region X fast-pitch standings at stake.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Even though it’s still early in the season, the Louisburg Warriors faced a must-win situation Tuesday -- at least if Al Bolton’s club wants to contend for the Northern Carolina Conference baseball championship.
LHS came into that home meeting with North Johnston already saddled with one league loss -- on the road last week against Roanoke Rapids.
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