GREENSBORO - Joe Cannon Moore, 86, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. A memorial service will be held at Franklinton Baptist Church on Saturday, Jan. 29, at 1 p.m., with burial to follow at Fairview Cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE - Sue Raybon Phillips, 91, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 1581 Bethlehem Church Road, Youngsville. Entombment will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Wake services for Samuel Black, 72, who died Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg, with Bishop Johnny Alston officiating.
WAKE FOREST - Dorothy Fitch Varney, 73, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011 at Wake Med. A memorial service will be held in the Chapel of Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center at a later date.
LOUISBURG —Mary Jane Phillips, age 49, of Louisburg, N.C. passed away on Saturday, Jan. 22nd, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects who stole firearms from a home.
Herbert Leonard reported on Jan. 22 that someone broke into his 3036 N.C. 58 home in Centerville and stole guns from his bedroom closet.
All students who attend Louisburg Elementary School who receive free and/or reduced lunch are eligible to attend free after-school tutoring.
The tutoring sessions will be held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3 until 4:30 p.m. beginning March 1. Students who participate will receive a free snack and bus transportation home, if needed.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Given Lester Wilder’s penchant for being able to make effective adjustments, it was anticipated that his Franklinton Lady Rams would provide a much better showing for their Northern Carolina Conference girls basketball showdown against Bunn -- at least compared to the teams’ earlier meeting in Franklinton in December.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Simply consult the final score of Franklinton’s road game Monday against backyard rival Bunn for reinforcement that the Red Rams are indeed a much-improved team from their earlier meeting against the Wildcats.
That matchup came in the final game before Christmas, and visiting Bunn was hot from the outset and was never threatened during the victory against the Red Rams.
BUNN -- Bunn High School will begin its 2011 track and field schedule with a road meet on March 10 against Rosewood High School, which is located in Wayne County.
BHS will also host the annual Franklin County Track and Field Meet on April 1 beginning at 9 a.m.
KINSTON -- Louisburg College’s reputation as being a second-half team continued last Saturday with a pullaway victory over Region X rival Lenoir Community College.
For LC’s opponents, it’s a scary proposition to wonder how good the Hurricanes can be if they are ultimately able to deliver 40 solid minutes of action.
THOMASVILLE -- A challenging field -- and a long day -- awaited the Louisburg High School wrestling squad during an appearance last Saturday at the annual Thomasville Duals in Davidson County.
The Warriors took on four opponents and posted a 2-2 overall record before opting to return home before the close of the event.
RALEIGH -- The following is a public schedule of events for the 2011 NHL All-Star Weekend, January 28-30 in Raleigh.
All times are local (ET) and subject to change.
FERRUM , VA. -- North Carolina Wesleyan College’s basketball squads completed a busy hoops week on Sunday as both teams dropped tough decisions at Ferrum College.
On the men’s side, it was the 23-ranked Panthers who overcame an eight-point halftime deficit to down the Bishops by a 90-84 score, snapping a seven-game winning NCWC streak in the process and forcing a three-way tie atop the league standings (NCWC-Ferrum-CNU).
Talented performers (l to r) Mecca Hicks from Franklinton and Whitney Bunn from Bunn go up against each other during Monday’night’s Northern Carolina Conference girls hoops event at the Bunn Dome. The host Ladycats were winners over FHS.
Franklinton’s Kevin Williams was in the clear but was unable to convert this dunk attempt during the Red Rams’ road contest Monday night against Bunn.
FRANKLINTON - Annie S. Kearney, 92, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklinton and Franklin County officials have both scheduled special-called, closed session meetings this coming week.
And based on a letter sent out on Wednesday, both sides could be closer to resolving an ongoing water contract dispute, perhaps without litigation.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
For his final joke, Don Lancaster shared a story about a new business venture that looked bleak in the beginning.
When he started out as senior vice president and Franklin County market executive for Union Bank, he was working in a small space in Youngsville.
The success or failure of the business was on his shoulders and he felt the weight.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
HENDERSON — Advocates for more charter schools say it gives parents choices.
Those who caution against claims that charter schools are a panacea for education say choice is one of the problems with charter schools.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a Louisburg area man Friday morning after threatening his estranged girlfriend and children at gunpoint.
Members of the department’s tactical team arrested Mario Lamont Sims, 25, charging him with three counts of felony child abuse and endangerment; assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill; assault on a female; and communicating threats.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
HENDERSON — Tax reform, experts said, can help the state burrow its way out a financial recession or depression.
But it’s not what’s going to get the state out of a nearly $4 billion bind this year.
Sen. Daniel Clodfelter, co-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a tax reform advocate; Roland Stephen, associate professor of International and Comparative Political Economy at North Carolina State University;
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
From giving final approval to three building-restoration grants to confronting a chicken issue, the Louisburg Town Council had a busy, diverse agenda at its Tuesday meeting.
Of the three grant projects, the restoration of the Scoggins Building at the corner of Nash and North Main streets was the largest.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A year after commissioners and staff developed a strategic economic development plan, they met this week to gauge progress.
Commissioners met last January with staff, educators, municipal, regional and state leaders to develop a plan focusing on six goals:
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
County commissioners tabled a decision about one emergency communications issue and approved changes to another that reduced the cost of a system overhaul by $1 million.
The contractor, Harris Corporation, expects to have an improved system completed in the summer of 2012.
