By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
BUNN — Town commissioners moved a step closer to addressing dilapidated houses and personnel matters during a workshop on Thursday night.
The informational session was prompted by lingering issues — dilapidated structures and the need to refine the town’s personnel policy.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Louisburg man was sentenced Thursday to nearly two years in jail after being found guilty of assaulting a sheriff’s deputy.
Superior Court Judge Richard Baddour Jr., set the prison term on Thursday afternoon after a jury convicted Joe Williams of felony assault on a law enforcement officer inflicting serious injury and misdemeanor assault on a government official.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The District Attorney’s office will lose staff, including a legal assistant in Franklin County.
District Attorney Sam Currin said he hopes the incentive-driven volunteer retirements eliminate the need for any more cuts.
Each departing employee, Currin said, was eligible to retire.
Louisburg resident Tiana Person
Over the next few weeks, we’re going to hear a lot about what happened at the county Sheriff’s Office and that’s as it should be.
But when all the particulars of who did what to whom — and where the money went — are details relegated to the history books, we must not lose sight of the critical question hanging over all this mess.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
GOOD MORNING: No, I take that back, it’s not a good morning. The fact is that’s it’s a very sad morning for all of us here in Franklin County. It was just Wednesday that we learned that the ongoing investigation at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department has raised questions regarding other county officials as well.
Wowee, what a week!
As you can imagine, it’s been quite a week around here.
The biggest — but certainly not the only — story this week is about former Sheriff Pat Green and the investigation that is swirling around his abrupt departure.
Dear Editor:
At the commissioners meeting Feb. 21, the vote not to approve “Special Election Resolution” for sheriff was based on incomplete information.
Only a partial estimate of cost was available from the Board of Elections. We must have preclearance from the federal government to be allowed to hold a special election that could take 90 days or more to get.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Franklinton man charged with possession of cocaine.
According to a report by Sgt. A.R. Roberts, he was traveling south on Winston Street at about 6 p.m. on Feb. 21 when he came upon a 1990 Ford Bronco with an expired registration.
Andrea Williams, case manager at Franklin Regional Medical Center, represented the hospital as a panelist for the Amedisys Hospice Growth Summit on Feb. 18. The national summit, “Insights from the Healthcare Community,” was held in Dallas.
“We were very proud to have Andrea represent Franklin Regional at this national event,” said Betsy Hunt, manager of case management.
Reagan Leigh Hedge-peth of Louisburg proudly announces the birth of her little sister, Anna Grace Hedgepeth. Anna was born Dec. 31, 2010 at 12:35 a.m. at Rex Birthing Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 22 inches long.
Proud parents are Kent and Susan Hedgepeth of Louisburg. Maternal grandparents are Ted and Judy Gupton, and paternal grandparents are Brenda Hedgepeth and the late Clifton B. Hedgepeth Sr., all of Louisburg.
By:
Nicole Marshall, CTE Administrative Assistant, Franklin County Schools
What is Career and Technical Education (CTE)?
It’s a legitimate question since CTE is one of North Carolina’s best kept secrets.
Franklin County Schools Career and Technical Education strives to challenge students and effectively prepare them to live and work in a highly technological society as well as train students who wish to use learned skills in their community.
Theodore and Kattie Clifton are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married on Feb. 10, 1951 in Raleigh. Theodore retired from Raleigh Bonded Warehouse in 1992 after 38 years of service. Kattie has worked as a loving wife and mother. The couple has two daughters, Teresa Clifton of Greensboro and Sylvia Clifton of Raleigh, and two grandchildren, Talon and Jenna McMillan of Greensboro.
KITTRELL - S. Forrest “Dub” Smith, 99, a resident of 1956 Walter Grissom Road, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m. at Plank Chapel United Methodist Church by the Rev. Carol Dean and Dr. Carolyn Roy. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Memorial services for Robert Louis Wilkins, 65, who died Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.
LOUISBURG - Myrtle Wiggins Bailey, 85, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 at her home. Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 25, at Harris Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Bill Haley and the Rev. Gary McNair officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
WAKE FOREST - Charles R. “Chuck” Spacek, 71, died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 at Duke University Hospital. A celebration memorial service will be held at St. Philip Lutheran Church.
WENDELL - Reba Holmes Pulley, 93, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 at In-Patient Hospice of Wake County in Raleigh. Funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, with the Rev. Danny Hayes and the Rev. J. Marshall Neathery officiating. Burial followed in Rolesville Baptist Church cemetery.
ZEBULON - Grady Lanson Morris Jr., 70, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 at Wake Med. Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 25, at L. Harold Poole Funeral Service chapel, Knightdale. Entombment was in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Zebulon.
CASTALIA - Louis Chester Vaughan Jr., 73, of the White Level community, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Conventional wisdom dictated that the Bunn Wildcats, if they were going to lose in the Class 2-A State Boys Basketball Playoffs, would probably be toppled by a tall, physical team that would push around the small-but-quick, hot-shooting Wildcats.
That didn’t prove to be the case Wednesday -- two days after Bunn had opened playoff action by cutting down a taller Carboro squad to its size.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn’s Ladycats have earned plenty of standing ovations during their historic 2010-11 prep basketball season.
None, however, came almost one hour after the final horn had sounded.
Until Wednesday.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
CARY -- Underneath a busy landing pattern to the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the Louisburg College baseball team took flight during a key diamond rematch Wednesday afternoon against Wake Tech.
Funny thing was, the Hurricanes were almost grounded back in Louisburg because of a bus problem.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- All season long, Louisburg College has built up to the crescendo that was Thursday’s regular season men’s basketball finale against Patrick Henry.
With an emotional, overflow crowd looking on, the Hurricanes said goodbye to Holton Gymnasium in style by stopping the Patriots by a 108-96 margin.
