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Sheriff’s deputies arrested two suspects accused of making an illegal beer and smokes run at four Franklin County stores during a three-day crime spree.
The suspects are also being investigated for some break-ins reported in Nash County.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
County commissioners approved a farmland protection plan designed to steer agriculture into the future.
The 60-plus page plan, put together by consultants procured by the Cooperative Extension office, recommends plans for marketing agriculture, as well as selling the county as an incubator for emerging farms.
“A lot of the things recommended in the plan,” said consultant Gerry Cohn, “are things that are already taking place.
By: Kathy Harrelson, Executive Director United Way of Franklin County
It was a Girl Scout cookie that made Morris Jones smile at the all-too distant memory of his own giving.
The Franklinton veteran was the first to get a dose of community spirit through the 2010 United Way Day of Caring this year.
Three Girl Scout troops – 961, 769 and 1111 – cleaned up Jones’ yard and replaced a mailbox that had been vandalized.
Louisburg resident Meoshe Ellis
Employees at Franklin Regional Medical Center invite community members to join them on Oct. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. for their annual Ladies Night Out. The event will take place in outpatient/admissions area of Franklin Regional.
“We are excited to invite the community out again to this fun event,” said Diane Gibbs, director of radiology at Franklin Regional. “It is a great way to provide health information to people, in a relaxing and comfortable environment.”
By: Times photos by Carey Johnson
BY DESIGN. Graphic artist Rick Melvin prepares a personalized license plate at one of the craft booths set up during the Youngsville Fall Festival on Saturday.
By: Times photos by Carey Johnson
CLOWNING AROUND. Boogie the Clown (Beth Cleghorn) presents Isabel Palmer, 7, with a balloon animal she made during the Youngsville Fall Festival on Saturday. Food and craft vendors were set up outside and inside of the National Guard Armory, as well as the Youngsville Elementary School parking lot across the street.
By: Times photos by Donna Cunard, Gary Cunard and Jay Lamm
ANOTHER DIMENSION. Three balloons floated quietly into the bright blue skies late Sunday while a fourth was readied for liftoff.
By: Times photos by Donna Cunard, Gary Cunard and Jay Lamm
FLOAT ON. Skydivers filled the sky during the two-day event.
By: Times photos by Donna Cunard, Gary Cunard and Jay Lamm
CHOPPER. It wasn’t just fixed-wing aircraft on display at High Flight 2010 as this helicopter flyover proves.
By: Times photos by Donna Cunard, Gary Cunard and Jay Lamm
NAVY FLYBOY. This World War II-vintage fighter plane gave sky watchers a thrill.
Most of us in this country have been paying only half-hearted attention to the drug wars that are rocking our neighbor to the south, Mexico.
But a development over the weekend is worth noting — and should send a shiver of dread down your spine.
The biggest newspaper in Mexico’s most violent city will restrict drug war coverage after the killing of its second journalist in less than two years. In addition, international press representatives are urging the government to make security for journalists a national priority.
GOOD MORNING: It looks like this abnormally warm weather we’ve been enjoying is destined to continue through Saturday with daytime highs ranging into the low 90’s. Sunday looks to be just a bit cooler, however, with a chance of thundershowers.
PETER ALLEN: ONE OF A KIND! It was with a feeling of personal loss that I learned of the death of Louisburg native Peter S. “Pete” Allen on Saturday down on the North Carolina coast where he had made his home for so many years. It could be said that Pete was a master of all trades as evidenced in his obituary in today’s edition of The Franklin Times.
This past boil water advisory apparently burned the hide of some business owners and residents. And, for good reason.
Anytime the supply of something essential to life is threatened, chaos can ensue.
And that’s what many folks were dealing with earlier this week as Franklin County water customers were under a boil water advisory that lasted only one day.
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RALEIGH – If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.
This good advice doesn’t just apply to business, relationships, and the efficacy of home remedies sold over the Internet. It also applies to politics.
Sweet Pea, a 12-year-old iguana, reads the latest edition of The Franklin Times that lines its cage. Zebulon resident Lucy Medlin owns the 7-pound iguana, which was purchased from an exotic pet show in April 1998, when Sweet Pea was four weeks old.
ZEBULON - Henry Franklin Edgerton, 87, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, Sept. 22) at Strickland Funeral Home in Wendell, with burial to follow in Bunn Memorial Gardens.
FRANKLINTON - Nell Holmes Cyrus, 93, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010 after an extended illness. Graveside services were held Tuesday, Sept. 21, at Fairview Cemetery, Franklinton.
YOUNGSVILLE — Herman Dale Shepard, 57, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A graveside service was held Sunday, Sept. 19, at Providence Baptist Church cemetery in Holly Ridge.
YOUNGSVILLE —Carson Allen Daughtry, 60, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010 at his home. A private graveside service will be held at a later date.
LOUISBURG - Roy Jones, 67, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Arrangements by Richard Harris Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Zebulon.
BUNN - Lessie J. Thomas, 100, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Arrangements by William Toney’s Funeral Home, Zebulon.
BUNN – Michael Leon Wells, 47, of Bunn, died Monday evening at his home.
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