PINEHURST - Dean R. Paquette, 80, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at Boles Funeral Home in Pinehurst.
HENDERSON - Ralph Norwood Wynne Sr., 80, of the Epsom Community died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 at his home. Funeral services were held Thursday, Jan. 20, at Liberty Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. Frank Sossamon and the Rev. Robert Wagner. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested three men charged with binding a man with duct taping and tossing him into the back of a truck.
Deputies charged Chad Matthew Batie, 28, Charles Anthony Perry, 26, and Nicholas Edward Morris, 30, with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary and assault inflicting serious injury.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
WARRENTON -- Backcourt excellence is a nightly given for the Bunn Ladycats, as guards Whitney Bunn and Chepirah Neal have been consistently good throughout the 2010-11 campaign.
But in order for the Ladycats to make another deep run in the Class 2-A State Playoffs, head coach Chuck Mann understands that his team will have to get significant contributions from his frontliners.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
WARRENTON -- Andre Davis is making up for lost time along the perimeter of the offense for the Bunn High School boys basketball squad.
Thanks to his excellence on the football field in leading the Wildcats to an Elite Eight performance last fall, Davis spent most of December shaking off some hoops rust.
JAMESTOWN -- Even in defeat, Louisburg College women’s basketball coach Mike Holloman found out something about his team during Wednesday night’s road game at Guilford Tech Community College.
LC was defeated 68-63 in overtime, but the Lady Hurricanes were able to rally from an 18-point deficit in the second half to force the extra session.
We’ve come too far to turn back now, as this is the most interested I’ve been in a National Football League season in a long, long time.
With that in mind, it’s time to offer my picks for Sunday’s NFC and AFC Championship Games.
The Packers foiled my Atlanta Falcons’ pick last weekend, as they were able to move ahead early, and thus neutralize the Falcons’ high-powered running game.
High School Wrestling
TUESDAY
North Johnston at Franklinton 7 p.m.
Corinth Holders at Bunn 7 p.m.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- It didn’t take long for the Louisburg Warriors to wrap up a victory against rival Bunn during a Northern Carolina Conference wrestling match Thursday.
In just 20 minutes, it was all over, as the visiting Wildcats utilized only four wrestlers during a 60-6 loss to the Warriors at the LHS Gymnasium.
RALEIGH -- Doug Warf, Senior Director of Marketing and Executive Director of the Carolina Hurricanes’ Kids ‘N Community Foundation, has announced that tickets for the team’s Casino Night and Wine Tasting fundraiser are on sale.
Tickets for the March 13 event cost $200 ($115 is tax deductible), and are available via Ticketmaster and the Time Warner Cable Box Office at the RBC Center. All proceeds will benefit the Kids ‘N Community Foundation.
BUNN -- Bunn High School will be hosting its 2nd Annual Franklin County Baseball Clinic, which is scheduled for January 29.
The clinic will begin in the Bunn High School Gym and move outside after lunch, weather permitting.
The cost of the camp is $35 per person, which includes lunch.
Louisburg’s Darrian Brown takes control of his 125-pound match against Bunn’s Patrick Limer.
Bunn’s Danyel Smith (with ball) tries to drive to the basket during the Ladycats’ road decision Wednesday night against the Warren County Lady Eagles. BHS is undefeated this season.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A construction worker was killed Saturday morning in what investigators are calling an accident.
Louisburg Police Chief Rick Lassiter said Ricardo Rios Telles, 34, was working with a crew of three others at the intersection of Elm and Short streets when the fatal mishap occurred just before 9:30 a.m.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Police are investigating a smash and grab at a county commissioner’s business.
Between late Monday night and early Tuesday morning, law enforcement responded to Mitchell’s Do It Best Hardware as two silent alarms were sounded, the last of which signaled a successful breaking and entering.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
It looks like pilots at Triangle North Executive Airport will be able to keep up appearances after all.
Consultants emphasized late last year that the airport would need to comply with state and federal requirements to document hazardous materials, prevent spills and take other precautions to limit the prospects of pollutant discharges at the facility.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Those who have served as the backbone to a number of different community events and organizations will meet Wednesday night in a plan that will draw them together.
And they want more people in town to join them.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Farmers from around the region gathered under a tobacco shed at the Raymond Foster farm on U.S. 401 North in Franklin County Tuesday morning to learn about a venture that could keep local fields filled with tobacco for many more years.
The event was hosted by a new company called United States Growers Direct which is offering tobacco growers contracts for up to 100 million pounds of tobacco that will be sold to China.
Louisburg resident Dominique Perry
• Franklinton
Franklinton was the first community to host a celebration on Jan. 15, recognizing the impact of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy 25 years after he died on the actual date of his birthday.
Organizers there put on a ceremonial march through Franklinton, ending at First Baptist Church.
Inside, visitors were treated to a ceremony of words, music and dance, celebrating King’s impact on the nation.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies made a drug arrest with the assistance of a most unlikely source — the suspect.
According to a report by Dep. Jonathan Wells, he and Dep. Joel Anderson responded just after 2 a.m. to a call of shots being fired into a home at 522 Vaiden Road.
According to the report, Teresa Jeanne Odell alleged that her boyfriend had shot into the house.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Collins announce the marriage of their daughter, Shawanda Shikara Collins to DeMario Rakeé Closs, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Closs. The marriage took place Friday, Jan. 14, at the Franklin County Courthouse. A reception at the BTU Center in Franklinton followed.
Volunteers looking to give back in the spirit of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. convened on Franklinton Elementary School Monday to build a raised garden bed.
The project was coordinated by Grow and Share of Zebulon.
While we’re certainly not endorsing the idea, we did get a chuckle from the “plans” of one Franklin County man who claimed recently that he was going home to plant butter beans in the snow, hoping that might spark an earlier spring.
Although we’re pretty sure that won’t help bring spring sooner, it seems to be about as smart as sitting around hoping a groundhog doesn’t see his shadow in a few weeks!
GOOD MORNING: We apparently lucked out yesterday (Tuesday) morning in that temperatures apparently remained a tad too warm for what little badly needed rain we received to ice up, out my way at least, although it was a close call as far as the temperature was concerned as the mercury dipped to 32.5 degrees shortly after dawn.
