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By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Louisburg man, whom prosecutors said had a history of drunken driving, was sentenced to more than three decades in jail for a fatal hit and run.
A Wake County Superior Court jury found Cory Lamar Henderson guilty of second-degree murder this past Monday, convicting him of killing Raleigh resident Eddie Ogburn.
When Joyce Green-McLeod of Louisburg volunteered to help with the Community Thanksgiving Dinner put on annually by A Blessing Inc., she spared no effort. In fact, she greeted guests at the cafeteria door at Louisburg College with a hearty “Happy Thanksgiving” while wearing Pilgrim-century inspired dress.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Police are investigating a shooting and stabbing that occurred over the holiday.
Police were called out to 316 Hillsborough Street at about 5 a.m. when a fracas broke out on Thanksgiving day.
According to Det. Reginald Norflett, one of the residents, James Bullock, had gotten into an argument with Rodrick Taborn over a card game.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Franklinton woman filed a malpractice lawsuit this month, alleging a Louisburg doctor was responsible for her husband’s death, attributed to toxic levels of methadone, attorneys allege.
Tommie Puryear Watson, administrator of Christopher Watson’s estate, alleged in court papers filed on Nov. 4 that Dr. David James King was negligent in Watson’s treatment.
Chief biscuit maker Ron Bullock, far right, informs, from left, Jerry Carlyle, Howard Jones and Rick Robinson the buffet line at the Pilot Lions Club Annual Thanksgiving Breakfast is out of eggs and they need to work faster. Proceeds from the breakfast go to help pay for the Pilot Lions Club Community Center and the new Lions Club Park.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Investigators arrested a Louisburg man they allege was responsible for a utility scam.
Officers took Dustin Lamont Bettis Jr., 22, into custody on Tuesday, charging him with 18 counts of obtaining property by false pretense, 14 counts of identity theft and two counts of impersonating an officer.
The impersonating an officer was a Wake County charge.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
This time of year, most people have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads.
Louisburg resident Pam Moore, though, saw sale signs instead, operating on no sleep Friday morning to take advantage of Black Friday sales.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to take part in ethics training on Monday.
The board has scheduled a special meeting at 7 p.m. to take part in a webinar session.
In 2009, the General Assembly enacted legislation requiring that local governing boards to adopt a code of ethics and that board members receive ethics training.
Louisburg sports fan Winston Lee
Serving a community dinner to lots of people also creates lots of dirty dishes — but these three volunteers pitched in to help, left to right, Norberto Modesto, Samuel Wilkins and Diqua Holder make short work of the dishes.
Daniel Ray Terrell, left, who is in charge of the dining room at Louisburg College, and volunteer Thomas Wade dish up the goodies — and they, and other volunteers did a lot of dishing up, as evidenced by the full dining room.
Franklin and Nash county sheriff’s deputies combined to arrest a Rocky Mount man charged with stealing copper wire from utility poles.
Allan Michael Mathis, 21, was charged with felony larceny, possession of stolen property and possession of burglary tools.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Certainly sad — but sadly true.
North Carolina now has an ex-governor who is a convicted felon.
That may not come as much of a surprise to anyone but rabid Mike Easley supporters after the revelations of the last several months, but it is another stain on this state’s reputation created by a politician cutting corners for his own benefit..
We’re a little blue here on the boulevard in old Louisburg.
As a result, from this point forward, we will be known as Smurf Central.
And, we suppose, from now on Asher will be known as Papa Smurf.
Or, maybe Grandpapa Smurf.
GOOD MORNING: Well, it’s all over except for the moaning ‘n groaning from having eaten so much. But it sure was good and I hope your Thanksgiving was as good as mine in every way.
The best tally I’ve been able to come up with is approximately 26 — the number at our annual family Thanksgiving get-to-gather — held this year at daughter Julie and Rodney White’s on the Bethlehem Church Road in the southern tip of Franklin County
RALEIGH – It was a compelling and unprecedented moment in North Carolina politics.
Mike Easley – a two-term governor, two-term attorney general, and former district attorney – stood before a Wake County judge and entered a plea of guilty. He answered the judge’s questions clearly, but his voice shook as he uttered the words that made him a felon.
Dear Editor:
Seems to me the mayor of Louisburg is like the old saying, the pot is calling the kettle black, referring to his letter in this past Saturday’s Franklin Times, which no one believes he wrote, asking Asher for a retraction of a statement he made in his column.
Dear Editor:
In the Nov. 24 edition of The Franklin Times, Carey Johnson titled his column Safety is worth a few inconveniences. The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution states; “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated...”
ZEBULON - Mary Frances Pearce Woodlief Wilson, 85, died Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Funeral service was Friday, Nov. 26, at Strickland Funeral Home in Wendell. Interment followed in Pearce Baptist Church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Dominic Moises Alvarenga, 1, died Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Graveside services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Lancaster Memorial Park, with Pastor Pablo Hernandez officiating.
KNIGHTDALE - Cindy Marie Wilkes, 69, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. today (Saturday, Nov. 27) at Beulah Christian Baptist Church.
RALEIGH - James Edward Hicks, 57, died Tuesday morning, Nov. 23, 2010 at his residence. A memorial service honoring his life was held Friday, Nov. 26, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home.
LOUISBURG - Ernestine W. Clifton, 46, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 at Franklin Regional Medical Center in Louisburg. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, at Allen Chapel Baptist Church, Louisburg. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE —Thomas Daly, 65, died Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. Arrangements by Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest.
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