Louisburg Electric Department staff Matt Edwards, right, and Paul Jones, in bucket, installed a lighted snowflake along Bickett Boulevard recently as town crews worked to decorate the area for the holiday season.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners has agreed to use its personnel policy to address concerns about nepotism.
The consensus was reached Monday night as the board discussed renewing its Code of Ethics, as well as scheduling a two-hour window to undergo ethics training.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Prominent members of Franklin County were dressed in prison stripes, tossed in jail on Monday and given a phone book and an ultimatum — raise your bond or rot in prison.
Plenty answered the call as organizers anticipate raising more money than last year.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The county’s Tourism Development Authority recommended helping finance the International Whistlers Convention on Monday night.
The money, though, if approved by county commissioners, would come with two caveats:
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County elections staff and officials are set to begin a recount that Incumbent Congressman Bob Etheridge hopes can sway the Nov. 2 election.
County staff, though, don’t expect much change in Franklin County’s vote, although newcomer Renee Ellmers is leading the seven-time Congressman by 1,489 votes across the 10-county 2nd Congressional District.
Louisburg College teacher Rickie Wagstaff
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a handful of home break-ins.
In the first matter, Tracy Garrison reported on Nov. 9 that someone broke into her 104 Pineview Home, stealing more than $2,500 in jewelry.
YOUNGSVILLE- Emmett Roy Floyd, 68, died Saturday Nov. 13, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon Nov. 16, in the Chapel of Bright Funeral Home, with the Rev. Chris Smith officiating. Burial followed in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens.
RALEIGH - Alma Ruth Johnson Shaffer, 86, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2010 at Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community. A memorial service was held Tuesday, Nov. 16, at Springmoor.
BALTIMORE, Md.— Funeral services for Annie C. Alston Scott, 69, daughter of the late Winston and Mariah Alston, were held Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 at the New Metropolitan Baptist Church, Baltimore, Md.
ZEBULON - Shawn Susan Stell, 61, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. No formal funeral services will be held.
ZEBULON - Donald Edward Price, 67, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. Funeral service will be at 4 p.m. today (Wednesday, Nov. 17) at Friendship Free Will Baptist Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service and other times at the home. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
DURHAM - Barbara Mance Johnson died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 at the Carolina House of Durham. A celebration of her life will be held Dec. 4 at 11 a.m. in the American Cremation Services Chapel, 1204 Person St., Durham.
GREENEVILLE, TN - Emma Jean Shelton, age 79, of E. Rollins Street, Greeneville, TN, died late Friday evening, (November 12, 2010) at WakeMed Hospital, Raleigh, NC.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Remember a year or so ago when everyone you knew was either quite sick or deathly afraid of getting sick.
The culprit was the dreaded Swine Flu — more correctly identified as H1N1 because, after all, we need to be politically correct about all these things.
GOOD MORNING: And if our weather prognosticators come anywhere close to being right, we are in for a beautiful fall day today (Wednesday), the outlook being for mostly sunny and mild weather with highs in the mid to upper 60’s. Enjoy it while you can.
If Congressman Bob Etheridge’s request for a recount proves fruitful, I’ll eat my words.
Fruit’s good for you anyway, right?
I guess if I was a seven-term Congressman that appeared to be bested by a political newcomer, I would question whether the vote was accurate.
Last Week’s Poll
Water Wars
Who will win the Water War between Franklinton and Franklin County?
The election is over and there have been shake-ups in both Washington and Raleigh. There will be many new faces in the U.S. Congress and the North Carolina General Assembly.
Although I’m an economist and not a political analyst, I think it is obvious many voters were unhappy this year, and this unhappiness had a big impact on their votes.
Dear Editor:
I take issue with the tone and substance of John Hood’s opinion piece in Saturday’s Franklin Times. (Political class adjusts to new realities.)
Vance-Granville Community College has selected eight outstanding students to serve as ambassadors during the 2010-2011 school year.
Ambassadors represent the college at special campus and community functions, among other duties.
Timothy and Meg Wyatt of Zebulon are the proud parents of a baby boy, Ayden Samuel Wyatt, born Oct. 4, 2010 at 10:16 p.m., at Rex Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Sam and Ann Perdue of Louisburg.
Paternal grandparents are John and Linda Wyatt of Sparta.
From left to right, United Way of Franklin County Executive Director Kathy Harrelson, Sheriff’s Secretary Nancy Neal and United Way board member Shane Mitchell work to corral the “inmates” who were brought in to serve jail sentences during the organization’s Jail-a-Thon on Monday.
Griff Gardner, who handles code enforcement violations for Louisburg and Franklin County, tries to call in some favors Monday as he tries to earn his bond money during the United Way of Franklin County’s Jail-a-Thon in the Walmart parking lot.
