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GREENVILLE -- East Carolina University baseball fans will get their first chance to meet the 2010 Pirates up close and personal on February 6, as ECU hosts its 10th Annual “Meet the Pirates” luncheon.
Scheduled to start at approximately 11 a.m. at the Murphy Center’s Harvey Banquet Hall, “Meet the Pirates” offers fans a chance to get autographs and photos of the ECU baseball team and fifth-year head coach Billy Godwin, as well as enjoy a catered lunch with the Pirate coaches and players.
Louisburg High School’s medal winners from last Saturday’s Takedown Report Dual Tournament in Wilson were (back, l to r) David Pearce, Grant Madison, Tyrell Robinson, Trey Griffor and Ulises Huerta; (front, l to r) Mamour Camara and Ervin Hunt. For more on the prestigious mat tournament, see the story that begins on page 8.
Louisburg’s Kiefer Norris takes charge en route to recording a pin.
Louisburg’s Vanessa Brodie (right) grabs a rebound for the Lady Warriors during last Friday nights decision at Rocky Mount Prep Academy.
Louisburg’s Dante Walker attempts a jumper last Friday versus Rocky Mount Prep.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Brent Cardwell has been dismissed as the town’s parks and recreation director, two weeks after police arrested him on domestic violence charges.
Louisburg police officers arrested Cardwell after his wife, Kate, alleged that Mr. Cardwell assaulted her inside their Wilder Street home on Christmas Eve.
By: GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The Franklin County Board of Education had been scheduled to consider formally firing suspended teacher Phillip Mueller Monday night but that’s not going to happen.
Mueller was granted a temporary restraining order on Jan. 6 by Superior Court Judge Howard E. Manning, Jr., that stops the school board from dealing with his employment issue until a court hearing can be held.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Attorneys have set a Feb. 8 court date, hoping to bring litigious closure to a death that took place nearly six years ago.
Ann Greene, the widow of Dep. Ted Horton, filed a lawsuit in May 2006, claiming that more than a dozen people and entities, including then-Sheriff Jerry Jones, pilot Ben Barrick and Franklin County, were responsible for Horton’s death.
Barrick was flying a search and rescue helicopter when it crashed into a field on May 14, 2004, killing Horton and injuring Barrick.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s roads will be paved with green, Rep. Lucy Allen and Gov. Bev Perdue announced this week.
According to the Governor’s Office, Franklin County will receive $2.3 million in federal stimulus money to preserve 8.1 miles of N.C. 98 outside of Bunn and nearly two miles of roadway on U.S. 1-A just outside Franklinton.
And Franklin County is set to get another $2.1 million in routine maintenance improvements.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County avoided wintry precipitation Thursday night, but the threat of bad weather delayed classes. And precipitation that did fall caused more headaches than disaster.
Meteorologists predicted anywhere from a dusting to up to an inch of snow for the Triangle, however, a warm front kept the white stuff away.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Louisburg woman following a domestic dispute.
According to a report by Sgt. Troy Wheless, he responded to a report of a stabbing at 124 Ingle Drive just before 11 p.m. on Jan. 2.
When Wheless arrived, the report states, he spoke with the suspect, Vivian Toney, who said that she had gone out earlier that day drinking with a friend.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Cooperative extension staff, land use consultants and farmers met for the first time this week, hoping to lay the groundwork for the future of farming in Franklin County.
Franklin County procured a $26,000 grant from the state Agriculture Development & Farmland Preservation Trust Fund to develop a preservation plan, a document that would help guide and determine how agriculture in Franklin County would continue to co-exist with residential and commercial development.
Louisburg resident Avon Thomas
It’s cookie time -- and perfectly timed to help break the bonds of wintery weather that seem interminable.
The Girl Scouts begin their annual Cookie Drive today and keep it rolling through Sunday, March 14.
The scouts will be offering eight varieties of cookies this year, ranging from thin mints to peanut butter patties to short bread cookies.
Kenzie “Sus” Mann was the center of attention at her 100th birthday party held at the Ushers Building off U.S 1 in Franklinton. Mann was born Jan. 4, 1910 and plenty of friends and family were on hand to make the milestone. Mann has 13 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, 41 great-great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-great-grandchildren. Family members said “Sus” is a great woman with an incredible legacy and it continues to grow each day.
HENDERSON - Funeral services for Dorothy Dunston Burwell Floyd, 83, who died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, will be held today (Saturday, Jan. 9) at Gethsemane Baptist Church, with the Rev. Michael Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in the Rowland Chapel cemetery.
WENDELL - Stuart Parrish Murphy, 94, died Thursday, Jan, 7, 2010 at Wellington Nursing Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Jan. 9) at Wendell Baptist Church, 3651 Wendell Blvd., Wendell, with Dr. David Moore, Dr. Baxter Prevatte and the Rev. Charles McMillan officiating. Burial will follow in Greenmount Cemetery, Industrial Drive, Wendell.
ZEBULON - Geraldine Trevathan Strickland, 90, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010 at Guardian Care. Funeral services were Thursday, Jan. 7, at Union Hope Baptist Church, with burial in the Murray family cemetery.
ZEBULON - Mozelle Gilbert Parsons, 84, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted at 12 p.m. today (Saturday, Jan. 9) at Wakefield Central Baptist Church, with visitation from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. prior to the service. Private burial will follow the service.
ZEBULON - Alene Smith, 94, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.
LOUISBURG - Winnie Glyn Cheaves Spencer died Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at her home.
On Dec. 5, 2009, the Gamma Tau Christmas Gala took place at Louisburg High School. It was accompanied by a delicious lunch catered by Country Moments Café of Louisburg. Each member brought a baked good for an auction, with proceeds going for a scholarship fund.
Delta Kappa Gamma is an international society for key women educators. The society promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.
The decision by the Franklin County commissioners not to vote on a new member Monday was not only the correct decision, the delay should have been required by law.
In fact, a constitutional amendment might be in order to eliminate what we have long decried as government by ambush.
On Monday, commissioners decided to delay a vote on adding David Bunn to the board to fill the empty seat left by the pre-Christmas resignation of Bob Winters.
GOOD MORNING: I might well have had a different outlook on the situation yesterday (Friday) morning had the weather lived up to predictions and the DOT hadn’t blown all that money treating area highways with an anti-icing solution, but, thankfully, all those dire predictions of freezing rain and or snow turned out to be just another case of crying wolf, locally at any rate.
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