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FRANKLINTON —Emil L. “Dunk” Preddy, 98, died Wednesday night, Sept. 29, 2010, at Brantwood Nursing Center in Oxford.
MARSHALLBERG -Margaret House Jones, 87, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 at Carteret General Hospital. A memorial service was held Thursday, Sept. 30, at Trinity United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Doug Wagner and the Rev. Ellis Bedsworth officiating.
WAKE FOREST —Louise Wilson Macon, 82, died Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 at Wake Medical Center. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, Oct. 2) in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Wake Forest Cemetery.
Archie and Georgette Baker are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sabrina, to Jason Cox, son of Chris and Jenny Cox. The ceremony is planned for 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 at Maple Springs Baptist Church in Louisburg. Friends and family are invited to attend.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
Should this one be filed under: 1) What were they thinking? 2) Are they nuts? or, 3) No good deed goes unpunished?
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: By Gary Cunard, Times Publisher
Way to go, Wake Forest.
At least the Wake Forest Parks and Recreation Committee!
Posted on: October 2, 2010
GOOD MORNING: Add another 5.5 inches of rainfall to the 3.8 inches we received a few days earlier this week and you’ll come close to erasing our September rainfall deficit.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
Dear Editor:
Jay Lamm’s editorial cartoon depicting Rosemary Champion’s criticism of Harry Foy’s vote against bringing Palziv North America to Franklin County as leaving a “bad taste” in voters’ mouths is curious indeed.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
RALEIGH – Free enterprise creates the conditions for business to thrive. But don’t expect business organizations and lobbies to be consistent advocates for free enterprise and the principles of limited, constitutional government that make it possible.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
In the 1992 election, candidate Bill Clinton’s campaign manager kept Democrats focused by repeating one phrase that defined the campaign: “It’s the economy, stupid.” This year candidates need to understand the number one theme is: “It’s jobs, stupid.”
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Some Franklin County residents found themselves zapped by scammers posing as power company representatives. As early as Sept. 21, residents began complaining to law enforcement that someone claiming to either be with Progress Energy or Wake Electric called and requested credit card information, or else their service would be disconnected.
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Candidates were asked last month to remove election signs found to be in violation of town ordinances. Only one candidate — County Commissioner Harry Foy — remains in violation, Town Manager Larry Carver said.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Authorities arrested a Franklin County man accused of running an illegal night club called Poe Boys.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Nearly a week’s deluge brought good and bad news to Franklin County.The good news is that Franklinton was able to lift its most stringent water restrictions, going from Stage III to Stage I limitations.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Commissioners will be asked Monday night to accept a Crime Control and Public Safety grant that would expand law enforcement efforts at the sheriff’s office.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — After fielding questions and hearing concerns from residents, including some who once represented the town, commissioners agreed to apply for stimulus money that could be used to improve the town’s reservoir and dam.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
North Carolina Farm Bureau’s Healthy Living for a Lifetime initiative will provide free health screenings at Franklin Regional Medical Center Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
Our host server has been down and Saturday's edition was lost. The Front Page and Opinion/Editorial sections are online. The entire paper should be up by tonight. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Posted on: October 2, 2010
By: by CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — Members of Franklin County’s Committee of 100 are optimistic that the area’s economy is poised for a turnaround.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The case against a man accused of precipitating a riotous situation that resulted in a sheriff’s deputy sustaining serious injuries is slated for a court hearing next week.
Prosecutors don’t expect any resolution in the case, though, as defense attorneys have apparently dug in their heels.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — A fire on Sunday afternoon took away a man’s apartment and, perhaps, a business that was one of the new faces of progress in town.
Firefighters from Youngsville, Franklinton, Bunn, Wake Forest, Brassfield and Bailey responded to the fire at 120 E. Main Street in Youngsville to find smoke coming from the top of the building at about 4:30 p.m.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
After Saturday, the beauty of Lois Donaldson’s back yard wasn’t the only thing that was restored.
So was her faith in humanity.
A platoon of United Way volunteers converged on Donaldson’s Franklinton home, pruning shrubs and trees and clearing weeds as part of the organization’s Day of Caring — a day where more than 200 volunteers performed 33 similar projects all around Franklin County.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Forecasters predict rain through Thursday, but officials and staff don’t expect it to be enough to raise the reservoir or scale back restrictions.
A summer’s drought and a dwindling water reserve forced Franklinton officials to enact Stage III water restrictions earlier this month, essentially making it illegal to use water for any purposes outside save for firefighting.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s unemployment rate remained unchanged from July to August, joining seven other counties who kept the status quo.
And while a decrease would be better, said Employment Security Commission’s local branch manager Mike Brown, the status quo beats an increase in unemployment.
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