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ZEBULON - Timothy Wayne May, 56, died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Memorial service to be announced.
RALEIGH - Rudene Batten Watson Stancil, 82, formerly of Forestville Road, died Tuesday, Sept. 7, at Mayview Convalescent Center. Funeral service was Thursday, Sept. 9, at Bethany Baptist Church, Wendell, with the Rev. Phil Brantley and the Rev. Joe Zimmerman officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Prosecutors have ruled a hunting fatality a tragic accident.
There are other aspects of the incident, though, that remain under investigation.
Jared Wynne, 18, was killed on Monday evening during a bird hunting expedition on property in the Rocky Ford community.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town officials and staff have enacted the stiffest water conservation requirements, hoping that and some rain helps fill a depleted town reservoir.
Town officials and staff met during an emergency session at the upper reservoir on Long Mill Road on Wednesday to enact Stage III restrictions — making it illegal to use water for any outdoor purposes other than fire fighting.
A decade ago, Louisburg’s Abe Kemp attended the first-ever tractor show in Justice and was fascinated by all those restored farming machines. He vowed that the next year, he’d be back with his own restored tractor. He made good on that vow -- again, and again and again. In fact, this year he drove this truck to Justice with a total of seven restored tractors on it. Oh, and he restored the tractor-trailer truck as well. It’s a 1957 Mack B61 model and has been drawing oohs, ahhs, and stares recently around town when he was out testing it on the highway.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County Commissioners agreed to support a route of the proposed South East High Speed Rail corridor they say would least impact county residents — particularly those in a Youngsville neighborhood.
They also supported efforts to limit the number of roads that the state and federal government proposes to close in Franklinton to accommodate the rail.
Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce member Joe Johnson and Chamber Administrator Brenda Fuller set out stakes on Friday, marking the area for food, craft and other vendors for Saturday’s Tar River Festival.
Bunn resident Makai Hendricks
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — Town officials did some swapping Thursday.
First, they swapped some property.
Then they swapped some commission obligations.
Four young lives lost in Central Franklin County in the last few weeks.
All because of accidents.
Four lives, all of young men who should have had many long, fun-filled and productive years ahead of them full of excitement, families, accomplishments and dreams, were cut short by instant tragedy.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The next time the phone rings at the Johnson household, it could be members of a transplant team telling Angel Johnson that they have a liver that could save her life.
For now, though, neighbors, family and friends are answering the bell, rallying to support Angel Johnson and her family with the mounting bills associated with a debilitating disease.
With a combination of sadness and melancholy I read the story in Saturday’s paper about the closing of local radio station Country 102 FM, the latest “domino” to fall in a long series of hits that have adversely affected Franklin County.
It may seem strange for a local newspaper guy to lament the closing of a radio station. After all, we both competed for the same increasingly scarce -- and lately, downright rare -- advertising dollars that kept us both in business.
GOOD MORNING: If our weather forecasters are right, the record-setting heat we’ve been enjoying has come to an end, for the immediate future at least, with daytime highs in the mid-80s along with the possibility of showers over the weekend.
RALEIGH – If today were Election Day, it would be a disaster for the Democrats.
The Republican Party would retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives, with seats to spare, including the 8th District here in North Carolina and possibly two or three more. In the U.S. Senate, the GOP would win a net gain of eight seats, and possibly the two more needed for a majority.
Dear Editor:
I read with interest Eugene Robinson’s article entitled “Snake Oil? Sell us some more” that appeared in the Sept. 4, 2010 edition of The News & Observer. In the article he referred to those Americans who are looking forward to a major turnaround in the November elections as “spoiled brats.”
Dear Editor:
I read with great interest but also with great sorrow your recent article about our local radio station signing off the air. What a loss for this community!
FRANKLINTON —Paul H. Clevenger, 48, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Arrangements by Hudson Funeral Home, Durham.
LOUISBURG - James Ray Hall, 67, a resident of 6303 Moulton Road, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, at Franklin Regional Medical Center.
LOUISBURG – Jared Kyle Wynne, 18, of Louisburg, died early Monday evening.
The Louisburg Lions Club enjoyed a very informative presentation recently from Jason Proctor, president of Franklin Regional Medical Center. The Baylor University graduate updated club members on several items including new physician recruitment, quality care of patients, along with announcing a major expansion planned at the Louisburg hospital.
This fall, a tutoring program is being formed to help kids at risk in the Bunn area, according to Gary Kyttle.
“There are many young people who are on the verge of dropping out or flunking out of school due to poor grades,” he explained.
The word is out. Surprise! Yes, the girls from Curves in Louisburg had a very pleasant visit from a well-known model and actor, Josh Holloway.
How did he get invited to Curves? Well, his mother Jean and aunt Angela are members of Curves. Soon after his mother moved to Louisburg, the word got around that one of her sons was no other than “Josh,” the handsome model and actor so well liked by young women, and not so young women, as well.
Members of the community are invited to Tar River Land Conservancy’s annual Field Day on the Farm Saturday, Sept. 25, from 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. This year’s event celebrates 10 years of land, water and wildlife conservation by the local land trust.
By: Quinton Cooper, Tar-Pam Watershed Conservationist
What in the world is a dead ditch? It is when the ditch has lost all support from vegetation, and erosion starts because of the lack of roots holding it stable.
We all know how aggravating it is to get that old, heavy weed eater out of the barn or garage — sometimes it won’t start, and other times, we have to put that aggravating new string on it.
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