GLENDALE, Calif. -Harlan Stuart Nelms, formerly of Franklinton (born in Louisburg), died Sunday, May 16, 2010. A memorial service is planned for June 6 at Fairview Cemetery in Franklinton, followed by a visitation in the fellowship hall of Franklinton Baptist Church.
HENDERSON - Albert Ernest Moss, 93, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, May 29) at Raleigh Road Baptist Church. Burial with Military Honors will follow in Sunset Gardens.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Queen Esther Jefferson, 75, who died Friday, May 28, 2010, will be held Monday, May 31, at 11 a.m. in the Richardson Funeral Home chapel in Louisburg, with the Rev. Gradis Egglesten officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Stephen’s church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON —Donald Gordon Birk, 80, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at Duke University Raleigh Hospital in Raleigh. A private cremation service was held at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service in Franklinton. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
A Franklin County man accused of murdering a man over $10 could be getting a plea deal this coming week.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested Gregory Jackson, 53, in February, alleging that he killed Alton Johnson, 24, of Vaiden Road.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Megan Carper isn’t the only repeat defender in the Franklin County high school banquet circuit.
Carper, Franklinton’s senior standout, claimed her school’s Girls Athlete of the Year on Monday for the second straight campaign.
And once again, Carper has been joined on the achievement list by Louisburg upperclasman Kristen Edwards.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Franklinton High School saluted its top spring sports standouts during Monday’s Athletic Awards Ceremony, which was held at the FHS Auditorium.
Coaches from each spring sport handed out honors. Here is a list of winners:
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Coach Avery Wilson didn’t have to travel very far to sign his first off-season recruit for the Vance-Granville Community College men’s basketball squad.
Wilson, a Franklin County resident, made the quick trip to Louisburg on Thursday to open his 2010 recruiting class by inking LHS’ Dante Walker to a letter-of-intent.
Ideology is meeting need as Louisburg College men’s basketball coach John Meeks continues to hit the recruiting trail in his usual, relentless fashion.
After watching his team reach the Elite Eight of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Championships in March, Meeks saw exactly what the Hurricanes needed in order to compete against the nation’s top programs.
HOUSTON -- One day after dropping a lopsided decision to the regular-season league champion, sixth-seeded East Carolina University bounced back in a big way to defeat No. 2 seed Southern Miss 8-1 to open day two of the 2010 Conference USA Baseball Championship Thursday afternoon at the University of Houston’s Cougar Field.
HENDERSON -- The hits just keep coming -- literally -- for Kerr-Vance Academy baseball standout Tyler Bolton, who resides in Franklin County.
Bolton, a pitcher/infielder, has been selected as the Eastern Plains Independent Conference Player of the Year after guiding the Spartans to a North Carolina Independent Schools Association Class 3-A state diamond championship.
RALEIGH -- Four North Carolina High School Athletic Association girls state soccer championships will be decided this weekend in the 25th annual NCHSAA finals at the Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Soccer Stadium at the Paul Derr Track facility on the campus of North Carolina State University.
ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats (22-24) continued their red-hot play at Five County Stadium on Wednesday night as they defeated the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx (23-22) in game one of a five-game series by a 6-2 margin in a Class AA Southern League baseball showdown.
By:
KELLEN HOLTZMAN, Henderson Dispatch
HENDERSON -- Northern Vance football coach Cedric Crudup is stepping down after seven years at the school and four seasons at the helm of the football program.
Crudup is a Franklin County native who prepped at Bunn under David Howle in the 1990s.
Crudup, a physical education teacher at Northern, also served as boys track coach for the duration of his tenure.
Louisburg High School’s Dante Walker elevates while draining a jump shot during a basketball game this past season against Rocky Mount Prep.
Among the girls award recipients from the Louisburg High School Athletic Banquet were (back, l to r) Robin Baker, Sharika Evans, Annie Cooke, Roxie Knight, Zoe Hinton, Ambria Alexander, Shaniqua Lassiter, Juana Deleon and Kenia Roa; (front, l to r) Kallie Marks, H-Wang Eban, Kim Baker, Kristen Edwards, Lindsay Johnson and Kyrie Bradford.
Among the boys award recipients from the Louisburg High School Athletic Banquet were (back, l to r) Patrick Riddick, Jamal Wright, Tabias Wright, Stephen Davis, Gray Ayscue, Lin Bennett, Grant Madison, Devonte Keith, Trey Griffor, Zack Fontana, James Harris and Sean Hines; (front, l to r) Avon Thomas, Elmer Rayo, Y-Monh Eban, Ervin Hunt, Chase Ragland, Dillon Joyner, Eric Gupton and Ahmadou Camara.
(L to R) Seniors Kim Baker and Devonte Keith received the prestigious Scholar Athlete Award during Tuesday evening’s Louisburg High School Athletic Banquet.
Two Bunn High School standouts -- Gary Roache and Caleb Watts -- helped the Capital Area Soccer League’s U-17 Wake Forest United Team win the NCYSA State Championship, which was held last weekend in Greensboro. Roache, a keeper, is shown in the front row, wearing the dark shirt and sitting directly behind the cup. Watts is on the far left of the second row. The United won matches by impressive scores of 4-1 (semis) and 5-1 (finals).
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Rare is the instance when a standout earns back-to-back Athlete of the Year honors at his or her school.
But that’s been the case for Franklinton’s Megan Carper over the past two campaigns.
Carper claimed FHS’ Female Athlete of the Year Award last spring, and she tallied a repeat performance during the school’s annual Athletic Awards Ceremony, which was held Monday evening at the FHS Auditorium.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Bobbie Richardson was selected Monday night to fill the Franklin County Board of Education seat vacated by John May when he resigned from the board to accept appointment to the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Richardson’s appointment came after a motion from board member Dannie Williams, seconded by Beverly Joseph and unanimously supported by the remaining board members.
By:
Nathan Moreschi, Franklin County Schools Public Information Officer
Leadership is a topic that Laureen Jones takes seriously.
Jones, Franklin County Schools Career Technical Education director, was recently named Central Region CTE Administrator of the Year by the North Carolina Association of Career and Technical Education Administrators.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
This past weekend, emergency responders worked to crack new vehicle technology, hoping to use new tips to crack open vehicles involved in serious accidents.
First responders from Louisburg to Rocky Mount took part in Franklin County’s first advanced vehicle extrication class, learning new and more efficient ways to pry open or cut through steel and other metals that can, in severe wrecks, trap motorists in life-or-death situations.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
“Students and staff are safe.
“And we will review (the school district’s) response, learn from it and use it to improve our school plans,” said Franklin County Schools Superintendent Eddie Ingram as he was asked to provide an “update” on the Terrell Lane Middle School situation.
“Mrs. (Novella) Brown handled the situation with competence,” Ingram added, referring to the TLMS principal.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners will get to work on the 2010-11 budget beginning on Wednesday.
County Manger Angela Harris is slated to present commissioners with a budget proposal for the 2010-11 fiscal year that keeps that tax rate static at 87.25 cents per $100 of valuation.
“We asked our department heads to present lean budgets,” County Manager Angela Harris said. “They have done that.”
