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SSG Lawrence C. Jones will be retiring July 30 after completing nearly 21 years of service in the U.S. Army. He recently returned from a tour in Baghdad, Iraq, and is currently stationed at Ft. Carson, Colo. SSG Jones is a 1981 graduate of Bunn High School and joined the U.S. Army in November 1989. He is the son of James E. Bullock and Juanita Bullock of Bunn. After retiring, he will make his home in Nash County.
Amina Joy Thorne and Steven Gregory Morning were married on April 3, 2010 at the Hilton at Myrtle Beach, S.C. The officiating minister for the outside ceremony was Vonda Dowe. The bride is the daughter of Jimmy Lee Thorne of Bunn and the late Brenda Thorne. The groom is the son of Wanda Taybron of Apex. Cierra Thorne was maid of honor and Bonita Perry and Juana Alaffita were matrons of honor. Serving as best man was Tobans Brantley of Clayton.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s Democratic Party is expected to throw its support behind a candidate for Lucy Allen’s soon-to-be vacated House of Representatives seat on Wednesday night.
Party Chairman Jerry Carlyle has called for a straw poll to take place in the Hamilton Hobgood Courthouse Annex, giving potential candidates a chance to state their case for party backing.
Little Sophia Bielert of Bunn was in the process of figuring out just what exactly was in all those plastic eggs she gathered up at the Bunn Volunteer Fire Department’s Easter Egg Hunt Saturday morning. She was one of dozens of youngsters who managed to gather up about 5,000 of the candy-filled plastic eggs Saturday morning. Sophia, who is just 2 and a half, is shown here with her dad, John of Bunn.
A Louisburg woman was killed Monday evening following a single-vehicle wreck.
According to a report by Trooper T.W. Allen, Samantha Jones was driving a 2003 Kia sport utility vehicle east on Duke Memorial Road when she came out of curve and lost control of the vehicle at about 6 p.m.
The SUV ran off the road to the right, came back onto the roadway, then ran off the road to the left, rolling over.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County investigators are consulting with the district attorneys office about an assault that resulted in a death.
Investigators were first notified about the attack by Franklin Regional Medical Center staff, who treated Alfredo Ortega, 53, for head injuries on Thursday night.
Ortega died from his injuries at WakeMed on Monday.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies continue to investigate a home invasion attempt that led to a shooting ... of the suspect.
Investigators allege that Donnie Hayes Jr. of Durham attempted to break into the Youngsville-area home of Michael Kearney on Thursday night.
According to Sheriff Pat Green, Hayes knocked on the door of a house at 429 John Mitchell Road at about 10:15 p.m. on Thursday.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
An economy-building organization is putting $24 million toward an effort to better connect Franklin County and the state.
Last week, the Golden LEAF Foundation announced its decision, hoping to leverage that money to pull down federal funding and private donations to provide broadband fiber service to 69 counties, including Franklin.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A family is suing a Louisburg nursing home, alleging the company was negligent for a woman’s death.
On March 16, Kathy Hughes filed a complaint on behalf of Myrl Barnes alleging that Britthaven Inc. was responsible for the events surrounding Barnes’ Dec. 20, 2008 death.
Hughes is the administrator of Barnes’ estate.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County commissioners agreed to push back revaluation another year, hoping that the housing market will have time to stabilize in another 12 months.
Law requires each county to re-assess property values every eight years, however, the county has done its revaluation every six years.
Louisburg resident Riggan Faulkner
If you were in the field behind the Bunn Volunteer Fire Department Saturday morning a little before 10 a.m., you might have been wondering if the Easter Bunny’s goody bag had exploded. Actually, the Easter Bunny — with more than a little help from fire department volunteers — filled and distributed about 5,000 plastic eggs just in time for the kids to begin their big hunt. So, how long did the hunt last? Not nearly as long as you might have expected.
The Vance-Granville Community Band took its audience on a journey that was not only musical but also geographical and historical at its Spring Concert on March 7. The program, billed as “Music from English Pageantry to the American Civil War,” was held in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus in Vance County.
It would be difficult to imagine a more picture-perfect Easter weekend than the one we just enjoyed here in Franklin County.
If the weather wasn’t absolutely perfect, finding fault with it would be the meteorological equivalent of nit-picking.
Well, okay, there was one slight problem.
We could have gotten by with a little less of that yellow pine tree pollen.
GOOD MORNING: A picture perfect Easter Holiday weekend weather wise, sunny and warm, even hot Monday and Tuesday afternoons. The weather outlook for this coming weekend does not appear to be all that inviting, however, but cheer up, Spring has definitely sprung.
Within just the past week, the Dogwood trees out my way have burst into bloom and the pollen, — yes, the pollen — that’s another entirely different story. Need I say more? Welcome to Spring, “Ah-Choo!”
Good gravy, we’re all fat.
Well, not everyone, but based on what I’ve been reading the past couple of days, it’s a minor miracle that we’re not all heart attacks waiting to happen.
After reading news stories on Tuesday, I can only imagine all us fatties are waving the white flag.
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When the late Everett Case brought big-time college basketball to North Carolina State in 1946, the relationship between sports and the university changed. Case, a fierce competitor who played to win, constantly pushed the regulatory envelope, resulting in State being put on probation twice for infractions.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Robert Cannady Sr., 91, who died Friday, April 2, 2010, were held Tuesday, April 6, in the Richardson Funeral Home chapel in Louisburg, with burial following in the Concord church cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE - William Robert “Bobby” Richards Jr., 79, died Saturday, April 3, 2010. A funeral service was held Tuesday, April 6, at Harris Chapel Baptist Church, Youngsville. A private family burial will take place at a later date.
FRANKLINTON —Robert M. Green Sr., 63, died Thursday, April 1, 2010. Arrangements by Cutchins Funeral Home, Franklinton.
LOUISBURG - William H. Wester, 58, died Monday, April 5, 2010, at his home. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 9, at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Services, with the Rev. Don McGinnis officiating. Interment will follow in Lancaster Memorial Park.
LOUISBURG - Samantha Content Jones, 29, died Monday, April 5, 2010 in Raleigh from injuries received in an automobile accident. A graveside service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, April 9, at Elmwood Cemetery by Associate Pastor Roy Weaver and Pastor Ken Jones.
LOUISBURG - Ella Wrenn Bailey, 91, of Louisburg, passed away peacefully on April 5, 2010 with family members by her side.
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