The A and B honor roll for the first semester at Franklinton High School has been announced and includes these students:
Marese Phelps (with ball) and the Louisburg College Hurricanes will be in action Wednesday vs. Grand Rapids at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Men’s Basketball Tournament. The event is being held at Danville Area Community College in Illinois.
Southern Nash’s Hannah Brock (5) dribbles through the Bunn defense during Wednesday afternoon’s girls soccer showdown in Stanhope.
Jonathan Aycock is back for another season as a member of the Louisburg High School golf team.
Pam Gilliam’s first grade class at Crosscreek Charter School in Louisburg recently celebrated Black History Month by recognizing numerous “Franklin County Achievers.” The celebration is an annual event for her class. Many local “Achievers” have visited the class, sharing their stories and offering advice for success to the students.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
An Israeli foam company purchased the old HON building late last month, moving closer to bringing Franklin County another industry.
According to Register of Deeds documents, PZ Associates bought the building and just more than 47 acres from the Iowa-based HON company on Feb. 25 for $1.2 million according to the excise tax stamp.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The Franklin County Board of Education unanimously agreed Monday night to take the next step toward creation of a new building on the Franklin County Campus of Vance-Granville Community College, a structure intended to house the new Early College High School.
The request actually goes to the VGCC Board of Trustees, which is to meet next week, and if trustees agree, they will take the request to the Franklin County commissioners, who must find a way to finance the estimated $7 million project.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A review of past and present SBI crime lab practices won’t change how prosecutors build cases, said District Attorney Sam Currin.
Attorney General Roy Cooper initiated an internal and external review of the state Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab after attorneys for a wrongly convicted man say the case revealed errors within the department.
A Louisburg man found dead in a Rocky Mount psychiatric hospital last summer was the victim of an overdose, according to medical examiners.
Coastal Plains Hospital staff found 23-year-old James Ross Collins dead inside an isolation room on July 23.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A superior court judge called out an armed robbery suspect for attempting what he called a delay tactic.
Louisburg police arrested Patrick Xavier Davis and two other people in the summer of 2009 on charges that they broke into a Louisburg businessman’s home and robbed him at gunpoint.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A woman charged with more than 30 counts of drug violations and exploiting and abusing minors was sentenced to serve between nine and 13 months in jail as part of a plea.
Investigators arrested Mitch and Rhonda Parrish in February 2009 during a drug raid.
Bunn hoops fan Landon Wheless
The Democratic Party Precinct meeting for Cypress Creek Precinct will be held at the Seven Paths Community Center on March 16 at 7 p.m.
The meetings for the following precincts were held on March 9: Bunn, Cedar Creek, East Harris, Franklinton E & W, Gold Mine, Pilot and Sandy Creek. The information was not received in time for the Saturday, March 6, edition.
There’s an old saying that advises: You’ve got to get while the gettin’s good!
While that saying obviously wasn’t directed at one opportunity the county is now facing, we think it might be appropriate.
The Franklin County commissioners — probably next month — will be faced with a request to build a new $7 million classroom building on the Franklin Campus of Vance-Granville Community College.
GOOD MORNING: Spring doesn’t arrive, officially that is, until March 20th, but ‘til then I’ll gladly settle for the Spring- like temperatures we’ve been enjoying for the past couple of days. In the meanwhile, come Saturday night, we’ll be turning our clocks forward an hour upon retiring for the beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST) that immediately follows the stroke of midnight.
I remember when I was a reporter in Eastern North Carolina, I was speaking to a sheriff about a story when he mentioned that someone had recently stolen his four wheeler.
He considered putting something in the paper about it, but I think someone talked to him and, perhaps, suggested it might not look good if the county’s top cop was also a victim of crime.
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On March 2 around 11 a.m. in Youngsville at the Food Lion parking lot, a lady was parked in a handicap spot with her handicap card on the dash of her car.
Novozymes of Franklinton recently donated 40 laptop and eight desktop computers to be refurbished through the Teaming for Technology partnership with the United Way of the Greater Triangle and the United Way of Franklin County. Joe Burgess, Teaming for Technology manager, said the computers will be refreshed with new software and then will be distributed through UWFC to schools and other Franklin County organizations that may need them.
YOUNGSVILLE - Deborah Hinnant Allred, 53, died Sunday, March 7, 2010. A visitation will be held at Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Wake Forest on Saturday, March 13, from 2-4 p.m.
WAKE FOREST - E. Marie Shearin Jones, 71, died Saturday, March 6, 2010 at her residence. Funeral services were Monday, March 8, at Faith Baptist Church in Youngsville. She was cremated following the service.
LITTLETON - Elise Jenkins King, 82, died Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. A visitation will be held today (Wednesday, March 10) at Blaylock Funeral Home in Littleton from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 11, at Calvary United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Mike Currin and the Rev. Stan Lewis officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
FUQUAY-VARINA— Cicero Farrar Talley Jr., 88, died Monday, March 1, 2010 at his home. A memorial service was held Sunday, March 7, at Fuquay-Varina Baptist Church on Woodrow Street.
LOUISBURG - Betty Grace Hight Denton, 61, died Saturday morning, March 6, 2010 at Rex Hospital from complications due to cancer.
