BUNN - Ester “Teeny” Cooper, 80, went home Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, to be with the Lord and sons, Lee and Thomas, and great-grandson P.J. Private services will be held.
The Louisburg Woman’s Club will have its annual Soup & Sandwich lunch on Thursday, Feb. 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Community House, Main Street, Youngsville, eat in or take out.
Homemade chicken and vegetable soup will be served, along with sandwiches, dessert and drink. Tickets are $7 each.
By:
Nathan Moreschi, Public Information Officer, Franklin County Schools
If variety is the spice of life, the Franklin County Schools’ Career and Technical Education (CTE) Department would rate high on the education spice level.
February is CTE month across the nation – it’s a month in which districts and individual schools highlight and celebrate the CTE programs offered.
Louisburg High School seniors Shanique Gupton (seated) and Bretney Strickland practice checking vital signs in Joyce Mangum’s class in which students can become certified nursing assistants.
By:
KELLEN HOLTZMAN, Henderson Dispatch
LOUISBURG -- Vance-Granville Community ran into a men’s basketball buzzsaw Monday night at Louisburg College.
Louisburg ran at a breakneck pace in the first half and exploded from beyond the arc in the second to roll past Vance-Granville 117-75 in National Junior College Athletics Association Division II Region X play.
The Vanguards played the game without point guard Trentin Cozart, one of the team’s primary offensive threats.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- With second place in the league at stake, the Franklinton Lady Rams encountered a hit-or-miss proposition Monday night at Northwest Halifax.
With the host Lady Vikings sitting back in a zone -- and inviting FHS to shoot from the outside -- the Lady Rams’ fate would rest squarely on their ability to drain jumpers.
FRANKLINTON -- The Fifth Annual Brassfield Commercial Shamrock Classic Girls Soccer Tournament will be held March 10-13 in Franklinton.
Franklinton High School is the host and three-time defending champion. Other scheduled entrants are Northern Vance, Kerr-Vance Academy, Franklinton, South Granville, Oxford Webb, Louisburg, Northern Nash and Franklin Academy.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
AURELIAN SPRINGS -- Northwest Halifax played like a team in celebration mode during its season-ending home matchup Monday night against the Franklinton Red Rams.
After all, it was the Vikings’ annual Senior Night, as players and parents were announced on to the court before the contest.
KENLY -- Here are the pairings for the Northern Carolina Conference Girls and Boys Basketball Tournaments, which will be held this week at the brand-new North Johnston High School Gymnasium.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College’s women’s basketball team ended up with the day off last Saturday.
The Lady Hurricanes were supposed to make a long road trip to take on the Spartanburg Methodist Lady Pioneers, but that event was called off because of the threat of poor weather.
Instead, Louisburg College will return to the hardwood today with a much closer road game.
Louisburg College’s Marese Phelps tacks on two points courtesy of an uncontested layup during Monday’s victory over Vance-Granville.
Franklinton’s Dustin Newton (right) passes to a teammate while being defended by Northwest Halifax’s Antonio Alston during Monday night’s boys basketball matchup in Aurelian Springs.
Louisburg’s Jordan Davidson (with ball) tries to work inside for the Hurricanes during Monday night’s clutch home victory against the Vance-Granville Community College Vanguards.
Franklinton’s Moné Allen (l) and Secoya Parker (r) double team Northwest Halifax’s Kendra Knight during Monday night’s crucial Northern Carolina Conference girls hoops event in Aurelian Springs.
Law enforcement agencies are looking for suspects who stole a truck from a church-owned moving company.
According to a report by Dep. Chad Evans, proprietors of Kingdom Movers hired two people to use a company truck to transport furniture to a client in Florida on Feb. 5.
By Feb. 9, the drivers had not returned after receiving payment from the client.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — A man who provided area residents with medicine and civic duty died this week.
Dr. Albert N. Corpening was 79.
Corpening was a U.S. Navy veteran and ran a medical office in Youngsville for years.
Most recently, he served as a town commissioner, winning re-election last November.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Jessie Daniels was inside his home Thursday morning reading a Bible.
Moments later, a fire and smoke damaged a shed area in the rear of his home. Still, his prayers were answered.
“God doesn’t allow things to happen for no reason,” Daniels said from his backyard, watching fire crews from Louisburg and Justice battle a fire that melted siding on the rear of the house and trapped smoke inside the roof.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Louisburg’s new recreation director not only has roots in the community already, she confesses to a “passion for parks and recreation” that goes well beyond traditional team sports.
Jina (rhymes with China) Stamey will begin her new post with the town on Feb. 22 and she’s already planning to create a program that reaches out “to all ages” in the community.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The Louisburg Planning Board unanimously agreed that crematories should be allowed in a commercial district -- and that churches should not be permitted in the downtown business district during a meeting Thursday afternoon.
Both those recommendations will go before the Louisburg Town Council for a final decision.
Most of the nearly hour-long meeting was devoted to the crematory issue following a request from Tom Clancey of Strickland Funeral Homes on West Franklin Street.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County commissioners will be asked to approve another step that could result in an Israeli company locating just outside of Louisburg.
Last month, the county agreed to back Palziv’s $750,000 grant application through the state’s Small Cities Community Development Block Grant since a governmental entity is required in the application process.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A property that conservationists had proposed as a state park opportunity was sold late last year.
There’s still a chance that Jackson’s Mill Pond could be developed as a state Natural Area, but conservationists have said the county has been luke warm to the project recently.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
One industry that was considering locating in Franklin County has gone elsewhere, another is considering its options and Palziv, the Israel-based foam products company, is on the verge of purchasing the former HON manufacturing plant in Louisburg, according to Ronnie Goswick, head of the county’s economic development efforts.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Airport staff began circulating a document this week that could serve as a standard for operations and procedures at Triangle North Executive Airport.
Late last year, the county’s airport commission tasked its attorney with drafting rules of operation that will help direct airport staff, as well as tenants and businesses on the grounds.
Franklinton High School teacher, coach Deran Coe
Honor students at Edward Best Elementary School for the first nine-week grading period include:
