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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Commissioners said they needed more information before they could approve an agreement its police chief signed to bring in a K-9 officer. Their indecision on Tuesday night, though, doesn’t take the dog off the streets.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Louisburg police arrested two people following a DWI stop that nearly led to a riot Wednesday night. According to a police report, Officer Anthony Holtz spotted a car driving backward on Cooper Street at South Main Street.
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By KATHY HARRELSON / Managing Editor
Take a second look at that fellow bagging up groceries next week when Farmer’s Foods opens in Louisburg. It just might be the company founder, Johnny Farmer. “I don’t mind being involved. You have to be,” Farmer said.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
A Franklinton woman did her own police work this week, believing she’s solved a mystery that she and her family grappled with for more than six months.
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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
BUNN — Hard work and dedication have paid off for North Carolina Department of Correction’s Lt. Larry Dunston.
The 36-year-old is one of 12 named as a N.C. Corrections Officer of the Year at a ceremony May 9 in Apex.
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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
A Louisburg man has been charged with solicitation to kill his wife, following a history of domestic abuse. Lt. Tim Strickland of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department arrested Robert Buck, 81, of 55 Harvest Lane, around 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town officials pledged to craft an ordinance that seeks to eliminate gang graffiti in town. School Principal Charles Fuller, Police Chief Ray Gilliam and Sheriff Pat Green said that’s a good start.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — For the second year, the community will rely on the allure of an old-time hangout to have fun in the present. The Youngsville Area Business Association is hosting the second annual Lake Donna Party tonight, May 19, in downtown Youngsville.
LOUISBURG — Because of a much narrower margin for error, teams don’t often get a chance to overcome an early wake-up call in the postseason. Thankfully for the Louisburg High Lady Warriors, they had an opportunity to erase a slow start during Tuesday’s first-round home contest against Cape Hatteras in the Class 1-A State Softball Playoffs.
LOUISBURG -- For the first time in four seasons, the Louisburg High baseball team is heading into the third round of the Class 1-A State Playoffs. LHS earned that honor Tuesday with a 4-1 home victory over Jamesville at Warrior Field.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn High fast-pitch coach Melanie Lovin prefers not to receive intricate scouting reports on her postseason opponents, for fear that any positive reports might intimidate her players.
So Lovin didn’t know what to expect when the Ladycats entertained Eastern Guilford in Tuesday’s opening round of the Class 2-A State Softball Playoffs.
BUNN -- Bennie Franklin knows what it takes to have a championship swagger -- he was a member of Bunn’s last state baseball title squad, way back in 1979. What Franklin, now BHS’ first-year head coach, saw Tuesday was a similar approach from his Wildcats in a second-round matchup against a strong Hillsborough Orange team in the Class 2-A State Playoffs.
PLANT CITY, FLA. -- Louisburg College went one up and one down -- including a first-round upset victory -- in Thursday’s action at the National Junior College Athletic Association National Softball Tournament.
BUIES CREEK -- Just getting there was half the fun for the senior-less Louisburg High School golf squad.
After one day of the Class 1-A State Meet at Keith Hills Golf Course, the Warriors stood in last place in the 12-team format with 377 strokes.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Louisburg High School teacher resigned last month amid allegations of unethical behavior.
Superintendent Bert L’Homme confirmed that Lucy Dillard resigned her teaching position on April 30, a week after Louisburg High school and school system administrators received a student complaint regarding Dillard.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a brutal shooting death, bringing in the state Bureau of Investigation.
Sheriff Pat Green said he wants the SBI involved so that he and the community can be clear that deputies did everything within their power to arrest the perpetrator on a warrant that was taken out a week before deputies allege Christopher Steven Thomas killed Bunn High student Elvira Hernandez, 17.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
When Greg Foster pulls his quarter-of-a-million dollar grape harvester out of the garage, the hulking machine scrapes the concrete floor and garage door top.
After four years of harvesting muscadine grapes, Foster figures his decades-old family farm is just beginning to scratch the surface of playing a key role in harvesting grapes in Franklin County and around the Southeast.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Agents within the county’s Multi-Agency Narcotics Unit arrested two Hispanic men last week on charges of drug trafficking.
According to a report by Sgt. W.L. Mitchell, agents with M.A.N.U., which includes officers from all of the county’s law enforcement departments, set up a traffic stop along U.S. 1 North near Youngsville on May 9.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Family, friends and colleagues gathered Monday at a retirement reception for two public servants who committed more than a quarter-century of service to Louisburg.
C.L. Gobble and Buzzy Sturges both came to work for the town in 1981 and both retired on April 1 from their posts as town administrator and town attorney, respectively. “They’ve both meant a lot to this town,” said state Rep. Lucy Allen, who served as Louisburg’s mayor during a good chunk of their careers.
LOUISBURG - Elvira Yaneth Hernandez, 17, died Thursday, May 10, 2007 at her home. A graveside service was conducted Monday, May 14, at Bunn Memorial Gardens, with the Rev. Roland Norris officiating.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Somecko “Mecko” Dunn, 26, who died Thursday, May 10, 2007, were conducted Monday, May 14, at South Main Street Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Rosby officiating. Burial followed in the Cedar Street Cemetery.
GREENSBORO - Funeral services for Jezzie B. Alston, 89, formerly of Kittrell, who died Friday, May 11, 2007, were conducted Tuesday, May 15, at Concord Baptist Church, with the Rev. Larry A. Person Sr., eulogist. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Mr. Ernestine Thomas Sr., 79, died Friday, May 11, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, May 13, at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Louisburg. Interment was in the Thomas family cemetery.
NEWARK, N.J. - Funeral services for Booker T. Paris, 101, who died Friday, May 11, 2007, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at Union Hill Baptist Church, Tennille, Ga. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
CHARLOTTE - Kenneth S. Isley III, 53, died Thursday, May 10, 2007 at Carolinas Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Monday, May 14, at St. Gabriel Catholic Church. Entombment followed at Forest Lawn East Cemetery.
