LOUISBURG - Ellsworth Kaye “Zeke” Jones of Lake Royale passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, after a courageous battle with Lymphoma.
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects in a sexual assault case. A 23-year-old Louisburg woman told deputies on Tuesday that she was assaulted by a group of Hispanic men in a trailer on Mays Mountain Way.
Louisburg High School is host to Maria Fernanda Pezzotti, an exchange student from Cúcuta, Colombia. She came to Louisburg through the American Scholastic Associates International (ASAI) with an office in Babylon, N.Y. This organization is very well established (since 1992), with Arrival Evaluation, Mid Program Evaluation, and End of Program Evaluation.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Nick Bell’s jarred eagle on the par-4 seventh hole provided an appropriate exclamation point to Bunn’s Franklin County golf championship Thursday at Bull Creek. The Wildcats finished off the crown at the 36-hole event with 638 total strokes, compared to 671 for Louisburg and 755 for Franklinton.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
BUNN — Even through mass graduation losses over the years, one thing remains constant about the Bunn High School girls track and field team.
Northern Carolina Conference championships.
BHS, coached by Daniel Wright, wrapped up its third consecutive NCC regular season crown with a pair of key victories this week.
LOUISBURG -- Mike Mitchell (men’s basketball) and Dione Eccles (women’s basketball) have been saluted as the Outstanding Student Athlete Award winners at Louisburg College. The Outstanding Student Athlete Awards are given annually to the male and female athletes who have made the most outstanding contribution to the athletic program while maintaining academic excellence.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Nash Central is much improved on the tennis court this spring -- a fact the Bunn Wildcats have discovered on two occasions. The Bulldogs finished off a season sweep of the Wildcats with an 8-1 team decision Wednesday afternoon at the BHS Courts.
HENDERSON -- Brittany Boyd’s overtime goal gave the Louisburg Lady Warriors a clutch 3-2 road victory at Southern Vance Wednesday in a Northern Carolina Conference girls soccer matchup. Louisburg trailed 2-0 at one time in the contest, but the Lady Warriors were able to rally for the decision.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Contractors completed a bridge project last week that ended an unenviable commute for some Mitchner’s Crossroads residents.
West River Road buckled in June after waters from Tropical Storm Alberto overwhelmed a box culvert that funneled Buffaloe Creek waters beneath the road.
The competition, above, was fierce. The womanless beauty pageant raised more than $2,500 in just an hour’s time, event Co-chairman Linda Frederickson, far right, announcing at the pageant, said. The total is part of the $213,000 already collected for this year’s campaign. Frederickson said Monday the Relay’s goal of $225,000 this year should be met, if not exceeded. Hundreds of people from across the county participated in the weekend event, which kicked off with a survivors’ walk at 7 p.m. Friday and carried on throughout the night and into Saturday morning. Supporters walked the BHS track all night to symbolize a continual struggle against cancer. In top photo are (stage names from left): Isabela, Andrea, Jonette, Donny’a, Lovely (Miss Relay), Lavonda X 2, Ja’nae, Candy, Gertrude, Danielle and Warnetta.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Sheriff’s deputies have arrested one suspect in a string of armed home invasions and robberies that has investigators unsettled.
On Saturday, deputies arrested Norwood Yarborough, 36, of Louisburg, charging him with robbery with a dangerous weapon.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
News that the International Whistlers Convention won’t be held again until 2009 was met by groans and hisses by many gathered inside the Louisburg College Auditorium hoping they’d get a chance again next year to hear some of the most melodic whistling in the world.
Convention organizers and volunteers hope that disappointment is galvanized in a way that the convention could resume on its annual basis.
Franklin County has joined other counties around the nation in celebrating National County Government Week (NCGW) April 22-28, with the theme “Protecting the Environment.”
The “Successful Gardener Learning Series,” which offers free educational classes, is under way in Franklin County.
Pat Young, Franklin County planning and inspections director, has successfully graduated from the 2006-2007 County Administration Course of the School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Debra Faye Lynch Alston, 54, who died Saturday, April 21, 2007, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at First Baptist Church of Franklinton, with the Rev. Michael Alston officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery.
BUNN - Milton “Pete” Crudup, 53, died Friday, April 20, 2007 at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, April 24, at Gethsemane Baptist Church, Bunn. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
CREEDMOOR - William Lee Evans, 82, died Friday, April 20, 2007 at his home. Funeral services were conducted Monday, April 23, at Pope’s Chapel Christian Church by the Rev. Don Ward. Burial was in the church cemetery.
FRANKLIN, Va. - Alda May Blythe, 85, died Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at Britthaven of the Outer Banks in Nags Head. A funeral service was conducted Friday, April 20, at Wright Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mary Marshall and Donald T. Blythe Sr. officiating. Burial followed in Poplar Spring Cemetery.
ZEBULON - Mary Marie Johnson Diedrich, 55, died Thursday, April 19, 2007. A memorial service was conducted Sunday, April 22, at McLaurin Funeral Home Chapel in Clayton.
LOUISBURG - Jerry O. “Wahoo” Baker, 61, died Saturday, April 21, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, April 24, at New Hope Christian Church.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Historians, area leaders and descendants gathered Monday afternoon to unveil a marker chronicling how a Louisburg man rose from slavery to become a legislator, publisher and leader.
“(John H. Williamson) is deserving of a marker,” said Michael Hill with the state Department of Cultural Resources, Historic Site Division. “He’s a man that Louisburg needs to be proud of.”
The 6th annual Franklin County Strawberry Festival will be May 4 at the Franklin County Farmer’s Market Shelter in the Shannon Village Shopping Center.
Kristen Kinlaw and Lane Jeffrey Roberson were married March 10, 2007 during a 4 p.m. ceremony at Bethlehem United Methodist Church in White Oak. The Rev. Tim Reaves was the officiating minister.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT. Cathy Joostena with Landon Heller cheers on the first walk of the survivors, during the annual Relay For Life at Bunn High School this past weekend.
The event was one of the largest and most successful in recent years, organizers said, expecting to meet the year’s goal of $225,000 that will go toward finding a cure for cancer.
Supporters walked throughout the night around the track, which circled around a field of community booths.
