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By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Safety or running back?
That’s the question that has been asked the most about Bunn High School senior football stalwart Brandon Barnes.
Which position will Barnes play when he arrives next season at North
Carolina State University -- the program Barnes has verbally committed to?
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg High has made an early statement for having the best boys and girls teams in Franklin County this season.
Two weeks ago, the Warriors and Lady Warriors picked up a sweep at rival Franklinton.
Louisburg’s in-county success continued last Friday as the school collected a home sweep over Bunn in front of an overflow crowd at the LHS Gymnasium.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- This fall, Bunn was in a perfect Place to earn the Northern Carolina Conference Volleyball Championship.
Led by senior Maghan Place and a deep, talented roster, the Ladycats claimed the NCC’s regular season and tournament crowns for the first time.
Place, a setter who also saw action on defense and at the net, has been chosen as the NCC’s Player of the Year.
As if we needed it, here is even more proof that Carey Johnson is a bumbling idiot:
It’s ‘‘Old Ironsides’’.
Not “Old Ironside’’.
In the words of Fred Sanford, ‘‘You big dummy.’’
The Guardian ad Litem staff and volunteers from District 9 helped wrap gifts from the “Angel Tree” for Children in Foster Care on Dec. 17 at Franklin County Department of Social Services. The “Angel Tree” is a way for people in the community to give something back by buying a gift for a child in need. The Guardian ad Litem program’s policy is not to give gifts for ethical reasons, so this is the one time of year that volunteers can choose a child’s name that they represent from the “Angel Tree.”
This is your opportunity to be an editorial cartoonist. Each issue, we will post a cartoon without a caption and you get to fill in the punchline. Here are a few guidelines that may help you submit the funniest line...
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Residents on Justice Street asked the Louisburg Police Department and Town Council for help in a community that has seen very little of the road’s namesake.
On Monday night, resident Mike Howell and a handful of other residents presented the Town Council with a petition and cry for help as they say a steady stream of people — mostly Louisburg College students — stomp through the neighborhood disturbing the peace, littering the area and, in some cases, using drugs.
By: By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
The Louisburg High School Class of 1967 is keeping the memory of James Patterson alive.
The Franklin County Board of Education has unanimously approved the Louisburg High School football field be named in memory of Patterson, who was killed Nov. 14, 1970 in an airplane crash with the Marshall University football team.
The field, built in 1961, will be named for the first time in its history. It will be called the James Robert Patterson Memorial Field.
Dalton Southerland of Louisburg, 6, waves as the parade passes him by. The Alert Christmas parade weathered the cold and wind Saturday to keep its 17-year tradition alive. Larry Ayscue, parade founder, said he thought the overcast sky and chilly temperatures would affect this year’s event, but by start time the parade lineup included floats, local community leaders, fire trucks, horses, two sheriffs and three Santas.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Louisburg Town Council will rely on another law firm to oppose a second request to relocate Franklin Regional Medical Center after one of the petitioners played hardball.
In the spring, Louisburg hired Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein of Raleigh to represent the town’s opposition to relocating FRMC from Bickett Boulevard in Louisburg to the intersection of N.C. 96 and U.S. 1 just outside Youngsville.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Attorneys for a Louisburg man sentenced for murder on Friday have filed an appeal.
Antione Perry was convicted and sentenced Friday to spend between 13 and 16 years in jail for the murder of Marc Philippeaux, who was a 17-year-old Bunn High student-athlete when he was killed during the early morning hours of Jan. 15, 2005.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners has called a special meeting this Thursday to discuss its soon-to-be-vacated attorney position.
Current attorney Darnell Batton tendered his resignation last week but will remain in his position through Jan. 31.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
While Wake and Durham counties are measuring water supplies by the day, Franklin County and its municipalities are seeing sustained water levels.
Officials warn that residents still need to conserve.
“We’re not looking to move to further restrictions,” said county Utilities Director Bryce Mendenhall. “... We’re having to look six months ahead, though.
The Lake Royale Christmas parade was Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. It was sponsored by the Lake Royale Property Owners Association. The estimated turnout was around 100, stretching from the entrance down to the lodge.
Pictured, The Robinson family decorated their golf cart for the holiday event.
LOUISBURG - Melvin W. Coleman, 60, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2007 at his residence. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Rock Spring Baptist Church, with the Rev. Melton Tyson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Funeral service for Keoshia R. Williams, 24, who died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007, were conducted Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Jesus House of Prayer Apostolic Faith Holiness Church, with Overseer Miles officiating. Burial followed in the Mary Helen Jones cemetery.
NEWARK, N.J. - Funeral services for Lula Mae Alston Moore, 63, who died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, will be conducted at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 19) at Perry’s Missionary Baptist Church, Centerville, with the Rev. William C. Chambliss officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
DURHAM - Stephen Patrick Brantley Jr., 50, formerly of South Hill, Va., died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 19) at Strickland Funeral Home Chapel in Wendell.
EDENTON - Arthur Franklin Beeler, 83, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007, in Pettigrew Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Durham. A celebration of his life will be conducted at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 19) at First Presbyterian Church in Edenton, with the Revs. Doug Eddy and Jewe Love officiating. Burial will follow in Beaver Hill Cemetery.
ZEBULON - Jack William Richards, 87, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007, at Duke-Raleigh Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Dec. 16, in the Strickland Funeral Home chapel, Wendell. Burial followed in the Mitchell family cemetery, Zebulon.
LOUISBURG - John Thomas Shockley, 46, died Sunday morning, Dec. 16, 2007. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at Rock Spring Baptist Church, with the Rev. Melton Tyson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Funeral services for Daisy L. Williams, 64, who died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007, will be conducted at noon Saturday, Dec. 22, at Perry’s Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Randolph Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
HENDERSON -- Louisburg High School senior standout Noel Mueller was honored as the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Raider Duals, which were held last Saturday at the Southern Vance High School Gymnasium.
Mueller, at 145 pounds, picked up four victories to remain undefeated on the campaign.
This is your opportunity to be an editorial cartoonist. Each issue, we will post a cartoon without a caption and you get to fill in the punchline. Here are a few guidelines that may help you submit the funniest line...
Why do we have decorated Christmas trees?
It is a good question with lots of possible answers to choose from. According to the St. Boniface story, in the 7th century a monk from Crediton, Devonshire, went to Germany to teach the word of God. He spent much time in Thuringia, an area that later became the cradle of the Christmas decoration industry.
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