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DURHAM -- Franklinton High went on the road Thursday night and came away with a 57-24 victory at Durham School of Arts in a prep wrestling matchup at the historic DSA Gymnasium. The Red Rams improved to 4-7 overall with the clutch conquest.
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By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — According to a state Highway Patrol report expected to be releasedWednesday, a Franklinton police officer violated the town’s pursuit policy when he engaged in a two-county chase that ended in a fiery head-on collision that killed three people.
Officer Michael Dunlap began chasing Guy Christopher Ayscue, 38, of Vance County, about 3 p.m. Saturday after seeing Ayscue speed through an intersection in the wrong lane of N.C. Highway 56 going past the Snackers gas station toward Granville County.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
CREEDMOOR — Mt. Energy Elementary School is where 9-year-old Maggie Rose Lunsford loved to read.
Mt. Energy is also a place that her 18-year-old sister, Linsay Erin Lunsford, a UNC-G freshman and a student of merit, could have wound up teaching.
Instead, their family and friends will gather at the school for a funeral tonight after the sisters were killed in a fiery wreck on their way home from a shopping spree Saturday afternoon.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners agreed to bring back a familiar face, naming one-time assistant county manager Angela Harris to fill the top spot on an interim basis.
Harris served as an assistant manager but commissioners terminated that position in 2003 in a move that sparked controversy in the community and drove residents to protest the decision.
By: By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
Former Louisburg Town Administrator C.L. Gobble has been named interim vice president of finance at Louisburg College following the abrupt resignation of Marvin Miller.
Miller, who served as finance director since September of 2004, resigned Friday, effective immediately, for personal reasons, according to Louisburg College spokeswoman Jade Biggio.
By: By CEDRIC K. JONES, Franklin County Extension Director
The Franklin County Cooperative Extension Center staff conducted its annual Farm-City Week program on Nov. 14 at the Extension Center Annex in Louisburg.
With more than 60 people in attendance, including State Rep. Lucy Allen, the program’s theme of Food Marketing Safety was addressed through the speaker, Ross Williams, assistant director, Marketing Division, North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
‘Tis the season for the annual Classic Christmas Concert brought by the Louisburg High School Band and the Terrell Lane Band.
The chill of winter brings with it the anticipation of holidays and tradition. What great tradition this annual concert invites.
The first meeting of an advisory committee to define school boundaries for the new county elementary school, Long Mill Elementary, will be Thursday night.
Long Mill will open for the 2008-09 school year, and the boundaries will change populations in Franklinton Elementary, Royal Elementary and Youngsville Elementary, officials anticipate.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Art Du Jour will open its doors today in a new location.
Organizers of the art cooperative had operated next to Baxter’s Ale House on Nash Street for the past two years, but when their lease ran out this month, the group decided to move to the other side of the street to 209 E. Nash St.
CREEDMOOR - Linsay Erin Lunsford, 18, and Maggie Rose Lunsford, 9, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007 in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 5) at Mt. Energy Elementary School in Creedmoor, with the Rev. Jason Thornton officiating. A private burial will be Thursday, Dec. 6, at South Granville Memorial Park.
LOUISBURG - Percy L. Williams, 82, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 at Franklin Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at noon today (Wednesday, Dec. 5) at South Main Street Baptist Church in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the Cemetery on the Hill.
ZEBULON - Christine Ruth LePree Jones, 49, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. Funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 5) at Massey Funeral Home in Zebulon. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hollywood Cemetery in Middlesex.
FRANKLINTON - Kenneth Griffin Christian, 57, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 5) at Calvary Baptist Church, with Dr. Ron Cumbie and the Rev. James West officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
ZEBULON - Frances Novell Bunn Swope, 85, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Friendship Free Will Baptist Church, Middlesex. Burial was in the Hephzibah Baptist Church cemetery, Wendell.
HENDERSON - Guy Christopher Ayscue, 38, of 531 Skenes Ave., died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007.
FRANKLINTON - John R. Pollard Sr. of Trenton, N.J., formerly of Franklinton, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2007.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Elaine Wood, 47, who died Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at My Father’s House Church of Deliverance, with the Rev. James Otis Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the Walnut Grove Church cemetery.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Norwood Y. Rowe, 84, of the 90 Block of Diamond Springs Road, died Saturday at his residence. He was a native of Franklin County, Va., and an Army veteran of World War II and was a bricklayer.
Parades
The Alert Christmas Parade will be Saturday, Dec. 15, at 2 p.m.
The Bunn Christmas Parade will be on Saturday, Dec. 8, 10 a.m.
The Franklinton Christmas Parade will be Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. (Rain date, Dec. 13, 7 p.m.)
By: By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
Chances are good that eating out in Franklin County means dealing with some, if not a lot, of cigarette smoke in between chews.
The county Department of Health has sent out the 2007-2008 Restaurant Heart Health Survey to 51 eateries, including chain and locally-owned restaurants and small store grills.
East Carolina Farm Credit, the largest rural lender in eastern North Carolina for more than 90 years, will change its name to AgCarolina Financial effective Dec. 1.
According to company officials, many rural residents and businesses aren’t aware that they are eligible to borrow from the member-owned lending cooperative.
Franklin County Holiday Parade Louisburg • December 2
By: By NATHAN MORESCHI, Franklin County Schools
Earning a high school diploma is a major step toward success for a person, and Franklin County Schools is taking measures to make sure more students accomplish that goal.
The Franklin County Board of Education has adopted a new 21-credit high school diploma policy that is intended to prevent at-risk students from dropping out of high school.
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