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The Louisburg College men’s golf team finished fourth in the nation in the 2007 NJCAA Division III National Men’s Golf Championship tournament.
LOUISBURG - Janet Dement Perry, 50, died Saturday, June 9, 2007 at Duke Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Monday, June 11, at Louisburg United Methodist Church. Burial followed in Lancaster Memorial Park.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Christene “Tene” Thomas, 74, who died Sunday, June 10, 2007, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, June 13) at Perry’s Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Randolph Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE - Margaret “Tilda” Young Strickland Morris, 98, died Friday, June 8, 2007 at Louisburg Nursing Center. Mrs. Morris did not like going to funerals, so no services will be held. Visitation was Sunday, June 10, at the home of Susan Timberlake in Youngsville.
LOUISBURG - Alton W. Freeman, 86, died Friday, June 8, 2007. Graveside services were conducted Tuesday, June 12, at Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville. Arrangements by Johnson Funerals and Cremations, Sunset Avenue, Rocky Mount.
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By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The community came together last month to help nearly two dozen residents and organizations repair homes and do yard work that might have otherwise been neglected.
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG - Versatility is important on the volleyball court, and it certainly served Chasity Hilliard well during her spike career at Louisburg High School.
Hilliard’s well-rounded talents were evident early on -- so much so that she earned a spot in LHS’ lineup as a freshman.
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- A post player with nimbleness, passing skills and the ability to drain a jumper from 15 feet away.
With those intangibles, Bunn High School’s Ric Yarborough was the recruiting option of several Division III men’s college basketball programs.
LOUISBURG -- Tyson James Lynn of Sarasota, Fla., has signed a letter of intent to join the Louisburg College men’s golf team in the fall of 2007.
Lynn, a student at Riverview High School, made the commitment to LC on May 14.
GREENSBORO -- Several All-State selections, including the AP Player of the Year, are among those who are expected to compete in the 33rd Annual NCCA East-West All-Star Women’s Basketball Game July 16 at the Greensboro Coliseum (6:30 p.m. tip-off).
County high schools hold graduation ceremonies at Louisburg College Auditorium Saturday. Click headline to download page in PDF format.
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By JOHN BENNING / Times Intern
WARRENTON — Three men have each been charged with first-degree murder for a suspected gang-related May 18 shooting of a Warrenton convenience store clerk.
Bobby Earl Williams, 21, of Lot 30 Cavalier Lane, Louisburg; Jimmy Lee Williams, 24, of Inglewood Drive, Louisburg, and Michael Junior Harris, 27, of 701 Champion St., Henderson, have been apprehended in a combined effort by sheriffs’ offices and police departments in Warren and Franklin counties and the state Bureau of Investigation.
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By JOHN BENNING / Times Intern
Savor that last drag. Come the 2008 football season, there may not be any smoking at the county’s high school games — or anywhere else on campus. If the proposed 100 percent Tobacco Free Schools policy is accepted, the Franklin County School Board will be following in the footsteps of 86 other school districts in the state that have prohibited the use of tobacco products at any time, on any school property or at any school sponsored or school related event, by anyone.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
County officials, businessmen and those interested in a booming economy turned out Thursday to break ground on a site to attract business and industry. This spring, the county completed the purchase of 250 acres that were approved as part of the Kerr-Tar regional hub project.
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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
The Franklin County Board of Education has fired a Bunn Elementary School teacher assistant. Kimberly Gray’s termination is effective June 14. She was hired in August of 2006.
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By JOHN BENNING / Times Intern
BUNN — There aren’t many of the old, country general stores around anymore. But Karen Patterson and her husband, William, have kept Winstead Grocery in Bunn open for the new generation to see a piece of history.
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FRANKLINTON — A cache of rifles and shotguns was reportedly stolen from a home some time between May 26 and 28. Sgt. P. A. Johnson and Deputy F. T. Wheless of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office investigated.
A Louisburg man is slated to appear in court later this month on sexual assault charges involving a 4-year-old girl. Sheriff’s deputies arrested Maron Ranalld Levister, 29, of 1001 S. Main St., on May 24. The arrest was the result of a probe launched by a Franklin County Department of Social Services child protective services investigator.
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Dozens of students and residents turned out Wednesday for Spirit Day at a local restaurant where half of that night’s profits — and maybe more — will be donated to a Bunn-area family mourning a loss. Bunn High student Elvira Hernandez, 17, was gunned down on May 10 after getting off a school bus.
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Franklinton High School Assistant Principal Dr. Pascal Mubenga is resigning from his position effective June 30. Mubenga, originally from the Congo, is taking the principal position at Jones County Middle School.
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By JOHN BENNING / Times Intern
The new Louisburg bike trail may be linking up with a newly proposed 65-mile trail running through Henderson, Franklinton and Youngsville. On the eve of National Trails Day, state officials announced plans last week to add a 65-mile hiking and biking trail to the state’s trails system, with the proposed trail passing right through Franklin County.
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A Louisburg man has been charged in an armed robbery after holding up The Pantry Kangaroo station off Bickett Boulevard early Wednesday morning. David Lee Freeman of Hazlewood Apartments off Sandlewood Drive was arrested on East Nash Street at 1:33 a.m. by Louisburg Police Officer Anthony Holtz just five minutes after a clerk called to report the robbery, Louisburg Police Chief Rick Lassiter said.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Ernest “Bay” Thomas, 77, who died Tuesday, June 5, 2007, were conducted Friday, June 8, at Perry’s Missionary Baptist Church, with Elder James Alston officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Mark Anthony Watson, 35, who died Monday, June 4, 2007, will be conducted at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, June 9) at Our Fathers House of Deliverance (Timberlake Grove), with the Rev. James Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the Perry’s Church cemetery.
RALEIGH - James W. Wilson Jr., 85, died Monday, June 4, 2007 at Rex Hospital Hospice Unit in Raleigh. Memorial services were conducted Friday, June 8, at First United Methodist Church of Cary. Inurnment was at Oakwood Cemetery.
