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By NATHAN MORESCHI, Franklin County Schools
Five members of a Chinese delegation for education set out on a journey to the United States in search of new ideas for education reform in China, and where did they find themselves?
Bunn Elementary.
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
BETHEL - During her career as a player and coach, Melanie Lovin has always cherished the underdog’s role at Bunn High School.
“We really enjoy that,’’ said Lovin a former BHS athlete who now serves as the school’s fast-pitch softball coach. “It’s sweet when you do something when nobody expects anything from you.’’
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Even though she didn’t compete in the sport on the high school level, Bunn’ Bre Kostandin’s talents caught the eye of Methodist University cheer coach Melissa Hay.
Kostandin, who has an extensive background in dance and gymnastics, has accepted an invitation to join the Methodist cheer program next fall.
BETHEL -- “Enjoy the experience.’’
Those were the words North Pitt coach Chris Miles related to Bunn High skipper Melanie Lovin following the Ladycats’ 5-1 victory in last Friday’s quarterfinals of the Class 1-A State Fast-Pitch Softball Playoffs.
With the victory, Lovin and the Ladycats qualified for the state’s Final Four this weekend at Walnut Creek Softball Complex in Raleigh.
MOBILE, ALA. -- Chase Lambin drove home the tie-breaking run in the 11th inning as Carolina rallied past Mobile on Memorial Day afternoon 8-5 at Hank Aaron Stadium in a Class AA Southern League baseball matchup.
CHAPEL HILL -- The schedules have been set for the 91st annual edition of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s state baseball championship series.
LOUISBURG -- An organizational meeting for anyone wanting to play boys soccer next year at Louisburg High School will be held today at 6 p.m.at Louisburg Town Hall on West Nash St.
RALEIGH – The pairings and the schedules are set for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state fast-pitch softball championship.
GREENVILLE -- The East Carolina baseball team will makes its 22nd NCAA Regional appearance and eighth in the last nine years after earning a No. 2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional in this year’s NCAA Baseball Championships.
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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
The Town of Louisburg has been awarded a $426,300 North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund to go toward the purchase of 43 acres surrounding Joyner Park to start Phase II.
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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
FRANKLINTON — A Franklinton teen is in custody for the alleged rape of a 13-year old girl. The 15-year-old, whose name would not be released by authorities because he is a minor, was arrested May 17 and is being held at the Durham Juvenile Detention Center.
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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
Pastel portraits. Acrylic landscapes. Charcoal sketches. Pencil. Oil. Clay.
The talented senior classes of Louisburg, Bunn and Franklinton high schools showed off their different styles of media used in the art that lined the walls of the Louisburg College Auditorium on Wednesday evening.
It was the opening of the county school system’s Seniors Art Show.
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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
Franklin County Animal Control is looking into a report of a black bear. It was reportedly seen around 9 a.m. Friday, crossing Highway 561, heading south toward Terrell Lane Middle School.
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By JOHN BENNING / Times Intern
“These gas prices are higher than a giraffe’s neck.” That sentiment of Christopher Gupton rings true with all drivers as United States ‘petroleum prices reached an all-time high of $3.227 this week.
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By JOHN BENNING / Times Intern
WARRENTON — Warren County Sheriff Johnny Williams and his deputies are still searching for the three men who shot and killed a convenience store clerk here last Friday.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Mrs. Alda Brown, 89, who died Tuesday, May 22, 2007, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Clifford Cole officiating. Burial will follow in the Cemetery on the Hill.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Blanch Ward, 94, who died Monday, May 21, 2007, were conducted Friday, May 25, at Mount Hebron Holy Church. Burial followed in the Mary H. Jones cemetery.
ZEBULON - Faye Newsome Callihan, 69, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007. A private memorial service will be conducted at a later date.
BUNN - Cunetter T. Crudup, 96, died Friday, May 25, 2007. Arrangements by William Toney’s Funeral Home in Spring Hope.
RALEIGH: Coleman Harrison Lancaster, 74, passed away on Thursday, May 24th at Rex Hospital. Born on July 24, 1932 in Covington, KY, he was the son of the late George Graham Lancaster and Virginia Dudley Coleman.
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By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
FRANKLINTON — Two men identified as gang members by police have been charged with felony aiding and abetting after a shooting in Franklinton on Monday. Bobby Earl Williams, 21, of Lot 30 Cavalier Drive, Louisburg, and Michael J. Harris, 27, of 701 Champion St., Henderson, were arrested near 7 W. Mason St. at 10:52 a.m., police said.
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By JOHN BENNING / Times Intern
FRANKLINTON — A group of budding biologists awaited the results of gel electrophoresis tests to see if hemoglobin samples held evidence of sickle cell disease as shown by their molecular basis.
Sounds a bit more like a NASA undertaking than a high school biology course.
The Franklin Times’ roster has been bolstered by two interns this summer, and both took little time to make their presence known. John Benning and Mason Rizzo have had front page stories, including a convenience store homicide and another about a man charged in a plot to kill his wife, respectively.
Three Bunn High School students and a Louisburg police officer were taken to the hospital Friday morning following a head-on collision. Trooper D.R. Simmons has yet to file his accident report, but according to preliminary information provided by Sgt. L.D. Bullock, Officer Brenda Hawkins was traveling north on Dunn Road near Mort Harris Road at about 7:30 a.m. when the accident occurred.
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By Patrick Woods / Franklin County Department of Aging
“You always learn something new at these events,” was the comment one person in attendance at the Franklinton Scam Jam held at the Interdenominational Ushers Association building just north of Franklinton. Various presenters from Raleigh and the local Franklinton Police Department spent the morning talking about how to prevent scams and fraud. The event was the result of the collaboration of work by AARP North Carolina, the Attorney General’s Office, Office of the State Treasury, Better Business Bureau, Secretary of State Securities Division, Department of Insurance, the Town of Franklinton and the Franklin County Department of Aging. These events are conducted around the state to help North Carolinians in the ever constant battle to stay ahead of the latest con game.
