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SIGN OF THE TIMES. Louisburg police officers were investigating this wreck that injured one person during a Wednesday morning wreck at the First Citizens Bank along Bickett Boulevard. According to authorities, Carolyn Boyd, 79, of Raleigh and Orelia Alston, 71, of Louisburg were both heading south on Bickett Boulevard when Boyd attempted to make a lane change, forcing Alston's vehicle off the road.

BUNN -- Chris Lewis, Bunn High School's Athletic Director, doesn't mince words when talking about the all-around contributions of BHS senior multi-sport standout Carlee Tart -- a true all-around star on the playing field and in the classroom.
"Carlee is the quintessential student-athlete,'' Lewis said. "Her grades come first, but she also works very hard in her sports. It doesn't matter what she is doing -- she always wants to do her best. And she is a great teammate who is liked by everyone.''

FRANKLINTON -- Franklinton High School's gymnasium has been a house of horrors in recent years for the Northern Nash boys basketball team -- even in games when the Fighting Knights were heavily favored.
Regardless of the circumstance, Northern always seems to have its collective hands full at Franklinton, which has sported either an upset or a near-miss when hosting the Knights lately.

WILSON -- Franklinton High School will make its annual appearance at The Brittany Girls Soccer Showcase on March 10 and 11 at Gillette Park in Wilson.
Unlike past seasons, the Lady Rams will play two matches -- March 10 at 5:30 p.m. versus Swansboro on Field Eight and March 11 at 4 p.m. against North Brunswick on Field Three.

FRANKLINTON -- Northern Nash quickly scored the first basket of the game -- and then forced a quick turnover, giving early hope to the Lady Knights that they might pull off a monumental upset at Franklinton last Friday night in Big East Conference girls basketball action.
But this didn't quite work out that way -- far from it, actually.

DURHAM -- The Durham Bulls will host Job Fairs on January 21 and January 28 to fill part-time game day positions for the 2023 season.
The fair is open to the public from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on January 21 and from Noon until 4 p.m. on January 28 in the PNC Triangle Club at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Franklinton student-athlete Dakota Privette

LOUISBURG, NC--Jacquelyn Lee O'Neal Kimball, 92, of Louisburg, died peacefully in her home with her family by her side on Thursday, January 5, 2023. She was born on October 24, 1930 to the late F. Luther and Breattie Corbett O'Neal. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Edward F. Kimball.

ZEBULON, NC--Mary E. Hopkins, of the Hopkins Crossroads community, died January 5, 2023 at 94 years old.

LOUISBURG, NC - Mary Belle Godwin Edwards, 72, of Louisburg, died Sunday afternoon, January 8, 2023 at Wake Med.

BUNN , NC-- Carolyn Baker Mullen, 86, of Bunn, died Wednesday afternoon, January 4, 2023 at Wake Med.

Louisburg, NC--Funeral services for Archie Wilson Hilliard, age 72, who died on Saturday, January 7, 2023, will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, January 14, 2023, from the Nelson Chapel Baptist Church in Louisburg with Pastor Micah Mason officiating. Burial will follow in the Nelson Chapel Church Cemetery.

RIO RANCHO, NM--Elizabeth Fuller Holder, 89, was the daughter of the late Captain Frank and Nellie Fuller. Libby, as she was known to most, was born on February 23, 1933 in Franklinton, NC and left us on December 9, 2022.

NEW YEAR (ALMOST). Centerville's New Year's parade took place on Dec. 31, bringing the community together to ring in 2023. Above, a big rig carried a banner in memory of Madison Nelms, a member of the community who died in a car crash in February 2022.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County commissioners raised all EMS employee pay by 10 percent -- a move designed to retain current employees and attract new ones.
It equates to about a $2-per-hour increase for all part- and full-time staff, costing the county $375,000 to implement the raise for the remainder of the current fiscal year.
"... As a result of the pandemic, the value of this position in the marketplace has gone up, hence the need to recognize that in some very specific ways," said County Manager Kim Denton, who proposed the pay raise during the board's Jan. 3 meeting.

GIVING BACK. Members of the Zeta Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. provided toys and good cheer for dozens of kids at the Franklin County Unit of the Boys & Girls Club of North Central North Carolina right before Christmas. Organizers said they intend to make the toy distribution an annual event. Members visited the Louisburg facility right before Christmas.

LOUISBURG -- The Louisburg Town Council approved a document that planners can use to market and promote development in the southern part of town.
The South Main Street Revitalization Community Development Plan is a three-pronged plan staff can use:
•To market the neighborhood to developers;
• Provide a data source specific to the neighborhood for grant application opportunities;

CENTER OF ATTENTION. Above, Daniel and Margaret Beech are in awe of Centerville's New Year's parade, which took place on Saturday, Dec. 31. Centerville is the only community in Franklin County that rings in the New Year with parade festivities.

It's every gym owner's favorite moment in time: Time to commit to those freshly minted New Year's resolutions.
Years ago, when I began running, I determined the best thing that I could do was stop looking at the bathroom scale.
And, in all honesty, I could not tell you the last time that I did.

LOUISBURG - Franklin County and Louisburg planning board members and staff, respectively, are working together to bring clarity and alignment to development maps by rezoning "several parcels surrounding Louisburg," staff said.
The changes, staff said, are to provide clarity.

FRANKLINTON -- Sheriff's deputies are looking for suspects who "shot up" a house.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
According to authorities, the afternoon of Jan. 2, a resident on Valley Way near Franklinton -- a subdivision off Lane Store Road -- reported that shots were fired at the house.

Here are the personnel decisions made during the last Franklin County Schools Board of Education meeting, Dec. 12, 2022.
•ACCEPTED the resignations of certified personnel: Jerica Brooks, Grade 6, Social Studies, Franklinton Middle; Dennis Burton, Science teacher, Bunn High; Sarah Gentry, Grade 1 teacher, Franklinton Elementary; Casey Holmes, EC Adapted teacher, Long Mill Elementary; Latasha Wilder, EC General teacher, Franklinton Elementary.

NEW YEAR (ALMOST). Centerville's New Year's parade took place on Dec. 31, bringing the community together to ring in 2023. Above, Sheyenne Richardson makes sure that parade goers got a good look at her during the festivities.