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YOUNGSVILLE -- Town management said the Main Street Improvement Project is on schedule and, essentially, within budget.
But, that doesn't mean it hasn't come without headaches.
During the board's Dec. 8 meeting, Commissioner Larry Wiggins said the work and ancillary activities have impacted his Electric Power Systems business located on Main Street.

FRANKLINTON -- A piece of property that was once a key part of extending the limits and opportunities for Franklinton was sold last week.
And, according to a story in the Triangle Business Journal, its new owner, Novozymes, has no plans to develop it.
In December 2021, Franklinton commissioners agreed to petition Franklin County, on behalf of Franklinton Development LLC, to extend the town's extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction to include the 51.55 acre site at N.C. 56 and Mays Crossroads -- a proposed development site across from Novozymes.

Judge Adam Keith, left, reads the oath of office to School Board members who triumphed during the spring election and took office on Monday. From left, Chair Elizabeth Keith takes the oath with the assistance of her granddaughter, Morgan Keith; Chris Perry is assisted by his wife, Amber; Paige Sayles is helped by her husband, Dr. Al Sayles; And Meghan Jordan gets an assist from one her children, Bentley.

LOUISBURG -- Two Franklin County men were killed in single-vehicle wrecks within a two-week span.
Ernest Lynn Dickerson, born in 1953, was killed on Nov. 26.
Terry Lamont Allen Jr., born in 1998, died in a Dec. 6 crash.

I usually wait until the week of Christmas to write this column, but I'm going to take a cue from the town of Franklinton and Franklin County and bring some early Christmas cheer.
If you read The Franklin Times back in November, you may remember that I wrote a story about how the town of Franklinton agreed to hold up their end of the bargain to develop a pedestrian trail from the historic train depot in Franklinton to Novozymes.

Dear Editor:
I am more than a little surprised to see how the new intersection of US 401 and Hwy 98 is being constructed. Not like the less-traveled roads that intersect US 401 further south, such as E. Young Street or Pulley Town Road, Hwy 98 is a heavily traveled highway and the main road to points east of Wake Forest.

LOUISBURG -- The Oxford-Henderson Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the Warren-Vance Community Health Center, Inc. and St. Paul Presbyterian Church, sponsored a World Aids Day Testing event.
The Dec. 3 event at St. Paul Presbyterian Church along S. Main Street in Louisburg saw a steady stream of participants.

LOUISBURG -- Police arrested a man on trespassing and drug charges.
Police arrested Xavier Nyheem Royster on Dec. 11.
They charged the 18 year old with second degree trespassing, possession with intent to manufacture sell and deliver cocaine, and possession of a controlled substance on jail premises.

RALEIGH -- People who test positive for COVID-19, particularly those who are uninsured or don't have a primary care doctor, will have better access to treatments thanks to a time-limited telemedicine program launched by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with StarMed Healthcare.
After a positive test, early treatment is key to avoiding severe illness and hospitalizations, and treatment may even reduce complications from post-COVID conditions, also called long COVID.

Scott Strickland throws out candy in Bunn.

Robert Newell, and Mary and Wanda Warrenton won Alert's float decoration contest.

Millie and Miles McCaskill get candy in Bunn.

Kids run for candy at the apex of the Alert parade.

Bunn Commissioner Sherry Mercer and her granddaughter, Bailey Lester, toss out candy at the Bunn parade.

Mayor Marsha Strawbridge, background, rolls through the Bunn Christmas parade with Beth Kinal.

RED OAK -- Louisburg and Northern Nash have both gotten off to slow starts to the 2022-23 girls basketball season -- so one club was destined to earn a feel-good victory when the squads met Monday in the Big East Conference opener.
And that team would be the homestanding Lady Knights, who pulled away after a tight opening quarter en route to registering a 61-36 triumph in league action at the NNHS Gymnasium.

Louisburg High School's Omari Jackson drives to the basket for the Lady Warriors during Monday night's road conference setback against the Northern Nash Lady Knights.

BUNN -- Few sports are harder to repeat as league champions than in middle school football.
That's because the top teams in a particular conference are usually led by eighth-graders.
And once those kids move on to the high school level, that usually means a rebuilding job for the middle school programs.

RED OAK -- Just 48 hours after taking part in the state championship football game, the Northern Nash Fighting Knights were on the hardwood Monday, hosting the Louisburg Warriors in a key Big East Conference boys basketball showdown at the NNHS Gymnasium.
Flash back one season, and Louisburg opened its Big East stint with a home upset decision over the Fighting Knights.

Louisburg High School's Jordan Crudup (left) tries to disrupt a shot attempt from Northern Nash's Jonathon Page during Monday night's Big East Conference boys basketball showdown, which was held at the historic NNHS Gymnasium in Red Oak.

RALEIGH -- Rarely does opportunity knock so quickly -- and so emphatically -- during a state title football contest as it did last Saturday night for the Northern Nash Fighting Knights.
The fired-up Knights scored on the third play of the game -- and then recovered a fumble deep in East Lincoln territory.

CHAPEL HILL -- Here are the results and top honorees list from last weekend's North Carolina High School Athletic Association's State Football Championship Games: