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LOUISBURG -- South Granville's girls and Granville Central's boys were the big team winners at last week's Northern Carolina Conference Track and Field Meet at the Louisburg High School Football Field.
But there were plenty of Franklin County heroics to go around as Bunn's girls were second overall, while the Louisburg boys were strong with a third-place performance.

FRANKLINTON -- Franklinton High School's final 2021 varsity baseball game provided a fitting close to the careers of three seniors -- and also served as a possible future notice of a program on the rise in the always-competitive Big East Conference.
The FHS seniors -- Brayden Davis, Robbie Burnett and Eli Eason -- all had huge games as the Red Rams rolled to a 14-6 decision over Wilson Hunt.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The 2021 D3baseball.com All-Region teams have been announced.
And the 17th-ranked, 33-win North Carolina Wesleyan College Baseball Team had three players named to All-South Region Teams, while head coach Greg Clifton was named South Region Coach of the Year.

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. -- The North Carolina State University baseball team is headed back to the College World Series for the first time since 2013 and its third time in program history, thanks to its 3-2 win over No. 1 Arkansas, on Sunday evening in a winner-take-all game at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville, Ark.
After suffering a 21-2 loss in game one then evening the series with a 6-5 win in game two, the Wolfpack gutted out the win over the number one overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

LOUISBURG -- Four years ago, Ragan Holloman was one of three ninth-grade starters for an otherwise-veteran Louisburg High School softball team that went all the way to the Class 1-A State Finals.
Fast forward to this spring, and Holloman's career came full circle when she provided senior leadership to a group that was loaded with underclassmen.

KANNAPOLIS - Felix Valerio drove in two with a RBI double in the third and homered in the sixth while directly accounting for four of the Carolina Mudcats' six runs in a 6-2 series finale victory versus the Cannon Ballers in Kannapolis on Sunday afternoon in Low A-East baseball action.
Andre Nnebe also had a two-run single in eighth and Nick Belzer earned his second victory as the Mudcats left with a series split in Kannapolis.

LOUISBURG, NC -- Funeral services for Khadijah (Louetta) Greene-Simpson, age 54, who died Saturday, June 12, 2021, will be held AT 1 p.m. Saturday, June 19, 2021 from the Emmanuel Church of God in Louisburg with Pastor L. J. Allison officiating.

HENDERSON, NC -- Donald Wayne Condrey, 85, of Henderson passed away Saturday, June 12, 2021. He was born on April 28th, 1936.

FRANKLINTON -- Daisy Newton Abbott passed away on June 12, 2021. She was born February 8, 1953 to the late Howard and Annie Hailey Newton.

OXFORD, NC--Graveside services for Mary Elizabeth Scott, age 85, who died on Monday, June 14, 2021, will be held on Monday, June 21, at 2 p.m. from the Popes Chapel United Church of Christ Cemetery in Franklinton.

LOUISBURG, NC--Sharron Ann Frost, 76, of Louisburg, died Saturday, June 12, 2021 in Durham, NC. She was born July 27, 1944 in El Paso, Texas, the oldest daughter of seven siblings of the late, Norman and Ruth Frost. Along with her parents, she was predeceased by her son, Scott Garcia, and a grandson, Geoffrey Crumb.

YOUNGSVILLE, NC--Anita Jane Ferguson (Hooko) 58, of Youngsville NC (formerly of Johnson City, NY, Morehead City, NC and Raleigh NC, died Saturday, June 12, 2021 after a long illness. She was predeceased in death by her parents, Joseph C and Betty J Hooko and her sister, Anne E. Rose.

LOUISBURG -- Constance T. Walton, 78, of Louisburg, passed away on June 10, 2021 in Durham. She was born January 11, 1943 in Louisburg, a daughter of the late Benton and Hazel (Parrish) Taylor.

LOUISBURG - Mildred Green Smith Roberson, 93, of Louisburg, died Thursday morning.

BUNN, NC -- Funeral services for Luther Maurice "Homie" Coley, age 31, who died on Monday June 7, 2021, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2021, from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the Cemetery on the Hill.

BUNN -- Bunn picked the most inopportune time to be bitten by the injury bug.
Taking out undefeated Roanoke Rapids in two consecutive games would have been a difficult proposition for the Wildcats, but the challenge was made even more difficult by the absence of injured BHS standout veterans Aidan McKeithan and Colton Holbrook.

RALEIGH -- The request from Wake Preparatory Academy -- a charter school -- to move into Franklin County was approved by the North Carolina Board of Education last Thursday.
The approval came on a unanimous vote and with virtually no public discussion of Wake Prep's proposal or credentials or of the opposition and questions raised by Franklin County school officials.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County commissioners approved a $95.7 million budget that drops the tax rate, axed a proposed new sheriff's office supervisor position, raises water and sewer rates and provides better pay for employees.
While cutting the lieutenant position in the sheriff's office drew concerns from at least three commissioners, the budget was approved by unanimous decision.

LOUISBURG -- By split vote, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners updated its Unified Development Ordinance -- which includes a countywide zoning rewrite.
The county was facing a deadline to update the zoning and regulation document to comply with General Statute 160D, which is designed to combine and modernize state enabling legislation for development regulations enacted by cities and counties.

LOUISBURG -- A Louisburg man had his initial day in court last week, facing federal drug charges.
Jermaine Carlton Jones is next slated to appear in Franklin County District Court later this month to face dozens of related drug charges.
Franklin County sheriff's deputies arrested Jones on June 1, executing a federal warrant taken out against Jones stemming from a January 27 arrest.

LOUISBURG -- One of Safe Space's biggest fundraisers is a call to spring.
But, when COVID-19 shuttered most everything, directors of the organization that works to stamp out domestic and sexual violence decided to call upon the community, instead.

LOUISBURG -- Senior Resident Superior Court Judge John Dunlow set a trial date for a nearly four-year-old murder case.
However, either a Hyde County double murder case or an ability by attorneys to resolve the matter outside of a trial could affect the timeline.
Charles Pender has been in jail since Sept. 5, 2017, a day after Franklin County investigators allege he shot and killed 28-year-old Montral Kearney outside a home on Marlless Drive near Franklinton.

This logging truck was turned on its side Tuesday afternoon after the driver lost control of the load. According to a report by Trooper C.R. Lanham, the driver was heading east on Dyking Road toward Louisburg after noon when one of his tires slipped off the two-lane road to the right in a driveway. That caused the trailer to shift its load of logs and pull the cab over. The driver was stuck in the cab for a short period of time, but he was able to get free from the wreck.

FIVE GENERATIONS. Willie Frank Jones of Louisburg, pictured in center, is proud to share this photo of the five generations.

FRANKLIN COUNTY -- The State Highway Patrol is investigating two fatal accidents that happened in the span of three days last week.
The names of the decedents had not been released at press time.
The first accident was reported the evening of June 4 just after 6 p.m.