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RALEIGH -- Area standouts Ricky Person Jr. and Zonovan Knight both had big outings last Saturday as the North Carolina State Wolfpack closed out the 2020 regular season with a 23-13 home victory over Georgia Tech at historic Carter-Finley Stadium.
Person, a junior, delivered 59 yards on the ground on 15 carries. He scored on a 20-yard touchdown burst on the first play of the second stanza to push the Wolfpack to a 10-0 advantage in the Atlantic Coast Conference gridiron showdown.

Among the dignitaries at last Wednesday afternoon's Big East Conference cross country meet at Owens Park in Franklin County were (l to r) Northern Nash head coach Jeff Dodrill, Franklinton assistant coach Ben Snelling, Southern Nash head coach Eddie Coble and Franklinton assistant coach Newell Pender.

TIME TO CELEBRATE. Tom and Wanda Harris of Louisburg will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. They were married in Raleigh on Dec. 10, 1970. They are long-time residents of Louisburg and both are former teachers at Louisburg High School. The couple has one son, Tom Harris III, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

SPARKLING EVENT. The town of Franklinton, Franklinton Development LLC and downtown business partners combined to host a socially distant Christmas Tree lighting event, that doubled as an opportunity for folks to visit newly opened businesses and see what's coming down the pike. The tree was lit on the Franklinton Middle School lawn, creating a vintage look. (Times photos by Carey Johnson)

LOUISBURG -- Funeral services for Annie Ruth Cannady, 94, who died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, were held Dec. 9, in the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg.

LOUISBURG--Funeral services for Mary "El" Allen, 68, who died Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, were held Dec. 8 in the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg, with the Rev. Ethan Arrington officiating.

LOUISBURG--Funeral services for Bobby Epps, 73, who died Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, are scheduled for Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. in the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the Cemetery on the Hill, Louisburg.

FRANKLINTON- Jerome Anderson died Dec. 2, 2020 at WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, NC.

FRANKLINTON--Graveside services for Cassius Teasley, age 55 who died on Saturday, December 5, 2020, will be held on Thursday, December 10, at 12 noon at the Kinches Chapel Christian Church Cemetery in Franklinton with the Rev. Rory Sneed officiating.

LOUISBURG--Funeral services for Nettie Vee Richardson, age 86, who died Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, will be held on Friday, Dec. 11, at 11 a.m. in the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg. Burial will follow at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church cemetery, Hollister.

SPRING HOPE --Graveside services for Alice Faye Yarborough, 76, who died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, will be held Monday, Dec. 7, at 12 noon at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church cemetery, Louisburg.

LOUISBURG -- The county's emergency communications office and Franklin County schools have started a course that could take students from the classroom to the emergency dispatch center.
During a recent county commissioners' meeting, Assistant Emergency Communications Director Heather Joyner updated commissioners on her efforts to offer a high school class that teaches students the basics about emergency telecommunications.

LOUISBURG -- The Franklin County Board of Commissioners is expected to get a second look at plans to turn the old Walmart building on Bickett Boulevard into office space.
In October, Oakley Collier Architects presented commissioners with floor plans and an artist's rendering of their plans to transform 35,909 square feet of the old big box store into county office space.

Members of the town's electric department, Art Thompson, Brian Gordon and Ben Benton, put up the town's Christmas Tree in front of the courthouse.

LOUISBURG -- If a Louisburg attorney complies with the terms of his probation, two felony drug charges would disappear.
Franklin County sheriff's deputies arrested Christopher F. Wrenn Jr. on Jan. 14, charging him with conspiracy to sell and deliver cocaine and conspiracy to deliver cocaine.
According to prosecutors, investigators intercepted conversations that Wrenn intended to purchase cocaine from someone known to sell the drug.

FRANKLINTON -- Town officials got a bit more familiar with proposed changes to an ill-defined district that runs along two major thoroughfares in town.
For the past couple of months, town planning and administrative staff have been working to better define the town's Mixed Use District -- a zone intended to allow for a 'planned' blend of residential, institutional, and neighborhood-serving commercial uses.

Here's a quick look at this region's COVID-19 pandemic situation as told by the numbers:

Thanksgiving 2020 was unlike any in recent, or long-term, memory.
That wasn't necessarily a bad thing, for us at least. It was just different.
For the first time in a long time, I never ventured from home -- although I did putter around outside for a little while, just to get some fresh air.

We're finally in the last month of what I feel comfortable saying is probably the worst year of most people's lives
In the full grips of a global pandemic, there is a certain bit of groundhog day that has certainly set in.
For most folks, the day begins with a big gulp of coffee or bowl of cereal, a brutal commute from the bedroom to the living room/Zoom conference room/office to begin working or learning from home.

Dear editor:
I would like to commend the Chief Judges, Judges and Poll Workers for jobs well done in the recent general election.
As an appointed observer, I witnessed the competence,willingness to help, patience, and understanding of the process with which they aided voters as they cast their ballots.

Dear editor:
This past week we heard from Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein and their effort to decriminalize marijuana. It would seem to me that our two elected officials have lost their way in a North Carolina forest somewhere. And now they are sending up smoke signals in hopes of being found.

LOUISBURG -- The guardian of a Franklin County student has asked the court to approve a $60,000 settlement against the school board.
According to the petition, a 13-year-old student was injured during an incident on Nov. 17, 2017 and the injuries were the result of negligence of the Franklin County Board of Education.

LOUISBURG -- Police are investigating a theft at a local thrift shop.
According to investigators, operators of the Safe Space Variety Store on Nash Street reported the morning of Nov. 25 that a customer in the store reached into the register when the clerk was not looking and stole an undisclosed amount of cash.