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LOUISVILLE, KY. -- Bobby Miller tossed eight innings of one-hit ball while flirting with a no-hitter and helped No. 7 Louisville to a Super Baseball Regional clinching win, 12-0, over East Carolina University last Saturday afternoon at Jim Patterson Stadium in the Bluegrass State.
With the win, the Cardinals (49-16) advance to their fifth Men's College World Series since 2007 while the Pirates (47-18) saw their season come to an end.

BUNN -- After a slow start to the 2019 campaign, the Bunn Ladycats were able to find their footing -- and raced all the way to the second round of the Class 2-A Girls Soccer State Playoffs.
The Ladycats, led by senior offensive threats Morgan Williamson, Alex Husinko and Rachel Alford, went 9-6 overall and 8-4 in the Northern Carolina Conference -- a mark that was good for third place.

While writing the story about the long-awaited and greatly needed new athletic field complex at Louisburg High School last week, I realized there was one thing missing.
It appears that construction bids for the first phase of the complex are in line and that construction money is available.

CARY--Naomi Lee Holmes Teasley, 73, died Friday, May 31, 2019 at her residence. Funeral service was held Friday, June 7, at Kinches Chapel Christian Church in Franklinton. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

LOUISBURG - Treva Diane Driver, 51, of Louisburg, died Tuesday evening, June 4, 2019. A funeral service was held Friday, June 7, in the chapel of Strickland Funeral Home.

ENFIELD--Funeral services for Maggie Beatrice "Bea" Carter Evans, 79, who died on Sunday, June 9, 2019, will be held Saturday, June 15, at 12 p.m. at Social Union Baptist Church in Nashville with Apostle Allen H. Simmons officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasure Church cemetery.

LOUISBURG--Richard John Leya, 86, of Wake Forest, died Monday, June 10, 2019 at Transitions LifeCare of Raleigh. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 22, at 11 a.m. at Zebulon United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Clyde Denny officiating.

KITTRELL--Funeral services for Brenda L. Davis, 57, who died Saturday June 8, 2019, will be held Saturday, June 15, at 1 p.m. at Jones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Louisburg.

LOUISBURG - Gerald Brooks Edwards, 80, of Louisburg, passed away Monday morning.

LOUISBURG--Andrew David Bagnall, 58, died Friday, June 7, 2019 at his home. The family will receive friends Thursday at 3 p.m. at Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Services, 804 N. Bickett Boulevard, Louisburg, where funeral services will follow at 4 p.m. Burial will follow in Bunn Memorial Gardens.

LOUISBURG--Charlie Alfred Lewis, 66, died Saturday, June 8, 2019. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 p,m. until 7:30 p.m. at Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Services, 804 N. Boulevard, Louisburg.

LOUISBURG--Nelle Rose Lancaster Bailey, 90, left this Earthly Life to dance with the Angels, June 8, 2019.

FRANKLINTON - Graveside services for June A. Ford, 85, who died Friday, June 7, 2019, will be held Friday, June 14, at 2 p.m. at the Hayes family cemetery in Louisburg, with Min. David Averrett officiating.

LOUISBURG--Clarence (NMN) Williams, 93, died Sunday, June 9, 2019. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 15, at 12 noon at First Baptist Church, Louisburg. Burial will follow in the Cedar Street Cemetery, Louisburg.

LOUISBURG--Shirley Neal Nelms, 71, of Louisburg passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Born on October 8, 1947 to the late David and Danize Neal. Shirley graduated from Edward Best School in 1965, then went on to attend Hardbarger Business College to obtain a business degree and began a career at Weyerhauser Lumber Company and Almay Cosmetics. She then retired from NC Fire and Safety after 18 years.

LOUISBURG--Michael Lane Cash, 55, of Louisburg died suddenly on Friday, June 7, 2019. He was born on September 23, 1963 to Cassie Dickerson Cash and the late Wilbur Lee Cash.

ZEBULON - Lucille Perry Richards, of the Pearce's community, died Wednesday morning, May 29, 2019. She was born in Wake County, the daughter of the late Clifton and Mary Pierce Perry. A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 31, at Poplar Spring Baptist Church, with burial following in the Pearce Baptist Church cemetery.

LOUISBURG -- After listening to pleas from educators and school employees, Franklin County Commissioners approved a budget that calls for no tax increase and fully funded the board of education's request.
It left out some new vehicles, delayed start dates for some employees, dropped three new positions, cut some health department services and pulled money from the county's savings account to do it.

LOUISBURG -- The long-awaited Louisburg High School athletic complex appears to have taken a giant step toward reality after construction bids were opened last Thursday afternoon and after the school district's 2019-20 budget was approved.
"We're very, very, very close," said Dr. Larry Webb, chief of auxiliary services, who has predicted that if construction can begin no later than Aug. 1, there can be "cleats on the field" by the fall of 2020.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County commissioners filed away a program that would have required residents to have a decal to dump their trash.
During a work session in May, Solid Waste Director Brian Haynesworth presented commissioners the plan that, according to county staff, has had a long gestation period.

FRANKLINTON -- Franklinton plans to buy a new town hall, but the maneuver is not expected to cripple the town's bottom line officials say.
Earlier this year, officials and staff talked about relocating town hall to the old First Citizen Bank building at the corner of North Main and Vine streets.
That move, staff said, could help the town accomplish about three goals:

Former LC assistant baseball coach Sean Fleming

LOUISBURG -- The state's budget doesn't include funds to expand Medicaid, but proponents of the move held vigils across the state on Wednesday in a "hail mary" effort to change the mind of legislators.
Many of them were expected to gather on the Franklin County Courthouse steps.

Good News. In only a couple more weeks -- June 21 to be exact -- summer will arrive and we'll all be able to enjoy the sunshine and warm-trending-to-hot weather.
Oh, wait.
With temperatures in the low to upper 90s through the latter part of May, summertime weather has already arrived and, combined with a lack of rain, has pretty much baked all of Franklin County.