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(L to R) Jackson Anderson and Alex Husinko have been saluted as the 2018-19 Athletes of the Year at Bunn High School.

FRANKLINTON -- Kendall Harris running behind Michael Rogers and Michael Sawyer has proven to be an effective, high-scoring combination the past few years for the Franklinton High School football squad.
So it was quite fitting that all of the FHS gridiron standouts came together last Wednesday to sign letters-of-intent to continue their careers at four-year schools.

FRANKLINTON -- Nobody is quite certain if Franklinton High School has ever boasted a player in the annual North Carolina East-West All-Star Football Game.
But this much is for certain -- the Red Rams have never had two participants in the same campaign.
That will change this summer as FHS standouts Steve Green and Kendall Harris have been chosen to the East roster for the much-anticipated contest.

CLINTON, MISS. -- There is no such thing as a disappointing performance in a national collegiate tournament, regardless of the sport -- especially when considering how difficult it is to reach that stage in the first place.
That's the message Louisburg College softball coach Eric Lee has been preaching to his club ever since the Lady Hurricanes returned home after posting a 2-2 overall record at last week's National Junior College Athletic Association Division II World Series at Traceway Park in Mississippi.

Louisburg College outfielder Mason Hedgecock signs autographs for young fans at the NJCAA Division II Softball World Series in Mississippi.

GREENVILLE -- The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced 16 regional sites for the 73rd annual NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Sunday evening, and for the second-straight year and third time in facility history, East Carolina University's Clark-LeClair Stadium will serve as a site for the opening round of The Road To Omaha.

RALEIGH -- Kennedy Capps' amazing girls soccer career at Franklin Academy came to an end last Saturday as she participated in the Class 1-A State Championship Match on the campus of North Carolina State University.
The Patriots dropped a heartbreaking 2-1 overtime decision to Union Academy in overtime in the title matchup.

LOUISBURG -- Now comes the next step for the fledgling Louisburg College track and field program.
At only two years old, the Hurricanes' tracksters are still in a developmental phase -- and one important piece of that puzzle is being able to send student-athletes to the next level to continue and complete their collegiate careers.

LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College has promoted from within to cap off a search for the school's new head football coach.
Accepting the position is Chris Tolbert, who has spent the past four years with the Hurricanes as a defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator.
Tolbert succeeds former boss Trevor Highfield, who guided LC through five successful campaigns before recently accepting a coaching position at Forks High School in the state of Washington.

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats rallied back from a five-run first inning deficit to eventually take a one-run lead in the fifth, but the Down East Wood Ducks came back with two in the sixth before defeating the Mudcats 9-7 in the finale of a four-game series on Monday afternoon at Five County Stadium in Class A Carolina League baseball action.

Franklinton's Michael Rogers (front, center) signs a letter-of-intent to join the football program at North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount. Also pictured are (back, l to r) FHS assistant coach Elerod Morris, FHS assistant coach Darrin Stinson and FHS head coach Jimmy Williams; (front, l to r) parents Reggie and Deborah Rogers.

Franklinton's Kendall Harris (front, center) signs a letter-of-intent to join the football program at North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount. Also pictured are (back, l to r) FHS assistant coach Darrin Stinson, FHS assistant coach Elerod Morris, Lincoln Lyons (cousin), Elijah Green (cousin), Dreshon Blacknall (cousin) and FHS head coach Jimmy Williams; (front, l to r) parents Larry and Portia Harris.

Franklinton's Michael Sawyer (front, second from right) signs a letter-of-intent to join the football program at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte. Also pictured are (back, l to r) FHS head coach Jimmy Williams, FHS assistant coach Darrin Stinson and FHS assistant coach Elerod Morris; (front, l to r) Ashley Sawyer (sister) and parents Charles and Denise Sawyer.

LOUISBURG--Henry Bunnie "H.B" Shearin, Jr., 88, of Louisburg went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 25, 2019. He was born on April 1, 1931 to the late Henry B., Sr and Rosa Mae Gupton Shearin. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by siblings, Ruby Thomas Allsbrook, Earl Creech Shearin, Ronald Shearin, and Hugh Gaither Shearin. H.B. served our country in the U.S. Army.

OXFORD--Fannie J. Conyers, 96, died Friday, May 24, 2019 at Toney Rest Home, Inc. in Oxford. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 1, at 1 p.m. at Nelson Chapel Baptist Church, Louisburg. Burial will follow in the Gethsemane Baptist Church cemetery, Bunn.

LOUISBURG--Funeral services for Plummer Haywood Reed, 65, who died Saturday, May 25, 2019, will be held Saturday, June 1, at 12 p.m. at Cedar Rock Baptist Church in Castalia with the Rev. Thomas Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in the Cedar Rock Church cemetery.

WHITAKERS--Funeral services for David Dunn, 92, who died Sunday, May 26, 2019, will be held Wednesday, May 29, at 12 noon at Faith Tabernacle Holiness Church in Rocky Mount. Burial will follow in the Shiloh Cemetery.

PITTSBORO - Major John Christopher Harper, U.S. Army Retired, 50, of Pittsboro, died Tuesday afternoon, May 21, 2019. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, June, 1, at Louisburg Baptist Church. The family will receive friends immediately following the service.

Daniel Scott, 75, of Louisburg, died Friday at the Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation of Goldsboro.

Arrangements are incomplete at Haskins Funeral Home & Cremations, Goldsboro.

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LOUISBURG -- Franklin County commissioners got their first look at a budget that proposes to increase spending, raise the tax rate, hire more employees, lease more vehicles and raise some fees.
Those things are necessary, county management said, if Franklin County wants to fully fund education needs and manage growth.

LOUISBURG -- Unofficially, Franklin County commissioners seemed to sack a plan that would require residents to have decals to dump their trash.
Solid Waste Director Brian Haynesworth presented the idea to the board during a budget worksession on Tuesday.
The decals, Haynesworth said, would provide an easy way to identify and allow dumping by county users who contribute to the costs to operate solid waste through the availability fee, while keeping out outsiders who use the service without paying.

The Louisburg Senior Center recently held a Mother's Day Parade of Hats contest. Geraldine Reynolds (shown here) was the first place winner.

Crosscreek Charter School officials,with shovels in hand, broke ground on a new school site on Wednesday. School Director Robin Jackson, right, was joined by Board of Directors. from left, Treasurer Dustin Moore, Secretary Al Wheless, Mike Senter, original Board Chair Susan Sawin, Quedella Hargrove, President Mike Rowe, and Haven Allen. The school was chartered in 2000 and opened to students in mobile units the following year.

LOUISBURG -- A recent drowning has served as an opportunity for county leaders to remind people about water safety.
On May 17, emergency crews and law enforcement responded to a drowning at Riverbend Park.
More than four hours later, they retrieved the body of Octavious Jermaine "Smokey" Yarborough.