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By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — A company that drew the community’s ire with startling ballistics testing last Father’s Day did enough to quell their neighbors’ concerns that commissioners approved a permit on Thursday night that will let them continue to shoot high-powered rifles on-site.
County resident James Davis
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The Franklin County Airport board didn’t have enough members to conduct business this week, but those present said the prospect of business is looking good.
The seven-member board did not have a quorum for Tuesday’s meeting, but Airport Manager Steve Merritt did update the board about activity at Triangle North Executive Airport.
Louisburg police arrested a man accused of stealing a donation jar.
According to a report, someone at the McDonald’s restaurant on Bickett Boulevard called police the afternoon of Jan. 11 to report that a black man wearing all black grabbed a donation jar and ran out of the store.
Officer Travis Lincoln arrived on scene, spotting the man, later identified as Daniel D. Epps, 23, walking near a path on Bunn Road.
A female Terrell Lane Middle School student has received a 365-day suspension from school for her alleged involvement in a bomb scare at the school this week.
School officials said a note suggesting there was a bomb planted in the school was found in a rest room — and after a brief investigation, the girl reportedly confessed that she had written it.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
It’s slowly becoming that time of the year again — a time when our penny-pinching ways contribute to a tragic annual rite of spring.
It’s still a long time until spring flowers sprout and the trees regain their leaves, but evidence of this long-neglected problem has already made the front pages of area newspapers.
First, a pop quiz aimed especially at those who have watched their fair share of football in recent days.
If you happened to watch my beloved Steelers (who played like the zombie version of lame old men) or the snoozer of a contest where Alabama whupped up on a seemingly drugged LSU team, you were subjected to countless versions of a new TV technique.
At least I think it’s a new technique although I’m no expert on TV graphics.
GOOD MORNING: As Times reporter Carey Johnson stated in our MIDWEEK edition, it’s been almost 7 years since 29-year-old Larry Green was struck by a car at Ingleside and mistakenly declared dead, but Green apparently lives on and so do the consequences of that accident.
RALEIGH – Over the past couple of weeks, events inside and outside of North Carolina have eliminated many uncertainties about the 2012 election.
In other words, the political table has been set – by which I don’t mean to suggest that the 2012 election will resemble some kind of genteel dinner party. Perhaps a better analogy would be a tension-filled family reunion, or even a spirited food fight in a middle-school cafeteria.
Five Broadway stars are giving away the chance to join them on stage in Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway show at Louisburg College in the Seby B. Jones Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3. Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway concert features Broadway stars of Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Jekyll and Hyde, Fiddler on The Roof, Wonderful Town, Tarzan, Cats, The Woman in White and It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues singing the finest hit songs of the last 100 years of Broadway musicals.
Who does not like deer? They are beautiful, symbolic, have an artistic value as well as an economic one, as they connect directly to human economy.
The Sami of Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia and other nomadic peoples of northern Asia use reindeer for food, clothing and transport.
Freda Clifton, principal of Louisburg High School, announces the Honor Roll for the first six-weeks grading period.
To be named to the A Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 93. To be named to the AB Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 85.
The Kerr-Vance Academy Headmaster List and A/B Honor Roll for the second quarter and first semester have been announced. The following Franklin County students were included.
FRANKLINTON —James Otis Parker, 50, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Union AME Zion Methodist Church, Wilton, with Pastor Oscar Rush officiating. Interment, Parker’s Memorial.
ZEBULON - Glen David Hill, 83, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 at WakeMed in Raleigh. Funeral service was held Thursday, Jan. 12, at Zebulon United Methodist Church. Burial followed in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens.
ZEBULON - Katelynn Danielle Boring, 22, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Funeral service was held Thursday, Jan. 12, at Beacon Baptist Church, Raleigh. A graveside service was held Friday morning, Jan. 13, at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Zebulon.
Posted on: January 13, 2012
YOUNGSVILLE —The Rev. E. P. “Billy” Tharrington, 73, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest. Burial will follow in the Beulah Christian Baptist Church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON— James T. Jefferies, 60, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. Arrangements by Cutchins Funeral Home, Franklinton.
YOUNGSVILLE - Richard J. Brownell Jr., 56, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Arrangements by Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest.
WENDELL - Memorial services for Thomas Earl Clifton, 78, who died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, will be held at noon Saturday, Jan. 21, in the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg.
ZEBULON - Janice M. Mills, 71, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. A memorial service was held Thursday, Jan. 12, at Massey Funeral Home, Zebulon.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Lizzie Crudup Alston, 84, who died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, will be held Monday, Jan. 16, at 11 a.m. at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Quinton Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Maxine H. Davis, 79, of Louisburg passed away Thursday, January 12, 2012, at UNC Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Services, with the Rev. Mark Tondee officiating. Burial will follow in the Boone Family Cemetery.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn’s slow start during its non-league schedule gave future opponents a glimmer of hope about the Ladycats’ potential vulnerability in the Northern Carolina Conference.
So much for that theory.
Through Dec. 27, Bunn had a 4-6 record, though the Ladycats’ brutal early slate featured the likes of Class 4-A titan Millbrook and Class 3-A powerhouse Northern Nash.
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