LOUISBURG – Charlie Perry Moore, 77, of Louisburg, died Tuesday evening at his home.
Novozymes held its 6th annual President’s Cup best ball golf tournament on Oct. 11, an event for employees families and friends. The event, at the Heritage Golf Club in Wake Forest, raised $6,065 for the Boys and Girls Club of North Central North Carolina in Louisburg.
Connie Smith, administrative assistant with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, was one of over 20 volunteers who participated in a Litter Sweep recently. The semi-annual event, held in the spring and early fall, is sponsored by the Franklin County Solid Waste Task Force and the Keep Franklin County Beautiful program.
The winners of the 2010 Tri-County Parade of Homes are as follows:
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Police are looking for a man they allege robbed a dying man.
Those same investigators arrested a man this week accused of helping the killer elude police.
On Wednesday, officers arrested Jason Ruffin, 25, charging him with accessory after the fact.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town commissioners agreed to apply for a state grant to bolster the police department.
This summer, the town gave police staff the authority to pursue two grants
• One was a federal grant that would cover the full cost of a police position for three years;
Two new members of the Franklin County Board of Education took their oaths of office separately Thursday at the district’s central office. Administering the oath was Alice Faye Hunter, Clerk of Superior Court (left). The new board members are Debra Long Brodie (center) and Synthia Richardson.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Grass fed beef.
Free range chicken.
Hormone free meat.
Organically grown strawberries.
Actually, organically grown anything!
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
From taking the first steps toward condemnation of a mobile home to fielding a resident’s questions about the rising costs of services, the Youngsville town board worked through a rather routine agenda Thursday night.
The board agreed to start condemnation proceedings against property at 411 SW Railroad Street after nearly three months of effort have failed to convince the owner to properly install a sewage line.
When fire badly damaged Gigi’s Bistro in downtown Youngsville, many feared the popular restaurant might never reopen.
But Youngsville residents and businesses are determined that Stephan Bezzina will soon be back in business.
To help, they are holding a silent auction with the proceeds going to benefit the efforts to reopen.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Organizers of the county airport’s biggest community event said they will need all hands on deck next year.
High Flight organizer Michael Colclough told Triangle North Executive Airport board members on Tuesday that the two-day event drew 4,200 visitors.
At that rate, next year could draw 8,000 visitors.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s airport will get a fresh coat of paint, thanks to an organization with a rich history that traces its roots back to Amelia Earhart.
Members of the Kitty Hawk 99s, a chapter of the Ninety-Nines Organization of Women Pilots, will be on hand to mark Triangle North Executive Airport with a compass rose — a vital tool in helping pilots calibrate their directional instrument.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
There has been more turnover at the U.S. Supreme Court in the last five years than in the previous 40 -- and the man who has helped document those changes for The Washington Post newspaper will be in Louisburg Tuesday night to talk about those and other changes on the nation’s highest court.
LHS football fan Ethan Mohlmann
Hundreds of students at Bunn Middle School traced the outline of their hands onto a sheet that will be on display at Safe Space’s 12th annual Candlelight Vigil at Louisburg College on Oct. 19. The traced hands were part of the pledge that students at Bunn Middle, Bunn High, Franklinton High and Louisburg College have made not to use their hands for violence.
First of all, this is Oct. 13, and I am so sleepy from trying to watch the rescue operation of the 33 miners last night, as well as this morning. This is an incredible, emotional rescue, one to be remembered through history, forever.
I could not begin this article without mentioning the Chilean miners and their rescue to safety. What a blessing from above for everyone involved in this successful operation.
The Franklin County sheriff’s office held an open house for their new satellite office in Bunn on Oct. 7. The new office is at 382 N.C. 98 West. It’s the second satellite office, as there is one in operation in Youngsville at 888 Park Avenue. Pictured, from left to right, Sgt. Travis Philbeck, Deputies Matthew Tharrington, Chad Evans were among the many deputies who attended and enjoyed refreshments.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Finally, a couple of ideas we all can sink our teeth into!
And, like many things in a county where agriculture roots run deep, this small “seed” of an idea could grow into something really impressive.
No federal institution that I can think of has more influence, over a longer period of time, on your life than the U.S. Supreme Court.
Its role is complicated, often controversial and always far-reaching.
But, as with most things, there are “back stories” to the court and its activities that don’t often get told but which can be fascinating.
GOOD MORNING: Brace yourself! It looks like the weather locally is getting into harmony with the economy, in the mornings at any rate. Temperatures out my way yesterday (Friday) morning down in the mid-40’s and a degree or two cooler than that in some parts of the county. But then, this is mid-October, right?
It is January 26, 2011, opening day for the new session of The North Carolina General Assembly. Republicans have won control of both houses for the first time since the dawn of the twentieth century. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger has a comfortable 27-23 working margin of Republicans to Democrats that will help his party pass legislation, but House Speaker Thom Tillis faces a tougher challenge with only a 62-58 Republican plurality.
Dear Editor:
It is my hope that North Carolina citizens will not be one-issue voters during the mid-term elections. A few of the top issues are the budget, immigration, the New York mosque, abortion, and jobs.
ZEBULON - Anne Williams Riker, 89, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 at her home. Funeral service was Friday, Oct. 15, at Pilot Baptist Church, Zebulon, with Pastor Mick Bowen officiating. Burial was in the Williams family cemetery, Clyde Pearce Road, Zebulon.
YOUNGSVILLE —Perry E. “Pete” Grissom, 66, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, Oct. 15, at Neuse Baptist Church on Gresham Lake Road in Raleigh. Burial followed in the Bethel Freewill Baptist Church cemetery in Four Oaks.
