By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Just like its previous game against Oxford Webb two weeks ago, Bunn saved its best for last during a non-league football showdown Friday at Nash Central.
Versus Oxford Webb, the Wildcats collected the final 35 points of the outing en route to a pull-away victory.
LOUISBURG -- For the second consecutive time, the Louisburg College Hurricanes dropped a football game their head coach thought was theirs for the taking.
But just like the setback two weeks ago at Fork Union, the Hurricanes were defeated, this time by a 24-14 margin at Lackawanna College -- a future Northeast Conference rival of Louisburg’s that is located in Scranton, Pa.
RED OAK -- North Carolina Wesleyan College’s football squad earned its first win of the 2010 season last Saturday afternoon, using two interception returns for touchdowns to down LaGrange College by a 35-24 at the Northern Nash Football Complex.
LOUISBURG -- Here are some recent results from The Town of Louisburg Recreation Department’s Fall Ball schedule:
The Bunn Warriors 13-Under Travel Baseball Team recently took part in the Reebok NIT event in Rocky Mount and took first place. Pictured are (back, l to r) Coach Keith Gupton, Nick Sanders, Nick Williams, Coach Kyle Garrison, Trevor Gupton, Spencer Brickhouse, Tyler Dixon, Coach Quinton Sanders and Dylan Sequoia; (front, l to r) Shane Garrison, Bowie Oliver, Josh Boone, Dustin Smith and Tyler Williams.
The Granville Bulls 12-Under Travel Baseball Club won the recent Top Gun Super Saver Tournament in Snow Hill. Pictured are (back, l to r) Coaches Ronald Bennett and Allen Bullock; (middle, l to r) Josh Bullock, Chaney Renn, Jared Bennett, Lane Humphries, Zack Keeton and Damien Taylor; (front, l to r) Michael Bowers, Daniel Wilkerson, Chance Greene and Justin Bullock. Not pictured are Ryan Strickland and Coach Todd Wilkerson.
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Listed are last weekend’s North Carolina high school football scores:
ZEBULON - Virginia Lois “Douglas” Johnson, 77, died Sept. 22, 2010. She was a native of Johnston County and was daughter to the late Jim and Rena Medlin Douglas. She was retired from Devil Dog.
ZEBULON - Donald Earl Johnson, 56, died Sept. 23, 2010 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born in Wake County, the son of the late Carl Maynard Johnson and Lacy Mae Privette. He was a processing assistant at the North Carolina Farmer’s Market.
ZEBULON - Lawrence “Mann” Lloyd Creech Sr., 78, died Sept. 21, 2010 at Coventry House. A native of Wake County, he was the son of the late Clem and Ester Whitley Creech, Jr.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Franklinton man accused of a murder that set off a fireball at a nearby gas station is next slated to appear in court on Oct. 4.
Franklinton Police, with the aid of the state Bureau of Investigation and the Virginia State Police, arrested Rashawn L. Arrington in Southampton County Virginia the evening of Sept. 21 — a day after police allege he shot and killed Jesse Montague Jr.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A man who killed his nephew in a hunting accident was charged this week with possession of a firearm by a felon.
According to investigators, Timothy J. Wynne and his 18-year-old nephew, Jared Wynne, were on a dove hunting expedition on property in the Rocky Ford community on Sept. 6 when the fatal accident occurred.
Farmer’s Foods collected 765 pounds of food on Thursday in what has become an annual “Feed the Folks that Feed the Hungry” campaign. Residents and customers could donate food to the county’s Care & Share, which provides much needed help and assistance for Franklin County residents, and receive some well-cooked chicken wings from the grocery store for their generosity. Above, Paul Farmer, Farmer’s Foods, advertising and marketing director, left, and Wooly the Wing Man took control of the grill during the event.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
For most people, the most terrifying sentence they will ever hear spoken is “you have cancer.”
But a new resource center, due to open next month in Louisburg, is designed to take some of the fear out of that diagnosis and the course of treatment that will follow.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Commissioners have scheduled a special-called meeting next week to further discuss water issues, including the chance to pursue stimulus money to fix the town’s ailing dam.
Water service has been a town topic since the first of the year and it’s generated even more interest this month when the town instituted its stiffest water restrictions because its upper reservoir is being depleted.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town officials decided they would have to pay if they want to help clean up the town.
The board agreed to set aside $2,000, money it would use to pay the tipping fees for residents who agreed to have nuisance mobile homes abated.
“We think it’s the only way to get movement on some of these properties,” said Town Manager Larry Carver.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
A brush fire that burned 11.9 acres between Mt. Olivet Church and Green Hill roads was contained Wednesday afternoon.
Four fire departments — Franklinton, Youngsville, Brassfield and Mitchners Crossroads — the N.C. Forestry Service, Franklin County Emergency Services and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office responded.
State Department of Transportation engineers Julie Bolinger, foreground, and Rupal Desai, background, were on hand with other DOT staff seeking input about a transportation plan from residents and interested parties, including Rick Seekins, center, the Governments Community and Economic Development Director for the Kerr Tar Regional Council of Governments.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The county’s Tourism Development Authority agreed on Tuesday to support a Louisburg College concert series for the third straight year.
By unanimous decision, the Franklin County Tourism Development Authority (TDA) recommended that county commissioners pull $7,500 from its occupancy tax coffers to support the Louisburg College Allen de Hart Concert Series.
Louisburg’s Natalie Barrett
Fortunately, it wasn’t much of an emergency.
Actually it wasn’t an emergency at all.
It’s just that some were told it was — and things definitely went downhill fast!
Okay, time to get ready ...
... but don’t start mixing up the cocktail sauce just yet.
The Franklin County Shrine Club has announced that it will hold its 43rd annual Shriner’s Fish Fry on Wednesday, Oct. 6.
It will be from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the corner of NC 561 and North Bickett Boulevard (the old IGA building) where it has been held for several years. Plates will be $7 each this year.
GOOD MORNING: Enjoy it while you can! According to the weather forecast, we could be looking at possible daytime highs of 90 degrees or more for the last time this year today (Saturday). The weather is expected to be partly cloudy Saturday thru Tuesday with a slim chance of showers and daytime highs hovering in the 79 to 80 degree range Sunday thru Tuesday with a 40 to 50 percent chance of rain.
Dear Editor:
My name is Patricia Harris Alston. I would like to write about three angels that God sent into my life. Their names are Lori Martin, Toretta Scott, and Tex R. Finch. These people are all managers at the banks I do business with.
