FRANKLINTON - Franklin Gary Barham, 57, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 at Wake Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at Perry's Cemetery, 4300 Billy Hopkins Road, Zebulon, with Lee Jeffery's officiating.
BUNN -- In a rare time of late-season uncertainty, both Franklinton and Bunn stumbled into Friday's Northern Carolina Conference football tussle mired in mini-slumps. Neither club had won a game since Oct. 13 -- a skein that left the Franklin County squads on the outside looking in for a shot at the NCC crown.
AURELIAN SPRINGS -- Louisburg strengthened its hold on second place in the Tar-Roanoke Athletic Conference with a convincing gridiron decision Friday at Northwest Halifax. The dominant Warriors delivered 41 points in the first half alone and went on the defeat the Vikings by a 48-0 margin. With one game remaining, Louisburg upped its mark to 6-4 overall and 3-1 in the TRAC.