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Dear editor: It is obvious that The Times has a different reader clientele -- one who is 'in-love' with the present governing leadership of our nation who has already thrown away billions upon billions of our monetary treasures to weaken our national entity as well as respect and dignity and add suffering especially to the poor to enrich himself by billions and his friends.
Trump should not be allowed to ruin this nation. But are we, as American Citizens going to do something to cut the suffering and show our real colors?

FRANKLINTON -- Granville County sheriff's deputies arrested a Franklin County man on charges that he killed his infant daughter.
John Wheeler, 34, was arrested May 18 and charged with second-degree murder and child abuse for the death of a five month old.
Published reports identified the child as Kylie Wheeler, his daughter.
Wheeler technically has a Franklinton address, but the property is within Granville County -- a mile away from the Franklin County line.

LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College hired William "Tank" Hardin as the next head coach of the Hurricanes baseball program.
A Louisburg College alumnus and longtime North Carolina baseball coach, Hardin brings more than three decades of coaching, teaching, and leadership experience to the program, along with deep ties to the college and the surrounding baseball community.
Hardin most recently served as the head baseball coach at Walkertown High School and previously spent 18 seasons leading the program at Page High School in Greensboro.

HENDERSON -- Vance-Granville Community College secured a state-of-the-art plasma cutting system.
VGCC is one of 12 schools in the United States and Canada to secure the Spark Something Great educational grant from Hypertherm Associates -- a US-based manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software.
The grant includes a Hypertherm Powermax45 SYNC® air plasma system and in-person training from one of the company's product experts.

LOUISBURG -- A lawsuit alleging more than 20 entities are responsible for a demolition that has made an adjoining business unusable remains pending.
Without prejudice, plaintiffs have agreed to dismiss claims against nearly a dozen defendants, meaning the cases could be re-filed.
The April 13 lawsuit filed on behalf of Sean and Christine Kingsley, their Tar River Interiors business, their GK Innovations limited liability corporation and their Safe Haven Rentals entity, alleges that demolition associated with Franklin County's judicial complex caused "substantial damage" to their adjoining business -- which the county condemned.

Franklin County Schools honored students in the district that best exemplified the April character traits of honesty and integrity.
Honored students included:
•Anias Mangum, a Franklinton Elementary School second grader.
•Ayana Morrison, a Franklinton Elementary School fourth grader.

Olivia and Chelsea Mullings enjoy a carnival swing ride at last Saturday's Family Fun Day at Luddy Park in Youngsville.

Fireworks capped off the day of fun for many families.

TJ Polizio takes aim at a dunk-tank target, trying to give someone a bath.

ZEBULON, NC -- Emma "Sue" Harris, 85, of Zebulon, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 17, 2026 at her home.

FRANKLINTON, NC -- David Hunter Averette, 67, of Franklinton, passed away Friday morning, May 15, 2026.

LOUISBURG, NC -- Betty Jane Wheless, 83, of Louisburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 12 at Transitions LifeCare. She was a daughter of the late Woodroe and Hazel Fuller Wheless. Betty was preceded in death by her brothers, Robert Wheless and David Wheless and Joe Wheless.

Linda passed away peacefully on May 17 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.

Linda passed away peacefully on May 17 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.

LOUISBURG, NC -- Betty Jane Wheless, 83, of Louisburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 12 at Transitions LifeCare. She was a daughter of the late Woodroe and Hazel Fuller Wheless. Betty was preceded in death by her brothers, Robert Wheless and David Wheless and Joe Wheless.

ZEBULON, NC -- Emma "Sue" Harris, 85, of Zebulon, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 17, 2026 at her home.

FRANKLINTON, NC -- David Hunter Averette, 67, of Franklinton, passed away Friday morning, May 15, 2026.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County leaders said holding on to an $800,000 check is simply a timing issue.
The comments, made during the Franklin County Board of Commissioners' May 4 meeting, were in response to allegations from Granville county leaders that Franklin County is not paying its regional partnership bills -- those related to the Kerr-Tar Hub project and funding for the Vance-Granville Community College system.

LOUISBURG -- The Franklin County Board of Education got off to an unusual and controversial start Monday night when an entire family that had signed up to speak was denied that opportunity.
The Tober family of Youngsville -- father Gary, mother Jennie and children Dean, Evie and Annabelle -- tried to address the school board about issues of harassment and bullying the family reportedly has been enduring but school board attorney Boyd Sturges stopped them, each individually, saying that such discussions could not be held in the public portion of the meeting.

Preservation North Carolina will host its 2026 Franklin County Ramble on Saturday, May 16, offering visitors a rare opportunity to tour some of the county's most significant historic homes, churches and landscapes.
Centered around Louisburg and surrounding communities, the day-long event is intended to celebrate the architectural and cultural history of one of North Carolina's oldest and most storied counties.

Franklin County volunteer extraordinaire Beverly Kegley received the North Carolina Governor's Medallion Award for Volunteer Service during a ceremony at the State Capitol on Tuesday with Gov. Josh Stein. County residents Kegley, farmer and food distribution advocate Joanie McPhetridge and Capt. Daniel Erb with the Franklin County Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol earned the Governor's Volunteer Service Award and were recognized earlier this month.

WILMINGTON -- A federal judge sentenced a 27-year-old Louisburg man to 21 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl that caused an overdose death in Franklin County, the US Attorney's Office announced this month.
Cordell Antonio Mendoza pled guilty to federal charges in February.
"The Franklin County Sheriff's Office has made addressing drug trafficking in our county a priority and this case and the results of it are proof that we can and will hold those individuals accountable for the tragedies they cause when dealing drugs that kill," Sheriff Kevin White is quoted as saying in a US Attorney's Office press release.

LOUISBURG -- After first expressing its opposition to Franklin County's efforts to tap Kerr Lake as a source of water, the Louisburg town council then pledged to work cooperatively with the county to develop a water supply entirely within the Tar River Basin.
The council first unanimously agreed to send a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which controls Kerr lake, saying the town is "strongly opposed to this request from Franklin County to divert water from the Roanoke River Basin to Franklin County."

Relayer Delphenia Livingston at this year's event at FHS