Oxford Preparatory School Inducts 12 Into Order of the Griffins

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Oxford Preparatory School inducted 12 new members into its Order of the Griffins society on Monday, May 10.

Membership is based on a student’s academic performance and their demonstration of meeting the school’s mission of commitment to service, appreciation of the arts and call to leadership, according to Upper School Director Victoria Bradsher.

Rising 7th graders are eligible for membership, Bradsher said.

The new members of the Order of the Griffin will lead the processional for commencement for the year 2020-2021 and will serve as Griffin ambassadors in the coming year – greeting guests at the school, helping with awards ceremonies and serving as a guide for visiting students and their families.

Congratulations to the following students and newest members of the Order of the Griffins:

Tanner Abbott

Grace Allred

Sage Beck

Olivia Burrows

Lauren Carroll

Michael Cox

Carsten Doby

Lilly Hicks

Lily Juntunen

Kaylee Overby

Madelyn Reese

Olivia Smith

Traffic Stop Results in Drug Charges for Tevin L. Daye

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Press Release — 

On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at approximately 4:15 p.m., the Vance County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Narcotics Divisions conducted a vehicle stop that resulted in the collection of approximately 250 dosage units of suspected Heroin. The suspect
Tevin L. Daye, B/M, Age 29, was charged with the following charges:

Trafficking Heroin; 1 count of Possession of Heroin; Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sell, Deliver Heroin; and Driving While License Revoked.

Daye’s bond was set at $150,000.00 and he was given a court date of August 25, 2021 in Vance County District Court.

40 Charges in Vance County Alone Against Wesley Edward White

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Press Release — 

The Vance County Sheriff’s Office obtained warrants for the arrest of Wesley Edward White of Windsor N.C. on the 6th day of May 2021. White has been charged with forty (40) counts of Felonious Larceny of Motor Vehicle Parts and Larceny of Nonferrous Precious Metals and Felonious Breaking and Entering Larceny. All charges stem from two separate reports filed with the Sheriff’s Office by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Lot located on Gillburg Road in Vance County.

The DOT Lot is alleged to have been targeted by White on the 29th of March and again on the 20th of April 2021 during which White is accused of removing numerous catalytic converts from various vehicles on the property. White is also accused of breaking into a mechanic’s building and removing nearly $10,000 in tools and other items.

The Vance County Sheriff’s Office joined a multi-agency effort aimed at identifying the suspect responsible for similar crimes in numerous N.C. counties, all of which were reported by DOT Lots.

On Friday the 7th day of May 2021, investigators with the Vance County Sheriff’s Office traveled to Bertie County N.C., along with numerous other agencies and the N.C. SBI, at which time White was located and arrested. A search warrant was executed at White’s home in Windsor N.C. where numerous items of evidentiary value were located and seized.

White was placed in the Bertie County Jail pending his ability to secure a bond in the amount of $1,256,000. Other charges are expected over the coming weeks.

Agencies involved in this investigation include; the Vance, Craven, Nash, Johnston, Halifax, Hertford and Bertie County Sheriff’s Offices, the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia, the Wilson, Greenville and Tarboro Police Departments and the NC SBI.

As of the date and time of this release, the Greenville Police Department was in the process of obtaining seventy-four (74) additional Felony Warrants and seventeen (17) additional Misdemeanor Warrants on Wesley Edward White.

It has been alleged that White is responsible for the theft of catalytic converters from DOT Lots in North Carolina beginning in December of 2020 through the 7th of May of this year. Numerous locations were targeted multiple times with certain lots suffering losses on at least three separate occasions.

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SportsTalk 5-11-21 Scottie Richardson, Crossroads Christian

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“It’s a great day to be a Colt!” said Scottie Richardson, athletic director at Crossroads Christian after the school’s golf program won the state 1A championship by two strokes on Monday at Bryan Park-Players Course in  Greensboro.  The championship is the first athletic championship of any type ever won by the school. Two years ago Crossroads Christian was runner up in the state.  Richardson gave credit to golfing coach James Darnell. “He’s a local legend,” Richardson said. He went on to say that Darnell has to be part caddy and part psychologist as a golfing coach.

Richardson, who is also head basketball coach at the school, said all of the coaches of the school’s various athletic programs would “trash talk” with each other about which one would win the school’s first state championship but all of the coaches at the school have been very supportive of Coach Darnell and his team.

Speaking about Monday’s championship Richardson said, “It was a great atmosphere when the sun was out.” The tournament had to shut down for an hour and a half due to thunderstorms to rolled through the Guilford County area on Monday afternoon.

Richardson also acknowledged that the golf team will lose some players to graduation this year but feels that the team’s underclassmen are good enough to keep the team competitive in the coming seasons.

Representing the Crossroads Christian School Colts this year at the NCISAA Boys’ State Championship were Caden Woodward, Tyler Darnell, Merritt Cogdill and Colby Taylor.

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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie 05-11-21 – What Works in the Garden

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TownTalk 5-11-21; KARTS Provides Key Service To Rural Residents

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Irene Johnson, executive director of KARTS discusses the transportation services offered by the agency, the effects of Covid-19 and the need for drivers.

Johnson stressed Kerr Area Rural Transportation Authority operates with a “safety first” approach to everything.

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The term “public transportation” may conjure up images of crowded buses headed across a busy commercial district in a large city, but rural areas have public transportation services that help people get to medical appointments or complete errands in town.

In Vance, Franklin, Granville and Warren counties, 55 KARTS buses travel the country roads to pick up rural residents who rely on public transportation.

KARTS, or Kerr Area Rural Transportation Authority, has been serving the four-county area since 1983, said Irene Johnson, KARTS executive director. She told John C. Rose Tuesday on Town Talk that she wants to spread the word about KARTS.

Anyone who needs a ride to get a COVID-19 vaccine can ride for free, Johnson said. “We will make that possible at no cost” to the rider, she said. Just call KARTS at 252.438.2573 after scheduling the vaccine appointment.

Johnson said KARTS buses are on the road Monday through Saturday, and some drivers begin their shifts behind the wheel by 2:30 a.m. Many riders go to dialysis centers she said, and appointments there start as early as 4 a.m.

But KARTS buses take riders to Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, too. A scheduler can provide details about schedules and fare costs. Visit www.kartsnc.com for a breakdown of roundtrip fares. A roundtrip fare between 1-10 miles costs $8; a roundtrip fare between 11-20 miles is $10.

Those Around the Town shuttles that scurry throughout Vance County are KARTS buses, too. Johnson said there are designated stops for those shuttles, which generally run between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

COVID-19 restrictions created extra steps for KARTS, including sanitizing machines for the vehicles when they’re off the road, as well adding hand sanitizer stations on each bus. Masks are required to board the bus, and drivers have extras for anyone who needs one.

In addition to transporting people to their medical appointments and grocery shopping, Johnson said KARTS also takes people to work. She said at least four buses deliver workers daily to their jobs at Revlon in Oxford. Johnson estimated that those 55 buses are handling an average of 400 appointments a day, down from as many as 700 at one time.

KARTS, like many other rural transport agencies across the state, need qualified drivers. “We’re comfortable at 400 (trips), but we could use 20 drivers right now,” she said.

Drivers must be at least 21 years old and pass a background check and a drug screen.

“You’ve got to be someone who likes people,” she noted. “The easy part is being behind the wheel – you may be the only person they see all day.”

(KARTS is an advertising client of WIZS.  This article and audio are not paid ads.)