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Oxford Prep Students Personalize Parking Spots
The final year of high school has already begun for the Oxford Prep Class of 2018. Once again, Griffin seniors joined together on a weekend in early August to personalize their senior parking spot. Friends, brothers and sisters, parents and others join with the seniors to spend a weekend painting their own design creations on...
NC Army National Guard Deactivation of the 1132nd Military Police Company
RALEIGH, N.C. – As part of a nationwide U.S. Army and National Guard force reduction/reorganization plan, the North Carolina Army National Guard will deactivate the 1132nd Military Police Company, at its headquarters in Rocky Mount, on Sunday, Aug 6, 2017. The deactivation of the 1132nd has been planned for over a year. Approximately150 soldiers are...
Operation Summer Magic Results in Six Arrests in Franklin County
RALEIGH – Nearly 40 law enforcement and probation/parole officers, as well as support staff from state, local and federal agencies, joined forces this week for Operation Summer Magic, an enforcement operation that served outstanding criminal warrants and conducted compliance checks on high risk and violent offenders on probation and parole in Franklin County. “Law enforcement...
Newly Hired Correctional Officers to Get Training More Quickly
Department Implements New Approach to Correctional Officer Training RALEIGH – In an effort to improve safety at state prisons, the Department of Public Safety is launching a new approach to train newly hired correctional officers more quickly. New officers will begin basic correctional officer training at the start of their second week on the job...
ICYMI: N.C. SBI and Virginia State Police Coordinate Marijuana Eradication Operation
RALEIGH – A joint North Carolina-Virginia marijuana eradication operation July 25-26 yielded more than 800 plants seized in Granville, Vance and Warren counties. Two stolen vehicles were recovered as well. On the north side of the state line, the Virginia State Police seized 25 plants and 20 guns. Charges are pending on one individual. North Carolina’s...
McGregor Hall Announces Acts, Introduces Series Packages for 2017-2018
McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center is introducing discounted series packages with more than a dozen shows scheduled for the 2017-2018 season. Series tickets go on sale Monday, July 31, with Grammy-winning Country Artist Lorrie Morgan, a Motown revue, a new stage play by a renown African-American playwright, four Christian acts, a Christmas “spectacular” and a...
