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Henderson Police Release Details in Food Lion Shooting Case
Press Release- Monday, August 21, 2017 On Saturday August 19, 2017, around 6:00 p.m. members of the Henderson Police Department responded to 1263 Dabney Drive in reference to someone being shot. Upon arrival, officers located Shaekeya Danielle Gay, 23, with a gunshot wound. Gay was transported to Maria Parham Health for treatment and was later...
New Vance County Schools Hours
New hours are in place for students who attend Vance County Schools for the 2017-2018 school year. The new student hours include: Elementary Schools: 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. E.M. Rollins: 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. Middle Schools: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. STEM Early High: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. High Schools: 7:45 a.m...
Students complete VGCC Summer Bridge program
A group of 18 incoming first-year Vance-Granville Community College students recently completed the college’s “Summer Bridge” program in preparation for the fall semester. Summer Bridge is a three-week program designed to enhance students’ transition from high school to college and prepare them to be successful during their freshman year at VGCC. On July 28, the...
Red Cross and Sport Clips Haircuts offer free haircut coupon to blood and platelet donors
DURHAM, N.C. (Aug. 21, 2017) – Feel good, do good and look good this September by donating blood or platelets with the American Red Cross and get a free haircut coupon from Sport Clips Haircuts. Blood and platelet donors of all blood types, especially type O negative and O positive, are urgently needed to replenish...
High School students explore health sciences at two VGCC campuses
High school students from across the region recently attended “Mini-Medical School” camps organized by the Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in partnership with Vance-Granville Community College. The camp was held first in June at VGCC’s South Campus, located between Butner and Creedmoor, and in July at the college’s Franklin County Campus, just outside Louisburg...
L.B. Yancey Wins School of the Year
L.B. Yancey Elementary School won the “School of the Year” award presented at the end of the school system’s Convocation for all employees at McGregor Hall in Henderson on August 17. Superintendent Anthony Jackson presented the award to Dr. Carnetta Thomas, principal of L.B. Yancey. The school captured the honor for its outstanding...
Several Granville Commissioners/Staff attend NCACC Conference
Durham, N.C. – August 10-12, hundreds of county commissioners and staff convened in Durham, N.C. for the 110th North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) Annual Conference. Granville County participated in the conference, which is held each summer to bring together county officials from the state’s 100 counties to conduct official Association business and...
