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Head Start Under Fire
by George Rush and WIZS News Staff RECENT UPDATE The Head Start Board has held two special meetings, the most recent being on September 10. The two meetings have been described as “Mass Chaos,” with those in attendance challenging the Board and Staff with comments such as: don’t you dare look at me or I...
Commissioner Wright’s Funeral Arrangements
Funeral arrangements have been finalized for Commissioner Eddie Wright. The funeral is scheduled for Monday, September 14 at 1:00 p.m. at South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church in Henderson. The family visitation will be at 11:00 a.m. that same morning. Mr. Wright will be buried Tuesday, September 15 at the Maryland National Memorial Cemetery in Beltsville...
FORMER VANCE COUNTY EMPLOYEE PLEADED GUILTY TO CLASS C FELONY
Vance County residents now have more answers in an embezzlement case that dates back to July of 2014. Christa Harris Reavis pleaded guilty late Wednesday afternoon to one count of embezzlement by a government employee in excess of $100,000, a Class C Felony. As a part of her plea, Harris was ordered to pay $20,000.00 to...
Cocaine Trafficking Arrests
Press Release- September 3, 2015 On Tuesday, September 1, 2015, members of the Henderson Police Department Special Operations Unit and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation arrested three individuals on cocaine trafficking charges. Those arrested and charged are as follows: Arnold Frank Booth Jr., 52, 125 Bearpond Road Lot 8, Henderson was charged with...
Be Careful with Wi-Fi
It should come as no shock to you that internet, computer and Wi-Fi scams are on the increase. Your favorite coffee house or the lobby of a hotel/motel or the local public library, where ever you find yourself using the internet in “public,” this may be a train wreck waiting to happen. Some people (scam...
Grades Up in Vance; Graduation Too
Data released Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction for the 2014-2015 school year is encouraging for the Vance County School System. Eight Vance County Schools increased performance by one letter grade as determined by the state required School Performance grading system. The four-year cohort graduation rate increased by more than four percentage points...
Preview: Optimist Bowl
by Kevin Bullock It has been a tale of two seasons for Vance County High School football teams. Northern Vance comes into Friday’s game red hot against Southern, and yet the Raiders will look to turn their season around against the crosstown Vikings. Northern Vance has already picked up a victory this season over 4A...
Drivers Ed in Vance
While not a direct quote attributable to anyone in particular, it seems that too much is still up in the air on the issue of Drivers Education, especially as it pertains to concrete decisions from State Legislators, and it appears, based on comments anyway, that Vance County officials would like to wait for more solid...
Wilson: Vance Teacher of the Year
Robin Wilson, a third-grade teacher at New Hope Elementary School, is the 2015-2016 Vance County Schools’ Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Wilson has a total of 41 years of teaching experience, with 30 years of teaching in Virginia. She is in her second year as a faculty member at New Hope after teaching for the...
2015 Ducky Derby Results
Smart Start had a good Ducky Derby turnout with about 1,000 people attending the event this past Saturday, August 29. The event started at 10:00 A.M. and concluded after the big Duck Race at 2:00 PM. Smart Start was a big winner raising about $5,500 for the Smart Start Program. Other big winners were: 1st...
