Entries by Bill Harris

SportsTalk: Wilkerson Helps College Baseball Players Take The Next Step

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Daniel Wilkerson has traveled a long way since his days of playing baseball for his father, Todd Wilkerson, at Kerr-Vance Academy.  His baseball journey has taken him to Randolph Macon College and then to East Carolina University and now to the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod League. “I’m following in my father’s footsteps,” Wilkerson […]

The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: Place Names

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What’s in a name? So many places within the four-county area got their names as a way to honor prominent families of the day; landowners who donated land for the railroad to come through back in the late 1880s, for example, resulted in town names like Stovall, Townsville and Stem. An area hit the “big […]

Home And Garden Show

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Start planning your Fall vegetable garden Do you plan to do some home canning? Be sure to follow up-to-date recommendations. Keep hydrated, take rest breaks when doing garden chores during  hot temperatures Tomatoes and peppers may drop blossoms due to high temperatures. They should […]

The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 07-05-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for July 5, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email Michele@hendersonvance.org to be included.   Freight Handler/Order Filler Walmart Distribution Center – Henderson, […]