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One-stop early voting is now underwat and will continue through Saturday, Mar. 2. Vance County Board of Elections Director Jennifer Cocklin reminds voters they have two locations where they can cast their votes in advance of the Mar. 5 primary: The county’s Youth Services building (Eaton-Johnson gymnasium) at 500 N. Beckford Dr. Aycock Recreational Center, […]
Anyone who dropped in during Tuesday’s NCDOT meeting at E.M. Rollins School got a chance to view project maps and speak with transportation officials about just what the $57 million Dabney Drive upgrade is going to look like. From initial conceptual drawings, what it’s going to look like is very different. The proposed upgrades […]
Vance County Deputy County Manager/Chief Finance Officer Katherine Bigelow was relieved of her duties last week, according to County Manager Renee Perry, for fraud and falsification of records for personal profit. “Katherine was terminated as of Feb. 9 – last Friday,” Perry told WIZS News. Perry said Bigelow, who had said she was a licensed […]
One-stop early voting for the Mar. 5 primary begins in less than two days and the Granville County Board of Elections reminds voters to bring a photo ID to make your trip to the polls smooth and simple. The early voting begins Thursday, Feb. 15 and continues through Saturday, Mar. 2. The polls will be […]
An optimistic person may look at the completed – and unoccupied – shell building at the Henderson-Vance Industrial Park and say “if you build it, they will come.” The pessimist may say “don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” Well, the shell building was built and a buyer in hand, until the 11th hour when […]
The Henderson City Council gave the green light Monday to fire department officials to apply for a $2.5 million FEMA grant to purchase a new ladder truck. The department’s ladder truck has been out of commission since April 2023 and isn’t expected to come back into service for several more months. The Council voted unanimously […]
For the fourth year in a row, Vance County Schools has been recognized by a statewide organization for excellence in communications. The district took four Blue Ribbon awards at a recent ceremony of the North Carolina School Public Relations Association, according to information from VCS Chief Communication Officer Aarika Sandlin. Of the 344 awards given […]
-information courtesy of Franklin County Public Information Officer James F. Hicks, III Franklin County Public Utilities experienced a discharge of more than 32,000 gallons of untreated wastewater at the Industrial Park Pump Station. The discharge was the result of a complete mechanical system failure. The discharge started Friday, Feb. 9 and concluded on Saturday, […]
The N.C. Department of Transportation is hosting a public, drop-in style meeting Tuesday, Feb. 13 for people to learn more about the proposed project that would help ease congestion and improve safety on Dabney Drive. The proposed project would improve Dabney Drive from Coble Boulevard to U.S. 158 Business, including construction of a roundabout at […]
Frances Garrett is putting on an estate sale to benefit the American Cancer Society. Make plans to come out to shop beginning Tuesday, Feb. 13. Garrett is a cancer survivor and she and her loyal volunteers have all the items priced and ready for sale, according to Aaron Ramsey, one of the volunteers that makes […]
