Entries by WIZS Staff

Search Committee Appointed To Seek Next VGCC President

-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College  A search committee of six members of the Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees has been appointed to find a successor to Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the college’s president who is taking a position with Duke University in August. Deborah F. Brown has been appointed chair of the search committee, and […]

Commissioners to Discuss Relocation of Vance County Dept. of Social Services

-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Clerk to the Board, Vance County The Vance County Commissioners’ Properties Committee (Brummitt, Taylor, Wilder) is scheduled to meet Monday, July 30, 2018, at 3:30 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, Vance County Administration Building, 122 Young Street, Henderson, NC. Topics to be discussed include an offer on a foreclosed […]

Don’t Miss ‘Music on Main’ in Downtown Oxford!

-Information courtesy the Oxford NC, Historic Downtown Facebook page Music on Main – Downtown Oxford Friday, July 20, 2018, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Streets will begin closing at 3 p.m. Performance by Wood and Steel Band Bring a lawn chair, blanket, bug spray and your dancing shoes for a night of family fun!

Granville Co. Crime Stoppers: Stolen Utility Trailer/Lawn Mower

-Press Release, Granville County Crime Stoppers Sometime between Monday, July 16 and Wednesday, July 18, 2018, an unknown person or persons unlawfully went upon private property located off Noblin Road, Oxford, NC and criminally removed one 1998 black in color Leonard/Carson 12 ft. long X 7.5 ft. wide with 4 ft. expanded metal tailgate utility trailer […]

Oxford’s Public Works Committee Meeting Rescheduled, Mon. July 23

-Information courtesy Cynthia Bowen, City Clerk, City of Oxford  The Public Works, Water, & Infrastructure Committee for the Oxford Board of Commissioners has been rescheduled for Monday, July 23, 2018, at 2 p.m. The meeting will be held in the First Floor Training Room, City Hall, 300 Williamsboro Street, Oxford. The purpose of the meeting […]

VGCC President Dr. Williams Recognized For State Award

-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Dr. Stelfanie Williams, Vance-Granville Community College’s president, was recognized on July 16 for her honor as the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges President of the Year for 2018. Jim Rose, vice chair of the State Board, presented Dr. Williams with a plaque at a dinner held in the […]

A Bit of Magic Coming to Perry Memorial Library

-Information courtesy the Perry Memorial Library website “Professor Obediah’s Magical Emporium”  Perry Memorial Library – 205 Breckenridge St., Henderson Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at 3 p.m. in the Farm Bureau Room Return to the Victorian Era and the world of science fantasy with Professor Obediah. Miracles occur before your very eyes with creativity and imagination […]

A New Day Realty to Host Business After Hours at The Hub in Oxford

— courtesy Granville County Chamber of Commerce | Ginnie Currin, Executive Director ~ 919-693-6125 ~ ginnie@granville-chamber.com A New Day Realty will host a Business After Hours event on Thursday, July 19, 2018, from 6 – 9 p.m. at The Hub, 100 Main St., Oxford. The focus of the event will be on the promotion of “A New Day Realty is […]

Goodall’s Life Sentence in Kidnapping Case Affirmed

-Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice First Assistant United States Attorney G. Norman Acker, III announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of SHAMEIKA GOODALL, a/k/a Donna Diva, 32, of Covington, Georgia, who was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III […]

VGCC Trustee L. Opie Frazier Jr. Awarded Order of the Long Leaf Pine

-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Retiring Vance-Granville Community College Trustee L. Opie Frazier, Jr., of Henderson, the longest-serving Trustee in the history of the college, was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine at the July 16 meeting of the Board of Trustees. Members of his family gathered with Trustees in the Board Room […]