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The Henderson Vance Downtown Development Commission is hosting a few upcoming events to bring people downtown! Spring Fling is on June 3rd, 2017, featuring food trucks, including craft beer Aviator Brewery, DJ and Dancers on Breckenridge Street. Independence Day Celebration on July 1st, 2017 featuring a parade down Garnett Street starting at 10:00 a.m., leading to […]
High school students from throughout the region are invited to learn about health sciences and careers in medicine by participating in the 2017 “Mini-Medical School” Summer Camp, conducted by the Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in partnership with Vance-Granville Community College. The intensive, week-long day camp is being offered twice: June 12-16, at VGCC’s […]
Press Release- May 7, 2017 On Saturday May 6, 2017, at 10:18 p.m. members of the Henderson Police Department responded to the 800 block of Nicholas Street in reference to someone being shot. Upon arrival, officers located Mardell Wendell Wynn, 29, with a gunshot wound. Vance County EMS responded to the scene and pronounced Wynn […]
— written by Paul McKenzie Courtesy: Vance County Cooperative Extension On May 16, produce farmers have an opportunity to learn more about managing food safety risks from farm to market by attending a full day workshop on Navigating the Harmonized GAP Audit. This event, hosted by North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Vance County Center will be […]
Francis Scotland, Jr., of Oxford, a student in the College Transfer program at Vance-Granville Community College, was recently the college’s nominee for the North Carolina Community College System’s Governor Robert W. Scott Student Leadership Award for 2017. The award was established in 2004 in honor of Scott, who served as Governor of North Carolina from […]
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release May 4, 2017 Students who are members of the junior class at the Vance County Early College High School have been selected as graduation marshals to assist in events for the Class of 2017. The 10 junior marshals were honored at a luncheon on April 28 at the school. […]
TO: News Media FROM: Granville County Crime Stoppers DATE: May 4th 2017 SUBJECT: BURGLARY/LARCENY/VANDALISM On Thursday, March 30th, 2017 during late evening hours an unknown person or persons unlawfully went upon […]
WIZS 1450 AM and wizs.com broadcast the Day of Prayer Service at City Hall. There is a Facebook Live video of part of that service at facebook.com/wizsradio. WIZS also broadcast the local version of the 66th Annual National Day of Prayer Rally at 7 p.m. in the gym at Southern Vance High School. The entire […]
With the regular season over, the Griffins finished 14-10 overall and 11-1 in conference play, clinching their very first baseball conference championship. The Griffins took another step forward in the young program’s history. Last year, in the first season of varsity play the team finished 12-12 overall and 3rd in the conference. The Griffins will […]
The Griffin’s Middle School softball team finished their inaugural season unbeaten. “We are very proud of this team. We go from not being certain if we have enough interest to actually have enough play, to having a history making season,” says Head coach Joe Don Cooper. When Cooper and Assistant coach Eddie Blake opened try […]
