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US Foods, one of the nation’s leading food service distributors, is supporting a Vance-Granville Community College student in a nationwide culinary competition. Renee Wilder, US Foods territory manager for the region that includes the college service area, recently presented contributions to the VGCC Endowment Fund to help send Dustin Gregory of Oxford, a student in […]
For the second time in as many months, a bear has been hit by a car in the Vance-Granville area, and the resulting injuries required that the bear be euthanized. Unlike last time when the bear involved was hit on I-85 in Granville County, this time it happened in the city limits of Henderson. Police […]
On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, members of the Henderson Police Department Special Operations Unit executed a search warrant at 410 Julia Street, Henderson. During the search, officers seized a quantity of cocaine, U. S. Currency, pills and a firearm. Two individuals were charged as a result of the search. Shameeha Sarah Sommerville, 30, 410 Julia […]
Students who attend Henderson Middle School will be required to wear school uniforms for the 2016-2017 school year following action by the Vance County Board of Education on June 13. The board approved a recommendation by Superintendent Anthony Jackson that the school be allowed to require the uniforms based on information shared by Principal John […]
Dr. Ben F. Currin, the former president of Vance-Granville Community College, formally received the highest honor bestowed by the North Carolina Community College System, the I.E. Ready Award, at a recent ceremony. Held on May 27 at the Brio restaurant in Raleigh, the luncheon marked a VGCC “family reunion” that brought together longtime college trustees, […]
Vance-Granville Community College recently celebrated the graduation of a number of outgoing leaders in its Student Government Association (SGA), sending many of them off to four-year universities, including Duke, East Carolina, N.C. State, N.C. Wesleyan, NCCU and UNC-Charlotte. Among them is Lydia Hendrick of Oxford, SGA senator for the college’s South Campus, who graduated with […]
Henderson Police Department Press Release On Monday, June 13, 2016, members of the Henderson Police Department Special Operations Unit, Criminal Investigation Division, and U. S. Marshall’s arrested Antoine Clack. Clack, 24, of 1218 Toppleman Street, Henderson was placed in the Vance County Jail without privilege of bond. Clack was wanted by the North Carolina Department […]
On Monday night, the Henderson City Council approved the fiscal year 2016-2017 budget. There was little discussion before the final budget of $38,065,594 was adopted. The budget review process has been underway for the past six weeks. Set was the property tax rate at $0.712 to each $100.00 in valuation on taxable property. Despite an […]
On June 7, 2016, at approximately 7:35 PM officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to the area of 201 Harriett Street in reference to a person who had been shot. Upon arrival, officers found Troy Person, 52, of Henderson, suffering from a gunshot wound. Vance County EMS arrived and transported Mr. Person to an […]
The Performing Arts Center at McGregor Hall wants you to “leave your mark and ‘Take a Seat.’” In addition to purchasing tickets for events in the new performing arts center, patrons are being given the opportunity to leave a lasting impression by naming a seat in honor or memory of individuals, groups, businesses and organizations. […]
