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The Vance-Granville Community College chapter of the national SkillsUSA organization, established only a few months ago, now has its first official student leaders. On Feb. 29, four students signed their contracts and took their oaths as chapter officers. They included President Benjamin Layton of Kittrell (a Criminal Justice Technology student), Secretary/Treasurer Ashley Allen of Henderson […]
The North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission has awarded a $25,000 grant to Vance-Granville Community College to support students in a pair of training programs. The grant, for a project entitled “Cultivating and Growing Agricultural Communities,” will help cover the cost of tuition and other fees for eligible students in the “NC REAL Agricultural Entrepreneurship” […]
Vance-Granville Community College has scheduled its fourth annual Biotech Workshop for local high school students, as one of a series of VGCC Arts & Sciences camps and workshops being held this year. All tenth, eleventh and twelfth graders who have taken or are currently taking biology and chemistry are invited to attend the workshop, which […]
HPD Press Release On Wednesday, February 24, 2016, members of the Henderson Police Department Special Operations Unit executed a search warrant at 1112 David Street in Henderson. Officers initiated an investigation after receiving complaints of drug activity in the area. Quentin Lamar Simmons, 39, 1112 David Street, Henderson was charged with the following offenses: felony […]
Vance-Granville Community College students, faculty, staff and members of the community recently felt that they were in the presence of one of our nation’s Founding Fathers, when Bill Barker, in character as President Thomas Jefferson, presented the first in a series of three lectures. Barker has a local connection, as his father was an Oxford […]
Henderson Police Department Press Release On Thursday, on February 25, 2016, members of the Henderson Police Department Special Operations Unit, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the Raleigh Police Department arrested a Henderson man on federal drug charges. Keith Antoine Thorpe, 39, 3263 Hwy 158 Business, Henderson was charged with one […]
On Tuesday evening at the West End Baptist Church the West End Community Watch Group met at 6:30 p.m. to receive updates from Henderson Police Officers and to partake in a Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers presentation. Henderson Police Officers addressed several issues in the West End Community such as speeding and litter along the roadways. If […]
From the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce is now seeking nominations for the 2015 Small Business of the Year. This award honors a local small business, which provides a critical product or service, fills a void in the business community or has a unique approach to the delivery of goods […]
From Annette Roberson The Henderson-Vance Chamber announces their continued growth in its membership, with Davis-Royster Funeral Service at 926 South Garnett Street in Henderson. This new member represents a business that is actively contributing to the success and economic activity of this region. Davis-Royster has not only joined the Chamber but expanded and will be […]
Marcus Lamont Fields, age 36, of Poplar Street in Henderson was reported missing on January 2, 2016. His body was discovered in a makeshift grave on Saturday, February 13, 2016. The site where the body was found is located in a wooded area a short distance north of the City of Henderson. An autopsy is […]
