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Henderson Driver License Office Closing at 1:00 p.m. Today
Officials with NC DMV have alerted WIZS News that the Henderson Driver License Office will close at 1:00 p.m. today. The reason for the closing is to replace the office carpeting. The office will reopen Monday at noon. All offices are closed tomorrow and will reopen Monday in observance of the Easter Holiday. The Henderson...
Police Issue Phone Scam Public Notice
Scammers are using the threat of arrest warrants to pressure people into forking over hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars. Today the Henderson Police Department was contacted by a citizen who stated that she was threaten that if she didn’t pay $6,000 to the IRS that she would be arrested. The call came from a Texas...
2017 Sales Season Begins April 22
Vance County Regional Farmers Market 2017 Sales Season Begins April 22 The Vance County Regional Farmers Market will begin its 2017 sales season Saturday, April 22. Market Manager Tracy Madigan says, “The Spring Fling Market will be open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It will feature numerous craft vendors, bedding plants...
Southern Vance Symphonic Band rated “Excellent”
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release April 11, 2017 The Southern Vance High School Symphonic Band earned an “Excellent” rating during competition at the Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) for North Carolina in late March. The band attended the stringent high school band judging process at Apex Friendship School in Apex. This is the first time...
Longtime Local Leader David Averette Named Principal of FMS
Louisburg, N. C. — As school officials prepare for the 2017-18 school year, the local board of education named David Averette Principal of Franklinton Middle School at its regular meeting on Monday evening. Averette, who has served as Assistant Principal of Franklinton High School since 2007, says he’s excited for the opportunity to build on the growth...
Northern Vance High School Achieves AdvancED Accreditation
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release April 11, 2017 Northern Vance High School administrators, staff and students completed two thorough days of examination by a team of educators from the AdvancED accreditation agency and received the prestigious accreditation! The five-year accreditation was granted after an external review team met with Principal Andrew Markoch and his...
Henderson Man Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon
NEW BERN – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court on April 5, 2017, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced WILLIAM LACHLIAN ORMOND, III, 29, of Henderson, NC to 57 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release. ORMOND was named in an Indictment...
