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Inaugural Movie Night – Sat, Sept 23
The Town of Warrenton is proud to announce its first ever Family Movie Night on the historic courthouse square. The event begins about 7 p.m. Saturday. The feature film will be the 2016 Disney feature “The Jungle Book.” In an email to WIZS News, Mike Coffman, Town of Warrenton Commissioner, said the town recently bought...
Franklin County Man charged with Second Degree Murder
On Thursday, September 21st the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Investigative Unit arrested Ricky Barlow Weese Jr., a Franklin County Resident. Ricky Barlow Weese Jr. was charged with the following: Second Degree Murder and Felony Child Abuse-Inflicting Serious Physical Injury. This incident is alleged to have occurred on March 11th involving the death of an eight...
Mobile Dairy Classroom visits Southern Vance
The Mobile Dairy Classroom from the Southland Dairy Farmers association, based in Texas, visited with Career and Technical Education students at Southern Vance High School during three class periods on September 20. Courtney Bumgarner of the association, led each of the presentations to students. Her mobile classroom included a trailer, which is the “on the...
Oxford Prep’s Gillis and Simmons headed to HOBY Leadership Seminar
Congratulations to Oxford Preparatory School sophomores Danny Gillis and Ian Simmons for their selection to represent the Griffins at the 2018 HOBY Leadership Seminar. Danny is the son of Kay and Peter Gillis from Wake Forest, NC. Ian, son of Candace and Demmarcus Simmons, is from Henderson, NC. The two young leaders were selected by...
VGCC Trustees adopt budget for 2017-2018
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees adopted a budget of $32,324,089 for the new fiscal year at its bi-monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 18, on the college’s Main Campus. The trustees approved VGCC’s budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 on a recommendation from the Budget Committee of the board, chaired by Trustee Abdul Sm Rasheed...
VGCC announces free Small Business Summit with holiday focus
The Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center has scheduled its sixth annual Small Business Summit for Tuesday, Oct. 24, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., at the Lake Gaston Lions Club in Henrico. Entitled “Making the Holidays Pay Off,” the free event is designed to help local businesses plan ahead for the upcoming holiday season...
