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E.O. Young Elementary Celebrates Successful Science and Spaghetti Night
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release February 13, 2017 E.O. Young Jr. Elementary School celebrated science during a special Science and Spaghetti Night event on Thursday, February 9, at the school. The evening featured parents and students visiting classrooms and participating in science experiments and activities led by teachers. Students in third grade and fifth...
Foundation creates scholarship for VGCC students in memory of Vance County native
The Watkins Family Foundation, created by the estate of Vance County native Edward Tarry Watkins, has donated $25,000 to the Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund to endow a scholarship to help underprivileged women. The donation to VGCC is actually the first made by the newly-established, Houston, Texas-based foundation, according to Meghan Watkins Thompson, a granddaughter...
Franklin County Man Allegedly Shoots Two in Stolen Gun Argument
Press Release The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Investigative Unit issued warrants on a Franklin County resident. On 02/10/2017, warrants were issued on Jon Edward Check with Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury. On 02/10/2017, Jon Edward Check was arrested by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Investigative Unit. He is under a $40,000 bond...
GCPS School Board Seeks Public Input on Superintendent Search
Press Release Granville County Board of Education February 7, 2017 The Granville County Board of Education has hired the North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA) to help facilitate its search for the next Superintendent of Granville County Public Schools (GCPS). To that end, the board is seeking direct input from interested members of the staff...
Warrenton Man charged with Discharging Weapon into Occupied Property
The Warren County Sheriff’ Office Criminal Investigations Division, arrested Allen Brown of 231 Hester Road, Warrenton, NC on 2/2/2017. Brown was charged with one count of Discharge of a weapon into occupied property stemming from a December 2016 incident involving a shooting into a Warren County EMS ambulance traveling on Hester Road. Bond was set...
H-V Recreation and Parks Department to hold Coaches Meetings
February 6, 2017 To youth league baseball/softball coaches, This is to inform you about the youth baseball/softball coaches meetings. These meetings will take place at the Aycock Recreation Complex in the meeting room which is located on the second floor of the Baseball/Softball Concession Building. These meetings are scheduled for the following dates and times:...
Franklinton Man Allegedly Pours Gas/Sets Fire to Victim
Press Release: The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Investigation Unit arrested William Thomas Hester, a Franklin County resident on February 5, 2017 and charged him with: First Degree Arson and Felony Assault Inflicting Serious Bodily Injury. The incident is alleged to have occurred on February 5, 2017 at 17 Highland Way, Franklinton. The suspect, William Hester...
