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Thomas Jefferson makes first visit to VGCC
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...
Local Pastors Visit Local Schools
Earlier in February, Pastors of local churches took time out of their busy schedules to visit four schools in the Vance County Schools system. The school system invited pastors and church leaders throughout Vance County to take part in the four-hour event during the morning to learn more about the many positive things happening in...
Warren and Granville Legal Press Releases
Warren 02-23-16 Press Release Granville 02-26-16 Press Release Warrenton, NC – Warren County Superior Case Management Court was held Monday, February 22, 2016. The Honorable Donald W. Stephens was the Superior Court Judge presiding over this session of Court. Bond motions were held in the cases of State of North Carolina vs. Darren Alston, State of...
Henderson Man Arrested on Federal Drug Charges
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...
Granville Vance Tornado Path
Director of Emergency Operations for Henderson and Vance County Brian Short provided the picture below to WIZS News by email. In his email, he wrote, “(Wednesday’s) tornadoes caused significant damage in the northern portion of Vance County. While we believe at this time that we had three separate tornadoes in total, I have attached some locational...
4 Confirmed Tornado Touchdowns in Vance County
Director of Emergency Management for Henderson and Vance County told WIZS News, “We have at least four confirmed tornado touchdowns in Vance County.” He said he thought it was all from the same tornado. “The weather service will have to confirm that from doppler imaging. They are also technically going to have to confirm that...
