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Candidates For Sheriff Determined In May 17 Primary
Robert Fountain and Vance Johnson will face off in the race for Granville County Sheriff in November, each coming out on top in their respective races in the May 17 primary elections. According to the N.C. Board of Elections, 8,325 voters cast ballots in Granville County for the primary, from a total 39,851 registered voters ...
CPR Workshop En Español For Farmworkers
-Information courtesy of Warren County Cooperative Extension Service The N.C. Cooperative Extension in Warren County is hosting a CPR workshop for Spanish-speaking farmworkers in the area. The workshop will be held Tuesday, May 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Warren County EMS building, located at 890 U.S. 158 Bypass in Warrenton. ...
Granville County Middle School Get $5K Grant To Boost Library Collection
– information courtesy of Granville County Public Schools Butner-Stem Middle School is one of 300 schools in 44 states across the country to receive a $5,000 grant through the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries. The foundation has awarded $1.5 million in library grants this year, Many of the libraries will use the funds to ...
Granville Board of Education Set To Meet May 20 To Discuss Drawing Down Lottery Funds
-Information courtesy of Dr. Stan Winborne, public information officer for Granville County Public Schools The Granville County Board of Education will meet for a special called meeting on Friday, May 20, at 2:30 p.m. to review and approve an application for Granville County to draw down North Carolina Education Lottery funds. This meeting will be ...
Investigation continues in report of armed suspects inside local Walmart
Henderson police continue to investigate following a report Tuesday of possible armed suspects inside the local Walmart. So far, no arrests have been made in the case. Police were called to the Walmart, located at 200 N. Cooper Dr. at about 4:15 p.m. on a report of possible armed suspects inside the store. The first ...
HPD: 3 Arrested On Drug Charges
Henderson police arrested three men earlier this week on various drug charges following a search at a home on Eastside Drive. Police officers served a narcotic search warrant on Monday, May 16 at 803 Eastside Dr. and seized several semi-automatic weapons, 520 dosage units of heroin and drug-manufacturing equipment, according to a statement from Henderson ...
Vance County Primary Election Results
The Vance County portion of the May 17, 2022 primary saw final, unofficial results in less than two hours after the polls closed at 7:30 p.m. and two challengers in the winners column. Not a situation of being too close to call but indeed a situation of being very close was Sean Alston’s 270 votes ...
Warren County Gets $500,000 Grant To Assess “Brownfields”
Warren County has been awarded an EPA grant of $500,000 to conduct a community-wide assessment of properties that may contain hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants, adversely affecting their future use or development. The county is one 13 entities from across the state for funds from the EPA’s Brownfields Assessment Program, according to information from the ...
Town Talk: First Fruits Farms Balloon Festival
Jason Brown’s faith has led him to do some interesting things since he retired from his NFL football career and he and his family have used their farm in Franklin County to do everything from growing and giving away produce to transforming an old dairy barn into a wedding venue. And on Memorial Day weekend, ...
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