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Reminder: Farmers Have Until Dec. 20 to Apply for Hurricane Disaster Relief
-Information courtesy Paul McKenzie, Area Agent, Vance/Warren Co. Cooperative Extension Farmers have until 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2018, to begin an application for the NCDA&CS Hurricane Disaster Relief program. Assistance is available from both the Vance and Warren offices of NC Cooperative Extension, and also available through the NCDA&CS Agriculture Disaster Assistance Hotline...
NCDOT to Suspend Most Construction During Holidays Beginning Dec. 21
-Press Release, N.C. Department of Transportation With a busy Christmas and New Year holiday travel week being predicted, the N. C. Department of Transportation is suspending most road and lane closures on interstates, U. S. and N.C. routes across the state from Friday, Dec. 21, to Wednesday, Jan. 2. There will be some exceptions where...
Suspect Wanted for Break-In at Clark’s Grocery, BP Station
-Information and photo courtesy the Vance County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page Over Monday night (Dec. 17) into Tuesday morning (Dec. 18), the pictured subject broke into Clark’s Grocery on Vicksboro Road. He is also believed to be the suspect in the break-in at the BP Station on Highway 39 South over the weekend. If you...
VGCC Announces Four New Classes for Food Truck Entrepreneurs
-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Vance-Granville Community College’s Mobile Food Truck Entrepreneurship classes return to the college’s Main Campus in Vance County starting in January with four new seminars on food service. Sponsored by VGCC’s Small Business Center, students can take all or as many of the classes they choose. Each of the free classes is...
Vance Co. Properties Committee to Discuss REO Properties at Jan. 2 Meeting
-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Executive Assistant/Clerk to Board, Vance County Board of Commissioners Vance County’s Properties Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at 4 p.m. in the Administrative Conference Room of the Vance County Administration Building located at 122 Young Street in Henderson. The committee will discuss REO properties and possible minimum...
Habanero Grill Arsonist Caught on Camera; Reward Offered for Info. Leading to Arrest
-Information courtesy Marcus Barrow, Chief of Police, Henderson Police Department In conjunction with the Henderson Fire Department and with assistance from the SBI, the Henderson Police Department is seeking the assistance of the public in the investigation of a Breaking and Entering, Larceny, and Arson case. In the early morning hours of Monday, December 17...
Vance Co. DSS Selects 44 Children for This Year’s ‘Shop With A Cop’ Event
-Information courtesy Sheri Moss, Vance County Dept. of Social Services WIZS News is pleased to provide additional details regarding the annual Shop With A Cop event. In addition to the $6,000 raised in a fundraiser sponsored by the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce and Maria Parham Health, the Vance County Department of Social Services plays a...
Re-Elected Board of Education Members Sworn In to New Terms
At the meeting of the Vance County Board of Education Monday night, Board of Education members who were re-elected in November were sworn in to serve new four-year terms. Those receiving the oath were Gloria J. White, Ruth Hartness, Margaret Ellis and Darlynn Oxendine. The Honorable Henry Hight, Jr. administered the oath of office. Each...
Waste Industries Christmas & New Year’s Pick Up Schedule
-Information courtesy Esther J. McCrackin, City Clerk, City of Henderson Waste Industries will be closed Tuesday, December 25, 2018, in observance of Christmas and Tuesday, January 1, 2019, in observance of New Year’s Day. For the time period of December 25-28, 2018, and January 1-4, 2019, regularly-scheduled pick up will be delayed by one day. For...
