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VGCC’s Welding Technology Program at Franklin Earns Vanguard Cup
-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Vance-Granville Community College’s interim president, Dr. Gordon Burns, has honored a team of faculty members in the Welding Technology program at the Franklin Campus by awarding them the “Vanguard Cup” for excellence in education. The department became the fourth recipients of the cup, an honor created by the President’s Office...
Rebuilding Hope Aims to Partner With Additional Ministries in 2019
-Information courtesy Rebuilding Hope, Inc. Rebuilding Hope wants to be your ministry partner in 2019. “It’s important for us to do this,” RHI coordinator Randolph Wilson says. “Together we can do much more than on our own. Our aim all along has been to come alongside other ministries with resources that will help them reach...
Registration Underway for Vance Co. Special Olympics Volleyball
-Information and flyer courtesy Tara Goolsby, Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Facilities Supervisor, Aycock Recreation Center Vance County’s Special Olympics Volleyball will play on Tuesday nights from March 26 through May 28, 2019, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Aycock Rec. Center. Applicants must pre-register by Friday, March 8, 2019. For more information contact Crystal...
Federal Charges Adopted Against Three Arrestees From Yancey Lane Raid
-Press Release, Vance County Sheriff’s Office THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS ADOPTED FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST THREE OF THE ARRESTEES FROM THE RAID AT 310 YANCEY LANE ON DECEMBER 6, 2018. THE THREE DEFENDANTS ARE IN FEDERAL CUSTODY. THEY ARE: RUFUS KENNY WILLIAMS, AGE 46, 310 YANCEY LANE...
Bus Driver Training for Vance Co. Schools to be Held in January
-Press Release, Vance County Schools Vance County Schools will be hosting school bus driver training classes Tuesday, January 15, through Thursday, January 17, 2019, in Room I-103 at Vance County Middle School from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. each day. Those interested in participating in the training sessions must register at least five business days prior to the session. The school system’s Transportation Department...
Harris Exhibit Hall Presents ‘Granville Greats: Footprints in History’
-Information courtesy the Granville County Historical Society Museums website Harris Exhibit Hall’s newest exhibit, Granville Greats: Footprints in History, is now open for viewing! Learn about 75 individuals from Granville County that have impacted history locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally. Enjoy interactive exhibits as well as a train display! These individuals have left behind a legacy:...
VGCC Apprentice at Frigi-Temp Places Third in State Fair Contest
-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Cyrus Jover of Henderson, the first participant in Vance-Granville Community College’s new apprenticeship partnership with Frigi-Temp of Youngsville, took third place in the North Carolina State Fair HVAC Apprenticeship Competition in October. “I’m extremely proud of Cyrus and the way he represented the Frig-Temp team,” said Cory Thornton, chief operating...
Aycock Rec. Center to Offer Beginning Yoga Classes
-Information and flyer courtesy Tara Goolsby, Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Facilities Supervisor, Aycock Recreation Center Beginning Yoga classes will be held in the Aycock Recreation Center’s Multi-Purpose Room on Thursday evenings from 6:15 to 7 p.m. Classes begin Thursday, January 3 and end Thursday, March 28, 2018. These sessions are based on basic Yoga techniques...
City of Oxford Announces Holiday Closings
-Information courtesy the City of Oxford website The City of Oxford offices will be closed for business December 24 – 26, 2018, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Garbage pick up will be one day later this week due to the holidays – with the exception of Monday, which will run as regularly scheduled. Ex:...
Five Aliens Indicted on Illegal Reentry Charges; One Found in Franklin Co.
-Press Release, U.S. Dept. of Justice Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging BRAYAN ALEXANDER FUNEZ-ESPINOZA, age 28, of Mexico, ROMERO FLORES-AGUILAR, age 30, of Mexico, JESUS GARCIA HERNANDEZ, age 43, of Mexico, RODOLFO ROA-SAUCEDO, age...
