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Repository Helps Families, Law Enforcement, Public When Children Go Missing

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— information courtesy of the N.C. Center for Missing Persons

A new public resource has been launched to help families and law enforcement agencies locate missing children.

In 2024, there were 8,758 reports of missing children in the State of North Carolina. Until now, North Carolina has not had a unified way to notify the public when children go missing.  Additionally, photos of missing juveniles have not always been readily available to the public.

The Missing Child Repository includes all juveniles reported missing in North Carolina, regardless of the circumstances.  Family members can now submit a photo of a missing child to be included in the repository by emailing the child’s name and case number to missing@ncshp.gov.

“Our hope is that this public repository will aid in the location of missing juveniles across the state, as well as providing a means to identify juveniles that are unable to identify themselves,” said Morrissa Ahl-Moyer, Director of the N.C. Center for Missing Persons.

For more information about the N.C. Center for Missing Persons and to access the Missing Child Repository, visit https://nccmp.ncdps.gov/.

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“Purple Heart Community” Ceremony Friday, Mar. 7 In Henderson

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The City of Henderson will host a ceremony Friday, Mar. 7 to designate the region as a “Purple Heart Community.”

The program will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Henderson Police Department, 200 Breckenridge St.

Purple Heart recipients, their families and all veterans are cordially invited to attend.

This designation is intended to express gratitude to members of the military from the community who were either wounded in combat or who were killed in combat.

There are more than 900 Purple Heart locations across the United States honoring the 1.6 million Purple Heart recipients.

Tabernacle Methodist Pancake Fundraiser Nets $4K For Townsville Volunteer Fire Department

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Tabernacle Methodist Church of Townsville hosted a Pancake Supper to raise money for the Townsville Volunteer Fire Department.

The Feb. 28 fundraiser netted $2,000 and that amount was matched by the church’s Missions Team for a total donation of $4,000.

The fire department recently purchased a new truck replace its 1983 Ford F-5000 Engine truck.

The new truck will help the department’s ISO rating, which currently is a 6 – but that’s down from a previous rating of 9. The lower the rating, the better. The rating affects homeowners’ insurance costs.

The volunteer fire departments each received $130,000 from the county to operate and they also are reimbursed for part-time employees. But like the other volunteer fire departments, they rely on fundraisers and donations from the community. Townsville VFD has boot drives on Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend and the annual stew sale is the first Saturday in December. Mark Saturday, Dec. 6 on the calendar to purchase stew this year.

Tyrone Terry is the chief of the Townsville fire department, which also runs first responder calls into Mecklenburg County, VA, and provides mutual aid with fire calls. Mecklenburg County kicks in $4,500 for those services.