Valedictorian Lanasia Williams asked her classmates, “Can you believe it?” Her query was of the Warren County High School Class of 2013 reaching graduation day, and the contrast of how time moves both quickly and slowly. A few moments later, through an emotionally moving speech, a crowd of several hundred family and friends understood better what it means to believe.
The commissioners will hold a public hearing on the budget during their regular meeting, which will begin at 7 p.m. in the Granville County Expo and Convention Center.
Arrests, citation reports from the Oxford Police Department, Granville County Sheriff's Office and Warren County Sheriff's Office.
Club 15, an organization made up of members from Beacon Light Lodge and Goodwill Baxter, put on the third annual Community Day Saturday afternoon.
Warren County Early College held its first commencement ceremony on Friday evening, where 21 fifth-year seniors received diplomas.
Vance County Rescue and the Bearpond Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene of a head-on collision on N.C. 39 South south of Vanco Mill Road Friday afternoon.
More than 40 teams had helped move Granville within about $50,000 of the 2013 goal before Friday's big event began.
Students at New Hope Elementary in Henderson are crossing the finish line of a program that’s been preparing them for their End Of Grade tests, which begin next week. Race to the EOG tests, a hands-on interactive program incorporating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, has allowed students in grades three, four, and five to build their own carbon dioxide cartridge drag cars.
The Henderson City Council is slated to receive the city’s fiscal year 2014 budget Monday during a special called session at City Hall. The administrative staff work on the budget continues through the weekend, according to City Manager Ray Griffin, adding that it will be a tight schedule to make the 6 p.m. deadline Monday.
An Oxford man serving a three-year federal supervised release order that ended a national bomb-threat enterprise case has been charged by his mother on threat and vandalism charges.
