Oxford News

Dill Air Controls Products LLC and How2Media have completed their recent film shoot on the "World's Greatest!..." television series.

City commissioners are expected tonight to consider a request from the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments for a one-time special assessment in the amount of $11,761. Oxford is one of 21 government entities comprising the Kerr-Tar council, and each has been asked to help cover a deficit incurred by unintentional use of a revolving loan fund ... (more)

"Granville Primary Care - A Focus on Patient-Centered Care for the Entire Family" will be the theme for the Oxford Meal and More session Wednesday, from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dr.

Mother's Day Gospel Fest, a benefit concert for the Eckerd Parenting Program, will take place Saturday, from 6 p.m. until, in the gymnasium at Western Vance High School, 2785 Poplar Creek Road, Henderson.

Nearly 500 students are expected to receive degrees and diplomas this evening as Vance-Granville Community College hosts its 2013 curriculum graduation ceremony.

The Oxford area's new charter school, Oxford Preparatory High School, will conduct a plate sale May 16, from 11 a.m.-6 p.m., across from CVS, 215 Williamsboro St., Oxford.

An Oxford man with a family recipe for whisky that is almost as old as the nation navigated forward from a Henderson zoning board's split decision in December on his idea to develop a distillery on Williams Street.

Henderson police have arrested a 17-year-old and charged him with first-degree murder connected to a homicide death this past Saturday night.

Darien Hicks, 21, of 4576 Raleigh Road, Henderson, was arrested May 7 on charges of obtaining stolen property by fraud, larceny and breaking and entering.

Granville County's budget for the fiscal year 2013-2014 will be presented Monday evening by Brian Alligood, the county manager, at commissioners' meeting.

J.F. Webb High School members of the J.F. Webb High School Class of 1973 have organized a planning committee for their 40th class reunion.

A former bookkeeper at Northern Vance High School avoided active jail time through a plea agreement on embezzlement charges in Vance County Superior Court Wednesday afternoon.

Susan Bryant of Oxford was one of 21 individuals to receive the Governor's Medallion in a ceremony on April 23 in Raleigh.

Mother's Day Gospel Fest, a benefit concert for the Eckerd Parenting Program, will take place May 11, from 6 p.m. until, in the gymnasium at Western Vance High School, 2785 Poplar Creek Road, Henderson.

The Humane Society of Granville County will conduct its first "Paws 4 the Cause" dog walk Saturday at Granville County Athletic Park, 4615 Belltown Road, Oxford.

Morris Pendergrass, 65, of 325 Southall St., Henderson, was arrested April 18 on a charge of failing to appear in court.

Health insurance companies would be required to charge North Carolina patients for oral medicines to treat cancer at the same or a lower rate than they must pay for intravenous drugs for chemotherapy under legislation approved Tuesday by a House committee.

Court officials jailed a former Henderson police officer Monday following a hearing on revoking his bond in a firearms case.

Whether you grow your own produce or plan to buy produce at our local farmer's markets, if you will be canning or freezing produce, you won't want to miss Cooperative Extension's "Can It and Freeze It Workshops" scheduled for June 18 and 25, from 6-8:15 p.m. Learn the USDA techniques that, when followed, will assure you of safe products.

Members of the Emerging Young Leaders program - Jada Finch, Tiera Evans, Karah Terry, Judge Yancey, Zhane Williams, Heydi Reyes and Juaniece Mayo - attended at group meeting recently at the Richard Thornton Library in Oxford to hear the Honorable Judge Carolyn Yancey speak.