Terry Tracey Taylor Jr. is accused of his aunt’s murder. A slain Henderson woman’s nephew has been charged with her murder after he was found driving her stolen car in Milford, Conn., this week.
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Man is thrown to his death in U.S. 1 wreck
A Raleigh man was killed Thursday night when he was thrown from his SUV in a single-vehicle wreck on U.S. 1 Bypass near South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Higher taxes, utility fees proposed for Henderson
Hendersonians face increases in property taxes, water rates and sewer rates under the budget proposal City Manager Eric Williams delivered Thursday to the City Council.
Pick of the day: Graduation at Western
It won’t be the biggest graduation ceremony of the weekend, but tonight’s commencement at Western Vance High School stands out because of how far Western’s students have to come to make it to this day. You have to fall at least a year behind in your schoolwork to wind up a Wizard; then you have to make the magic happen to earn your way to graduation day.
City man accused of assault-for-hire plot
Ronald L. Vaughan, 51, of 104 S. Chestnut St. was arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with solicitation to commit a felony.
Bad water valve puts pressure on city
Henderson officials are juggling plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on utility infrastructure in the next five years, but a 24-inch valve is the immediate sticking point in the water system.
Auditor to appear Thursday night
This just in: Curtis Averette, the William L. Stark & Co. accountant who audited Henderson’s books last year, will attend a meeting Thursday night to answer City Council questions about the 2003-04 audit. Averette notified City Manager Eric Williams by e-mail that he will be at the meeting of the council’s Finance and Intergovernmental Relations Committeee at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Building’s conference room. Williams invited Averette to the meeting after the council voted 7-1 Monday night to ask …
2 budgets, 18 audit questions loom Thursday
Thursday night will be budget time in Vance County with a fiscal doubleheader.
Council allows Alive After Five on city street
The Henderson City Council fell one vote short Monday night of making a “bold statement” about alcohol by blocking Alive After Five from a city street next month.
Two officers honored for valor
Mayor Clem Seifert and Police Chief Glen Allen congratulate Officers LaMont Burchette, left center, and Joseph Amos for receiving the Medal of Valor on Monday night. Two Henderson police officers received departmental awards for valor Monday night for risking their own lives to prevent a suicide in December.
Flint Hill voices rise in support of police
Flint Hill is happy with increased police patrols.
On the agenda: A new effort on burned-out houses
City Manager Eric Williams will discuss with the City Council tonight a more aggressive approach to attacking some of the abandoned structures in Henderson.
Alcohol, audit could make for a long night
City Manager Eric Williams projects that Monday night’s City Council meeting should take an hour, with the exception of two items whose duration he deems “impossible to estimate.” Both are discussions the council has held several times: the auditor and alcohol.
Delay in audit presentation wasn’t Yount’s idea
Who said what when and who will say what when about the audit will be issues before the City Council again Monday night. So return with us now to the meeting of the council’s Finance and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Feb. 17, when auditor Curtis Averette made his one and only public appearance concerning the 2004 audit.
Killer’s 14-year sentence angers coalition
The 14-year sentence for a man who pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child has provoked outrage in the community, according to members of the Vance County Coalition Against Violence.
Doubts crop up about Weed and Seed
Thursday’s meeting of the Vance County Coalition Against Violence included the first public signs of opposition to bringing the federal Operation Weed and Seed to Henderson.
VOICE calls for Weed and Seed
After receiving two detailed presentations on the program in two weeks, the Vance Organization to Implement Community Excellence is sold on the federal Weed and Seed program.
Land sale set to move ahead
Henderson’s fund balance should be $90,000 healthier by the end of this week when a long-awaited land sale finally closes.
VOICE elects Williams, four others as leaders
The Vance Organization to Implement Community Excellence elected its first officers this morning, led by the man who has facilitated all of VOICE’s sessions, Henderson City Manager Eric Williams.
Opinion: The stakes are too high on the EOGs
The end-of-grade tests continue across Vance County today, which gives us another opportunity to reflect on how good intentions can lead us down a nightmare path.