Category: News

It saddens us to report that former Henderson resident Maj. Jill Metzger has been reported missing from a Kyrgyzstan shopping mall.

During last night’s meeting of the Vance County Board of Commissioners, County Manager Jerry Ayscue reported to board members that the Vance County Fire Department received a state fire inspection in July.

Washington, D.C. — Congressman G. K. Butterfield will hold a legislative issue forum this week on fighting poverty as part of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 36th Annual Legislative Conference.

The Henderson Police Department announced yesterday that it will name the conference room on the second floor of police headquarters for Lieutenant Samuel “Sam” S. Pearson.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge has announced a set of priorities to protect America and rebuild the Gulf Coast following a three-day tour of the region.

Because of difficulties securing contracts for work that must be completed before the ABCs results can be determined, ABCs results for the K-8 schools will be released on or before November 15 rather than on October 5 as originally planned.

Before going into closed session on personnel matters at the request of Human Resources Committee chair Mary Emma Evans, the Henderson City Council voted to electronically record closed sessions of the council.

On August 28, at 3:00 p.m., the members of the Henderson City Council, Henderson Mayor Clem Seifert, Acting City Manager Mark Warren, and City Engineer Frank Frazier took a riding tour of the southern part of Henderson.

North Carolina students continued to close the gap between the state and the national average scores on the SAT college entrance exam, and the scores of most racial minorities improved in 2006, according to results provided today by the College Board. North Carolina has narrowed the gap between it and the nation from 53 points in 1990 to thirteen points in 2006. To read more, please go to the NCDPI Web site at www.ncpublicschools.org and click on the appropriate link …

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee released a report requested by U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) that detailed billions of dollars of wasteful spending on contracts awarded for the recovery and reconstruction following Hurricane Katrina.

During last night’s meeting of the Henderson City Council, Land Planning and Development Committee chair Bobby Gupton introduced two scenarios for the reallocation of real property owned jointly by the City of Henderson and the County of Vance.

The Henderson City Council will consider the following items at tonight’s 7:00 p.m. meeting at City Hall:

U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) announced today that he will visit the Gulf Coast during the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, from Sunday, August 27, to Wednesday, August 30.

State Superintendent June Atkinson will hold a news conference on Tuesday, August 29, at 10:30 a.m., to discuss the 2006 SAT scores for North Carolina.

Editor’s Note: Because the Mayor’s emergency meeting was concurrent with the meeting of the Clean Up Henderson Committee, only half of the meeting was covered. The Clean Up Henderson committee discussed the general problem of attempting to collect civil penalties on junked, abandoned, and nuisance vehicles.

Henderson City Council members Lynn Harper and Ranger Wilkerson announced at Wednesday’s Clean Up Henderson Committee meeting that Linda Leyen will soon be named the director of the city’s Public Works Department.

According to a letter from the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Office of State Fire Marshall, the Golden Belt Fire Insurance District is in danger of being downgraded from a Class 9S rating to a Class 10.