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City Manager Eric Williams issued answers Friday to eight budget questions City Council member Elissa Yount submitted April 18.

A fire that gutted one of 14 senior-citizen apartments in the former West End School on Chestnut Street exposed a vulnerability in old Henderson buildings renovated for housing, Fire Chief Danny Wilkerson said Monday night: Sprinklers are not required.

Henderson’s Ashley Oxendine proved to be the final base runner of the season for the University of North Carolina softball team, which lost 6-0 to top-ranked Michigan on Sunday afternoon in the NCAA tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich. Oxendine entered the game as a pinch runner with one out in the seventh and final inning and was stranded at first when the next two UNC hitters struck out. The Tar Heels finished 38-29 in the freshman season for Oxendine, a …

Southern Vance High School alumna Ashley Oxendine scored the winning run to keep the University of North Carolina alive in the NCAA softball tournament with a 2-1, nine-inning win over Seton Hall in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday.

Vance County Schools will prepare a policy banning outside fundraising companies after an incident involving the Northern Vance band came to light this week.

Henderson police officers, Vance County sheriffs deputies and North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers are planning to participate in the annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run on Tuesday morning, May 31.

The Vance County Coalition Against Violence became a debating society Thursday night at the Gateway Center.

Sen. Doug Berger, D-Youngsville, speaks to five people in the commissioners’ chambers at the old Vance County courthouse Wednesday night. An important piece of legislation for the regional hub project advanced in the General Assembly on Wednesday, state Sen. Doug Berger said during a town-hall-style meeting he held at the Vance County Administration Building that night.

Operation Weed and Seed seems like a good fit for both Henderson and the Vance Organization to Implement Community Excellence, and we look forward to hearing more about the local effort to choose an area, identify the needs and develop a strong enough strategy to win the federal designation.

Today we introduce a new feature at HomeinHenderson.com: the pick of the day. It’s just a quick reminder about an event we think is worth highlighting that day. Some days we won’t have a pick, but we’ll do our best. The staff of the city of Henderson will bid farewell to Planning Director Grace Smith during a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. in the council chambers at the Municipal Building. After a decade with the city, including eight as …

Henderson’s cleanup effort would get a $200,000 boost under a bill Vance County’s two state House members filed last week.

We must report a crucial development in the war of words between the Rev. C.J. Dale and the Police Department: A massive police presence hit the immediate country club area Friday night.

Henderson City Council members had a frustrating night Wednesday if they sat down with H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library representatives hoping to find the secret formula for library funding.

“This privilege license stuff is ridiculous,” Mayor Clem Seifert said Monday night.

For those of you keeping score on the City Council’s efforts to speed up its twice-monthly meetings, well, the home team took a beating Monday night.

The Vance County Board of Education couldn’t escape the hair issue after all Monday night.

Vance County Schools raised nearly $7,000 for Red Cross tsunami relief efforts, and Vance’s Red Cross coordinator, Rick Norwood, delivered the reward Monday night at the Board of Education meeting.

The Vance County Board of Education looks to have a fairly routine meeting tonight.

Mayor Clem Seifert’s Speak Up Henderson forums on Monday nights have been sparsely attended, but the Vance County Coalition Against Violence vowed Thursday to pack the next session to complain about Henderson’s priorities in its attack on abandoned buildings.