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Team effort quickly catches break-in suspect
Three Henderson police officers and K-9 Okar combined to corral a suspect minutes after a break-in was discovered at a Raleigh Road restaurant early Sunday, according to a news release from Police Chief Glen Allen.
Too hot to file
Apparently, 100-degree heat is not conducive to candidate filing, or much of anything else. So another day has passed without any new candidates signing up with the Vance County Board of Elections. The regular filing period has eight business days to go, and we still need at least three candidates in Henderson and four in Middleburg. And the forecast calls for 103 degrees Wednesday, so don’t hold your breath waiting for more candidates.
City’s top topics: Crime, crime and crime
Crime and how to fight it dominated the discussions at the Municipal Building on Monday night.
Harmony rules the night for the City Council
A spirit of consensus swept the City Council on Monday night when it took every action by a unanimous vote.
City ready to respond to state about fund balance
The city of Henderson could send its official reply to the state’s Local Government Commission as early as today after the mayor and seven of eight City Council members signed the letter Monday night.
Pick of the day: Weed and Seed goes to NAACP
The Vance County chapter of the NAACP gets its chance to endorse Henderson’s proposed Weed and Seed zone during its meeting at 7 p.m. at the Gateway Center on Garnett Street. Still to come, among other endorsements, are the Vance County Board of Education and the Clean Up Henderson Committee during August meetings. A letter of intent to apply for official Weed and Seed recognition is due to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Raleigh by Aug. 31.
Night Out set for Aug. 6
The annual Henderson-Vance Night Out Against Crime returns to L.B. Yancey Elementary School for the eighth consecutive year on Saturday, Aug. 6.
Candidates still needed in Vance
We’re not at the point of being alarmed yet, but no one filed for office in Henderson, Middleburg or Kittrell today. That’s fine for Kittrell, which has a full ballot and an incumbent, Gene Pulley, who has yet to file. But Middleburg has no candidates for mayor or town commissioner, and Henderson has no candidates for mayor or the ward representatives from Wards 2 and 4. The deadline is noon Aug. 5. Vance Elections Director Faye Gill said that if …
State grant could boost local Boys & Girls Club
Proponents of a Boys & Girls Club in Henderson will take a trip to Wake Forest on Tuesday morning to examine a successful club there.
Ruptured waterline closes Beckford Drive
A major waterline rupture forced the city to close Beckford Drive to through traffic between West Andrews Avenue and Roanoke Avenue this morning. Repairs are expected to take all day, if not longer, according to an e-mail notice issued by Police Chief Glen Allen. The cutoff area includes the Municipal Building, but the city offices remain open. Tonight’s Speak Up Henderson forum at 6 and City Council meeting at 7:30 are going ahead as planned.
Pick of the day: Hope for housing
Yolanda Porche and Dorothy Reiser, the two consultants supplied to Henderson by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, return to town this afternoon for three days of work sessions and meals with local leaders to help the mayor’s housing task force. The first meeting is at 2 p.m. at the police station. The task force is moving toward a broad redevelopment plan in cooperation with the state Division of Community Assistance, which will send staff for a meeting …
Milestones: Dressed for success — a Henderson fashion guide
The following represents a fashion guide for our newest residents (rookie cops, first-year teachers and city department managers, especially) to help you fit in and feel more at home during your brief stay. It also may be used by longtime or lifelong Hendersonians who feel as if they may have lost touch with local fashion trends because of lack of attention or time spent at their second jobs to pay current sewage rates. It is provided to you by your …
Council faces few decisions Monday
The Henderson City Council faces the lightest agenda of the summer Monday night, with City Manager Eric Williams estimating that the items over which he has some influence should take a total of 39 minutes.
Depp’s the sweetest treat in this ‘Chocolate Factory’
The title of Tim Burton’s latest walk on the weird side of filmmaking, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” matches the great Roald Dahl novel in putting the focus on heroic, good-hearted child Charlie instead of candy maker Willie Wonka, who replaced Charlie in the title of the first movie version in 1971. But a better title would have been “Johnny Depp and the Chocolate Factory” because actor Depp and the marvels of the candy factory share the best moments on …
Berger’s visit sparks friendly Confederate debate
The Confederate battle flag, also known as the Southern cross flag. State Sen. Doug Berger came to Henderson on Thursday night to talk about the stalled state budget, but the Confederate battle flag inspired the most passionate words of the meeting.
Pick of the day: Fanning out to help
Extraordinary Ladies on a Quest are holding a fan drive at the Wal-Mart Supercenter until noon today. The goal is to provide relief from the heat for those who need help. With the current heat wave, ELQ’s timing couldn’t be any better.
Kittrell’s ballot fills up
Kittrell wins the race among Vance County’s three municipalities to be the first with a full ballot. Town Commissioner Tex Finch filed for re-election Friday, giving the southern Vance town one candidate for mayor, incumbent James Howard Wynne, and three for the three seats on the Board of Commissioners, incumbents Finch and Millard Grissom and newcomer Jack Ball. Gene Pulley is the other incumbent. Middleburg has no candidates for the same four offices as Kittrell, and Henderson still lacks candidates …
Red Cross issues advice for handling heat
After a week of high temperatures in the 90s and forecasts for another week of the same mugginess, the American Red Cross’ Central North Carolina Chapter urges residents of Vance and neighboring counties to take precautions against the heat.
Seven times as many turn out for Berger
State Sen. Doug Berger addresses a crowd of more than 30 people inside the Vance County commissioners’ boardroom Thursday night. Vance County turned out in much better numbers Thursday night for state Sen. Doug Berger’s second town-hall meeting at the old county courthouse on Young Street.