State prison officials welcome name change at Granville facility
BUTNER — Polk Correctional Institution is no more. At a ceremony last week, the state formally turn...
Granville plays host to 800 cross-state cyclists
The first bicyclist who rode into a rest stop in Stem on Oct. 6 said he averaged about 17-18 mph on ...
City celebrates return of Fireman’s Day parade
CREEDMOOR — A light rain Saturday afternoon did not stop families from lining up on Main Street in C...
School board to consider closing Tar River Elementary
October 14, 2021FRANKLINTON — Edging closer to making a final decision about school consolidation after years of del...
Animal control seeks bigger staff
OXFORD — County Commissioners needed a little over an hour to complete the light agenda on Oct. 4. T...
Creedmoor approves big changes to staff structure
CREEDMOOR — The board of commissioners approved a sweeping reorganization plan last week that will r...
Commissioner Kicinski censured by fellow board members for 2nd time
CREEDMOOR — City commissioners voted to reprimand fellow board member Georgana Kicinski for a second...
Police: Thieves used U-Haul to loot Creedmoor church warehouse
CREEDMOOR — Police say thieves cased the Christian Faith Center’s warehouse, then returned two days ...
Credit card stolen from Creedmoor used at Belk in Raleigh
CREEDMOOR — The authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects who might b...
Oxford gang member sentenced to 7 years after shooting incident
RALEIGH — A man who last year fired a gun at two other men outside the Oxford Food Mart will spend s...
Sheriff: Accused deputy imposter arrested
RALEIGH — A Raleigh man has been arrested less than five hours after the Wake County Sheriff’s Offic...
Sheriff’s office looking for deputy impersonator
RALEIGH — The Wake County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man impersonating a deputy in northern W...
Missing Raleigh woman matched to body in Durham
Granville briefs: Here's what's happening in the area
Stem cancels Christmas parade again
Bunter council, mayor see no challenge to reelection
Baby found in landfill never received name, justice
NASA telescope bearing name of Granville native to launch in December
Creedmoor candidates running unopposed
Granville briefs: Here's when downtown Creedmoor will hold trick-or-treating
PHOTOS: Night Out brings Butner together
Savage, Wilkerson lead Viking homecoming court
Lord Granville Harvest Festival celebrates nostalgia
Butner-Stem Elementary students explore human body systems
Study: Diversion program improves outcomes for offenders with mental illness
Woman found in Lake Norman remains unknown
Pumpkin festival in full swing
Granville County's 275th Anniversary
Volleyball
Webb wins 5-set thriller over Lady Vikings
CREEDMOOR — The South Granville and J.F. Webb volleyball teams battled Tuesday for first place in th...
Panthers shut out Warriors 9-0
OXFORD — Granville Central broke a three-game losing streak with a 9-0 win over the J.F. Webb Warrio...
Gonyea’s hat trick leads Vikings over Webb
OXFORD — After four straight losses, South Granville soccer righted the ship Wednesday with a 9-0 wi...
Falls Lake wins all sets against Lady Panthers
CREEDMOOR — The Falls Lake Lady Firebirds cruised to a 3-0 win over Granville Central on Monday nigh...
Falls Lake drops heartbreaker to Research Triangle
CREEDMOOR — Under dreary skies Monday, the Falls Lake Firebirds dropped a 2-1 decision to Research T...
Vikings stumble, Vipers strike
HENDERSON — South Granville fell into a Viper pit and lost to Vance County 18-12 on Friday night. Th...
Falls Lake downs Unicorns for conference lead
CREEDMOOR — Falls Lake Academy battled N.C. School of Science and Math on Thursday night for first p...
Panthers roll over Warriors
STEM — Tim Navez scored four goals to lead Granville Central to a 9-0 win over the Webb Warriors on ...
In tale of 2 halves, Vikings fall 36-13
CREEDMOOR — South Granville dropped to 1-5 on the season with a 36-13 loss to conference opponent So...
Panthers claw out a win over South Granville
STEM — Granville Central held off multiple shots on goal in the second half to defeat the cross-town...
Mortgage discrimination claims are bunk
A few weeks ago, the Associated Press and a nonprofit journalism outfit called The Markup released a...
Mark Robinson and the legacy of Jesse Helms
Many North Carolina Republicans wouldn’t consider it an insult to compare their party’s lieutenant g...
Free as in beer, not as in speech
On Oct. 5, former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen testified before the U.S. Senate, decrying...
COVID-19 Map
Booster shots now available; clinic on Friday to offer third doses
HENDERSON — Granville Vance Public Health has scheduled two mass vaccination clinics to administer t...
Granville schools keeps mask rules, opts in to COVID-19 testing program
OXFORD — At its regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 13, the Granville County Board of Education vot...
‘It can’t happen here,’ Down Under edition
Clever tweets tend to morph in content and meaning over time. I don’t know where this one originated...
Avoiding another failed school year
There’s no sugarcoating it: More that 50% of North Carolina’s schoolchildren failed to achieve grade...
Biden's mandate goes too far
RALEIGH — I got the COVID-19 vaccine shortly after it became publicly available. I did so because I ...
Knightdale officer, 23, killed in I-540 crash
KNIGHTDALE — A police officer was killed and others were seriously injured early Sunday morning in a...
Former Rolesville mayor Frank Eagles dies
ROLESVILLE — Former Rolesville Mayor Frank Eagles died Thursday, according to Facebook posts. “With ...
Wake County invites public to comment on proposed voting districts
RALEIGH — Wake County released a draft map showing potential districts for county commissioner and s...