From staff reports | May 28, 2025
South Granville High School announced its junior marshals and recognized its senior awards winners at the May 12 ceremony. The junior marshals have the top 10 grade point averages for the junior class: Peyton Currin, Nicholas Dietrich, Peyton Williams, Evan Olson-Thornburg, Jayden Ewing, Jaxson Ray, Jacob Maxwell, Charles Reaves, Allison...
By Amanda Dixon
amanda@butnercreedmoornews.com | May 28, 2025
Nearly 200 people, many of whom served in the military, attended Butner’s Memorial Day remembrance service to honor those who have fallen in American conflicts. The May 26 ceremony was held at Soldier’s Memorial Arena due to inclement weather. James C. Dixon, Vietnam veteran, became emotional as he spoke about...
By Amanda Dixon
amanda@butnercreedmoornews.com | May 27, 2025
For Granville Central seniors, May 24 was a bittersweet day, a day of excitement after finally completing the long arduous journey to become candidates for graduation. But it was also a day of sadness with the realization the class of 2025 will be the final class to graduate from Granville...
By Amanda Dixon
amanda@butnercreedmoornews.com | May 27, 2025
Granville Academy’s class of 2025 was the seventh class to graduate from the student-centered school that provides flexible, personalized education, and inspires its students to succeed in a digital society. The May 24 graduation ceremony was the first to be held at the historic Mary Potter Center for Educational Excellence...
By Amanda Dixon
amanda@butnercreedmoornews.com | May 26, 2025
In a sea of blue, the South Granville Vikings seniors rowed across the graduation finish line May 24, turning tassels and tossing caps into the morning sky to the thunderous applause from family and friends. Kayley Perdue, a senior on the student council, led the Pledge of Allegiance. The Colors...
From staff reports | May 28, 2025
South Granville High School announced its junior marshals and recognized its senior awards winners at the May 12 ceremony. The junior marshals have the top 10 grade point averages for...
By Amanda Dixon
amanda@butnercreedmoornews.com | May 27, 2025
(Sports editor’s note: This article is the writer’s personal reflections on the accomplishments and character of the seniors on this team). As the six South Granville softball seniors took their...
By Amanda Dixon
amadna@butnercreedmoornews.com | May 25, 2025
The South Granville Vikings were stunned in the opening round of the east regional playoffs by the underrated North Lenoir Hawks, who entered the contest as a fifteenth seed in...
May 28, 2025
I wrote my first book — about what’s now called corporate ESG (for environmental, social and governance criteria) — in 1996. After six subsequent works of serious nonfiction, I redirected...
May 28, 2025
In early May, Reuters reports, the U.S. government revoked “virtually all” of Harvard University’s federal research grants — nearly $3 billion worth — because they “no longer effectuate agency priorities.”...
May 28, 2025
No one likes to have the rug pulled out from under them. No matter who you are or what you do, certainty in today’s business world isn’t just nice...
April 2, 2025
Support Jake Wohlfeil at school board meeting Dear Editor: I can hardly believe I am having to write something like this. I used to say ‘nothing surprises me anymore’. But...
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