A public hearing before the Granville County Board of Education last week drew more than a dozen speakers who staunchly opposed a plan to close Granville Central High School and repurpose the campus as a middle school. One speaker also addressed a plan to close Butner Stem Middle School and move those students to a new middle school at the […] The post Parents, students, teachers plead to keep Granville Central High School open first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Amanda Dixon has won two awards for her sports coverage in the Butner Creedmoor-News in the 2024 North Carolina Press Association Editorial Awards. Dixon took second place in sports photography and third place for sports coverage. The judges said of the award-winning photo: “Nice shot and perfect timing on it.” Dixon’s photos also got a nod in the judges’ comments […] The post Dixon’s sports coverage garners two NCPA awards first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Creedmoor city officials heard some much-needed good news about the city’s financial position at their Oct. 21 work session. After a presentation from Davenport Public Finance Group, the board felt a bit more confident about the possibility of moving forward with the renovation/addition to the police department facility. Ted Cole with Davenport said the city had about $9 million in […] The post City in solid financial position according to presentation first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

A significant swath of Granville County voters — 46% — had marked a ballot as of 2:06 p.m. Oct. 29. This is a very big turnout, according to Tonya Burnette, director for the Granville County Board of Elections. Of the 41,971 voters in the county, 19385 have cast a vote, according to Burnette. So far, the Oxford early voting site […] The post Heavy turnout seen at early voting sites first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Many of us know the pain of paying steep tolls, especially when a turnpike is taken over by a private company. Now imagine you live in one of our hemisphere’s most impoverished countries. Do that and you’ll get a glimpse into how unfair trade deals help make life unlivable in many countries — and force countless people to seek a […] The post Highway robbery: How bad trade policies make life unaffordable first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

North Carolina’s elected officials will be dealing with Helene’s impact for months if not years to come. As western North Carolina rebuilds from the storm’s destruction, politicians can strive to restore bipartisan faith in government’s performance of its core functions. Achieving that goal will require effort from both sides of the partisan divide. The most recent Carolina Journal Poll conducted […] The post Helene legislation could help rebuild more than western NC first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Nancy B. Alford, 85, of Stem passed away peacefully Sunday, October 27, 2024, at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, NC. Born in Wake County on February 1, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Calvin W. Barham and Beulah J. Perry Barham. Nancy eventually made Stem, NC her home and lived there for over forty-five years. She was a […] The post Nancy Barham Alford first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Mission Market A Mission Market will be held at Helena Methodist Church at 290 Helena Moriah Rd, Timberlake, from 9 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Sat., November 2 in the church fellowship hall. The event features homemade baked goods;  homemade crafts (tin, wood, fabric, glass, crocheted items); seasonal home décor;  vintage items;  as well as soup, dip and cookie mixes, […] The post Granville briefs first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Falls Lake continued to show its strength on the volleyball court with a 3-0 win Oct. 26 over the North Moore Mustangs, ranked eighth in the 1A state playoff bracket. The Firebirds lassoed and rode the Mustangs out of town with solid set scores of 25-12, 25-14, and 25-16.  The Mustangs started strong with a block, kill and a tip. […] The post Net to walls, Falls Lake covers it all in win over North Moore first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Falls Lake hosted the Vance Charter Knights in the second round of the 1A volleyball state playoffs Oct. 24. The Thursday night match saw two familiar and tough competitors going toe-to-toe through much of the match. The Firebirds managed to pull off a 3-0 win over the Knights to advance to the third round. Falls Lake looked strong in the […] The post Firebirds top Vance Charter in second round first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Nov. 5, 2024, will likely be remembered as a day in infamy. The election campaigns we have witnessed have been like none other in my lifetime. One candidate has risen up and found her voice. The other has devolved into a maniacal mess. One of these candidates will be our 47th president.  I, for one, am ready for this race […] The post The end of the race first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Falls Lake hosted Southside High School from Chocowinity Oct. 22 in the first round of the 1A state playoffs. Falls Lake entered the contest as the top seed in the east region while the Seahawks flew in as the last team invited on the east side of the bracket in the thirty-second position. The theme of the game for the […] The post Falls Lake breezes through first round of playoffs first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

It is a fair assumption that Donald Trump has never driven a pickup truck, gone duck hunting or glanced through Guns and Ammo. The totems of working-class white manhood are as foreign to his experience as they are to wine-track grandees such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom. This cultural distance, however, has not prevented the Orange Autocrat from forming a […] The post Trump and the white working class first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

With only 12 days until Election Day, former President Donald Trump is only growing his polling lead in North Carolina. This comes as more than 2 million voters – greater than 25% of the state’s 7.7 million registered voters – have already cast their ballots. The last five polls in the state have all had Trump leading over Vice President […] The post Trump’s polling lead grows in North Carolina as record numbers vote early first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

The Wake County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a drowning on Falls Lake.  At approximately 7:45 a.m. Saturday, emergency communications received a report of a drowning on Falls Lake in the 14000 block of Creedmoor Road. Firefighters with the Northern Wake Fire Department responded and quickly entered the water to rescue the victim and rendered aid until Wake […] The post Wake Sheriff’s Office responds to drowning emergency at Falls Lake first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

STEM, N.C. — Barbara J Boyd, age 88, died Friday, October 25, 2024. Service arrangements are entrusted to Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home. The post Barbara J Boyd first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

For more than a decade, Laverne Cheeseboro has been caring for children at her family child care, Heavenly Made Creations. From the first floor of her home in a middle class Philadelphia neighborhood, Laverne’s days start at 7 a.m. and resemble those of many home-based early educators. The six preschoolers currently enrolled receive daily meals, engage in play-based education and […] The post Family child care educators deserve higher ed debt forgiveness first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

A pedestrian was hit by a train off of West Lyon Station Road Oct. 23 at 5:30 p.m., according to a video released by Sheriff Robert Fountain. After heroic attempts from Granville County EMS, Butner Public Safety, Granville County Sheriff’s Office and many other agencies, to save the individual’s life, the victim died on the scene, the sheriff said. Fountain […] The post Pedestrian hit by train near Butner, dies on scene first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Butner Public Safety Oct 10, PSO. Hannah arrested Dalton Ingram Valentine, 55, of Durham for an outstanding warrant for arrest for assault on a female. Valentine was issued no bond by Magistrate C. Bostic and placed in the Granville County Detention Center. Oct. 10, PSO. Hannah served an outstanding criminal summons on Michael Edward Jeffress, 46, of Creedmoor for communicating […] The post Area crime reports released by law enforcement first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Aerospace parts manufacturer Ontic is expanding into Florida with plans to open its eighth global site in early 2025. Located in Miramar, Florida, the expansion will move Ontic’s North Carolina MRO operations to Florida, “allowing for focus and further expansion while providing the wider North Carolina business with more space to grow,” according to a press release from the company. […] The post Ontic expanding into Florida — some jobs heading to Sunshine State first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.