NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. â A weekend boating accident in South Carolinaâs portion of the Intercoastal Waterway claimed the life of a Henderson man and his younger brother, authorities in that state say.
Ahykeem Jones, 28, of Henderson and Johnnie Magbie, 19, of Supply, North Carolina, drowned on Sunday near the Pelican Bay landing, which is across the water from North Myrtle Beach and Atlantic Beach. Divers from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources recovered their bodies Monday.
Department spokesman David Lucas said the brothers and other family members were on a rental pontoon boat when one of the men fell in the water.
Lisa Tusa
OXFORD South Granville High School will need a new principal for the 2021-22 academic year potentially a critical one because of ongoing school-merger discussions thanks to a personnel shuffle in the Granville County Schools.
District officials announced that Northern Granville Middle School principal Brenda Williamson will be moving to take the same post at C.G. Credle Elementary School as of July 1, and that South Granville High principal Lisa Tusa will replace Williamson at Northern Granville Middle.
The position swaps began because Credle’s current principal, Sherrie Burns, is resigning so she can move to Pitt County, district officials said in announcing the changes.
OXFORD â South Granville High School will need a new principal for the 2021-22 academic year â potentially a critical one because of ongoing school-merger discussions â thanks to a personnel shuffle in the Granville County Schools.
District officials announced that Northern Granville Middle School principal Brenda Williamson will be moving to take the same post at C.G. Credle Elementary School as of July 1, and that South Granville High principal Lisa Tusa will replace Williamson at Northern Granville Middle.
The position swaps began because Credleâs current principal, Sherrie Burns, is resigning so she can move to Pitt County, district officials said in announcing the changes.
HENDERSON â A change in ownership and a change in practices at Sunset Gardens cemetery has triggered a social-media controversy pitting the families of some of the people buried there against the new owner.
The change happened on Dec. 3, when local businessman Ricky Pearce acquired all the stock of Sunset Gardens Inc., the 59-year-old company that owns the burial ground, its buildings and equipment. Terms of the sale were undisclosed, but a filing with the Vance County register of deeds confirmed that Pearce had taken over the company from its former president, Willard Haithcock.
The deal otherwise came with little fanfare, at least until the warmer weather of spring arrived and it was time to begin mowing the grass.
WARRENTON â A county property tax rate of 81 cents per $100 of assessed value will remain right where it is if Warren County Commissioners go along with the budget request theyâve received from County Manager Vincent Jones.
The managerâs fiscal 2021-22 budget request asks commissioners to approve $36.1 million in general-fund spending, about 3.8% more than the current fiscal year.
Jones among other things proposes giving the Warren County Schools $250,000 more in local operating subsidies, a 5.2% increase on the $4.8 million in aid the county provided for 2020-21.
If commissioners agree, the school system will receive just over $5 million for operations in the upcoming fiscal year. The county government also supplies an additional $649,000 for repair projects, construction and a few other things, and those allocations would remain right where they are.