HENDERSON â The building that was once the home of Henderson High School and Henderson Middle School is set to become a major focal point for Vance County later this year with the introduction of the Center for Innovation.
Vance County Schools Superintendent Tony Jackson spearheaded the Center for Innovation and sees the project as a way to further galvanize the countyâs trajectory when it comes to education and investment into the community.
âI think the Center for Innovation is going to be an incubator for ideas, thought, growth, professional development and community engagement,â Jackson said. âFor us, I think this will serve as a hub to begin bringing our community together around those things that are possible for the future.â
HENDERSON â Avis Daphne Sykora, 58 of Henderson passed away April 19, 2021, at home in Hillsville, Virginia. Ms. Sykora was born in Henderson to the late Paul Willie and Etta Virginia Davis Lambert.
Avis leaves to cherish her memories her brother, Paul Warren Lambert (Catherine); companion, Linwood Ray Dickerson Jr.; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and many other relatives and friends.
After graduating from Vance Senior High school, she enrolled in the U.S. Navy. Once her time was completed she came back home to Henderson, where she resided for many years.
A light went out on Earth for us
The day we said goodbye
HENDERSON â Vance County residents have come together over the last few weeks to express their support of local Highway Patrol Trooper James Brent Montgomery, who is fighting for his life at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill due to COVID-19.
His wife, Heather Montgomery, is asking the community to keep her husband in their prayers as he battles COVID-19, and is optimistic that some recent minor improvements with his condition are a positive sign that he will recover from the virus.
The trooper is on a heart-lung machine, receiving whatâs called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation thatâs purging carbon dioxide from his bloodstream.
James Brent Montgomery
HENDERSON â Vance County residents have come together over the last few weeks to express their support of local Highway Patrol Trooper James Brent Montgomery, who is fighting for his life at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill due to COVID-19.
His wife, Heather Montgomery, is asking the community to keep her husband in their prayers as he battles COVID-19, and is optimistic that some recent minor improvements with his condition are a positive sign that he will recover from the virus.
The trooper is on a heart-lung machine, receiving whatâs called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation thatâs purging carbon dioxide from his bloodstream.
HENDERSON â Longtime Vance County high school basketball coach Wilton Baskett passed away Saturday at the age of 62, leaving behind a storied legacy that includes 402 wins, six regular season championships, six conference tournament titles and four conference Coach of the Year awards.
Vance County menâs basketball coach Chad Wilson was stunned to hear about the sudden passing of his mentor and said that he would not be in his current position without the guidance and encouragement Baskett offered when he worked with him as a player and an assistant coach.
âCoach Baskett really shaped a lot of who I am not just as a coach, but as a man,â Wilson said. âHe taught me how to carry myself and how to just be a good person in society.â