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Hendersonville News

City hopes commissioners will reverse manager's call on SROs

Hendersonville City Council members are hoping that at least three county commissioners will vote next week to go beyond the county manager's recommended fiscal year 2020 budget and OK $200,000 to cover the cost of SROs in four county schools in the city limits.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Drug squad charges three with multiple felonies

Henderson County SWAT and Drug Enforcement Team deputies charged three people with multiple drug felonies after serving a search warrant at 38 Hawk Terrace in Hendersonville on Monday.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

HPD officer justified in shooting at armed fleeing suspect, D.A. says

Hendersonville Police Officer Keenan Nesbitt was justified when he fired at a suspect who pulled a gun as he ran from the officer down an alley in downtown Hendersonville, District Attorney Greg Newman announced.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Defendant charged with murdering his mother found insane

A judge ordered a 33-year-old man to indefinite confinement at a state mental hospital in Butner after a finding that he was "incapable of knowing the nature and quality of his actions in a rational and reality-based way" when he killed his mother, District Attorney Greg Newman announced on Tuesday.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Merchants Association honors Shipman Award winner

Sallie Mauldin Thompson, ice cream queen, matriarch of one of the area’s most renowned business families and one of the only people who will smile if someone calls her Piggy, was honored Monday night as this year’s Clifton J. Shipman Community Service Award recipient, the highest recognition bestowed by the Hendersonville Business and Merchants Association.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Funeral is scheduled for Becky Snyder

Funeral services have been set for 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church for Becky Snyder, the Henderson County IT director died suddenly last week during a meeting at the Historic Courthouse.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

LIGHTNING REVIEW: Petty's Hank, Deal's Patsy liven up Playhouse stage

Jason Petty has been paying tribute to Hank Williams for 23 years, which is eight years longer than the country legend’s entire career, cut short at age 29 when he died in the back seat of a Cadillac on his way to a show.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Alliance opposing NC 191 widening wants to petition at town park

MILLS RIVER — A group trying to stop the N.C. 191 widening is appealing to the Mills River Town Council for permission to collect petition signatures at the town park.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Fran Shelton, retired HHS band director, inducted into Bandmasters Hall of Fame

Fran Shelton, who led the Hendersonville High School band for 28 years, was inducted into the North Carolina Bandmasters Hall of Fame on Sunday, becoming the youngest band leader to be honored and the fourth woman.   Read Story »

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