Oxford News

Tonight and Saturday mark the last two opportunities for locals to catch Granville Little Theatre's production of "Hairspray," an engaging musical comedy and features 1960s-style dance music.

Contributed photo/VGCC The work of a previous portrait painting class at VGCC is seen here on display in Building 7 on the college's main campus.

Tranzyme Pharma today announced that it received an additional net $9.3 million in term loan proceeds through an amendment and restatement of its existing debt financing facility with Oxford Finance LLC and Horizon Technology Finance Corporation .

Fort Bragg and all other U.S. military posts worldwide are under a directive by the U.S. Department of Defense to substantially reduce petroleum consumption beginning with its non-tactical fleet, according to the Biofuels Center of North Carolina.

An increase in the number of breaking-and-entering and burglary incidents has prompted the Oxford Police Department to issue a crime alert.

Granville County residents enrolling in college for the 2012-2013 school year may apply now for an array of college scholarships with a combined value of $11,500. Applications must be returned to the extension office at 208 Wall St.

Mike Wiley is an actor in Durham who is performing a one man play about the murder of Henry D. Marrow Jr.

The world's second-largest zipper manufacturer is going solar with a nearly 200-kilowatt PV system on the roof of its North Carolina factory.

Anna Marie Kool,13, and Kristen Hicks,12, of Oxford, N.C., first met when they were five years old.

The City of Oxford had a discharge of approximately 750 gallons of untreated sewage Wednesday from a sewer main located on an easement between Industry Drive and I-85; it was caused by debris in the main.

At the first meeting of the New Year the F-V Downtown Rotary Club welcomed its newest member, Bill Johnson .

Oxford police are searching for a black, male suspect following a robbery at SunTrust Bank Tuesday morning.

Director Joanne Fruth announces the cast for Granville Little Theatre's upcoming production of Hairspray, the musical.