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Domestic Violence 101
WIZS News has been asked to announce the following courtesy of Families Living Violence Free in Oxford: Peggy Roark Adult & Empowerment Services Sexual Assault Advocate & PREA Coordinator Families Living Violence Free 125 Oxford Outer Loop Road PO Box 1632 Oxford, NC 27565 Email: Proark@flvf.org Office: 919-693-3579 Crisis: 919-693-5700 Hispanic Crisis 919-690-0888 Website: www.flvf.org...
Heroin Traffickers Arrested in Warren and Franklin Counties
— courtesy North Carolina SBI and NC Dept. of Public Safety RALEIGH – The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Warren and Franklin County Sheriffs’ offices arrested six men Nov. 8 on heroin trafficking charges following a three-month undercover operation. Charged were Steven Lamar Cooke, 35, of Warrenton; Derrick Lamont Cooke, 38 of...
Granville Crimes Late Oct, Early Nov 2017
— courtesy Granville County Crime Stoppers Sometime between Saturday, October 21st and Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 an unknown person or persons unlawfully went upon private property of a residence located off Old Roxboro Road, Oxford , NC and criminally removed a Craftsman generator from underneath an open shed. Sometime between Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 late...
Houston Astros Carlos Díaz Visits Granville Central High School
— courtesy Granville County Schools The Spanish students at Granville Central High School recently had the privilege of listening to Carlos Díaz, Center Fielder of the Houston Astros, talk about Puerto Rico and the current crisis affecting the country. He shared places to visit, typical food, and information about the status of Puerto Rico since...
Franklin County Celebrates its Veterans
— courtesy Franklin County Government Veterans will be honored November 10 with a program and luncheon Franklin County citizens will unite Friday, November 10th to show love and appreciation for veterans in the county, state and nation who have bravely served our armed forces and to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Franklin County is...
Royster retires from VGCC endowment board
— courtesy VGCC T.S. “Sam” Royster, Jr., of Oxford, recently retired from the Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund Board of Directors. Royster has served on the board since 1998. Among his numerous contributions to the Endowment Fund, he and his law partners established the Royster, Cross & Hensley, LLP, Academic Achievement Scholarship in 2007. He...
Public Returns Record Number of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs
— courtesy U.S. Department of Justice DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION COLLECTS RECORD NUMBER OF UNUSED PILLS AS PART OF ITS 14TH PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY Public Returns Record Number of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs RALEIGH – Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina and William F. Baxley, Assistant...
