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Vance Farmers Market Parking Lot To Be Paved
Since the June, 2014 grand opening of The Vance County Regional Farmers Market, market goers have enjoyed a very good gravel lot. Now, the word it out that pavement is coming, and soon. In an email from Vance County Cooperative Extension Agent Paul McKenzie, WIZS News has learned that by next Friday, August 28, a...
Warren County Man Sentenced for 2013 Murder
WARRENTON – A Warren County man took an Alford plea for second degree murder on Wednesday. William Henry Hunter Jr., 27, of Manson, was sentenced to 144 to 185 months for his role in the 2013 death of Royvitt Lawedy Fortson. Fortson, a resident of Norlina, died as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during...
VGCC names new Dean of Warren Campus
Lyndon Hall was recently named Dean of Vance-Granville Community College’s Warren County Campus. In his new leadership role, Hall is responsible for supervising all operations at the satellite campus in Warrenton, including both the curriculum and continuing education courses offered there. A Durham resident, Hall has been a member of the college’s staff since 2009...
Vance County Friday Night Football is ON THE AIR
The return of local, high school football is now! Now for more than 50 consecutive years, WIZS will once again broadcast our local games live this season. The first of 12-straight weeks of regular season action begins this week, August 21. The WIZS game of the week features Northern Vance hosting East Chapel Hill. We...
Bonner Bridge Replacement A Reality
Raleigh, N.C. — Governor Pat McCrory announced the final roadblocks were cleared Friday allowing the N.C. Department of Transportation to proceed with construction of a new Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on N.C. 12 over the Oregon Inlet in Dare County. Completing the terms of a settlement agreement reached in June, environmental groups represented by the...
NC State Budget $21.735 Billion
Raleigh, NC – Governor Pat McCrory announced today that he has reached an agreement with Senate and House leaders on the spending amount for a revised state budget. At a morning breakfast meeting with the Governor at the Executive Mansion, House and Senate leadership agreed upon a budget spending amount of $21.735 billion. “This agreement is...
School Bus Safety – Important
State Highway Patrol Urges Motorists to Stay Alert Due to Increase of School Buses on North Carolina Roadways RALEIGH – In North Carolina, over 14,000 school buses travel our highways daily transporting children to and from school. Most motorists that meet school buses on the state’s highways actually stop as required by North Carolina law. ...
2015 City of Henderson Elections
The city of Henderson will be holding its 2015 municipal election on Oct. 6, the offices of 1st Ward – Ward Seat, 2nd Ward – Ward Seat, 3rd Ward At-Large Seat, and 4th Ward At-Large Seat as well as the position of Henderson Mayor will be up for election. In order to vote upon these...
STORY TELLING – WRITING – ARITHMETIC
Whatever happened to Reading? It used to be Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. It appears that story telling is taking over for Reading as the cornerstone of a new way for young children, especially African-American children, to learn and along the way build confidence and a strong bond between the pre-schooler and the teacher, this according...
Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of Wanted Warren County Man
WARRENTON – A fourth Warren County man wanted on charges in connection with a fatal shooting, was arrested Sunday. Deputies from the Warren County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop around three Sunday morning, near Baltimore Road, in Warrenton. Darren Antoine Alston, 22, of Warrenton, was a passenger in the vehicle and arrested without incident...
