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WIZS Radio Local News Audio 03-12-24 Noon
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TownTalk: Property Tax Revaluation
Property owners in Vance County have been waiting – and waiting – for those tax revaluation notices to hit their mailboxes, but so far, it’s just bills, junk mail and candidates’ postcards. At their board meeting on Mar. 4, commissioners were told that the notices would be sent out “in the next few weeks.” In...
Edward Woodlief Named 2023 Citizen Of The Year At Chamber Banquet
When you see Edward Woodlief out and about in the community, or see his name pop up on your phone screen, you can bet that: 1) he will greet you warmly and ask how you’re doing; 2) he will make you chuckle with a quip or witty observation; and 3) he’s got tickets to an...
No Blarney! First 300 At Shamrocks On Breckenridge Get Free Hotdog, Chips And Drink
Free hotdogs, chips and drinks will be available to the first 300 people at next Friday’s Shamrocks on Breckenridge. Deck yourselves out in green and head downtown on Friday, Mar. 15 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. to enjoy vendors, music and entertainment from the Ballet Arts cloggers. Southern Charm, located at the corner of...
Mar. 7 Is Social Security Administration’s “Slam The Scam” Day
Today is the fifth annual “Slam the Scam” observance to raise awareness about protecting sensitive Social Security information from fraudsters. The Social Security Administration and its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are partnering once again to raise public awareness about Social Security imposter scams. “As public servants, we must use every tool at our...
Mills Stepping In As Interim Vance Economic Development Director
Newly retired Granville County Economic Development Director Harry Mills is stepping in on a part-time basis to be interim economic development director in Vance County. According to Vance County Manager C. Renee Perry, Mills started Wednesday, Mar. 6 and will be on board to work with McKinley Perkinson, who announced last month that she is...
SportsTalk: Hammett Rebuilds JF Webb Softball
It was only a couple of years ago that JF Webb had no softball team. Covid and a lack players meant the program had become dormant. That has all changed with Corey Hammett. Last year she brought the program back and took the Warriors into the state playoffs. Hammett sees more success this year for...
The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood And Blowing Out Engines
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. The next time you hear someone say that you need to “blow out the carbon” of your vehicle’s engine, you may want to call that bluff. With today’s detergent fuels and oils, there ain’t a whole lot of carbon buildup...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 03-07-24 Noon
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SportsTalk: Rain And Umpire Shortage Are Obstacles For KVA
“Rain rain go away, come again some other day” might be what’s on the mind of Kerr Vance Academy Athletic Director Mike Joyner. “We’ve had no baseball, no soccer and only one golf match,” Joyner said on Thursday’s SportsTalk. Rain has caused seven baseball games to be cancelled this year. “We have nowhere for the...
