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TownTalk: Around Old Granville: Cemetery Preservation In Warren County
We’ve probably all seen them dotting the landscape: small cemeteries – fenced or not – that appear to pop up in odd places along the roadside. But there probably many more gravesites that we don’t see in our daily travels – they may be overgrown with weeds, or shrouded in wooded areas well off the...
The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood: Winterize Your Vehicle
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. When the weather cools off, we think about taking steps to winterize our homes and our wardrobes, but what about our vehicles? There are a few key steps car and truck owners can take now to keep those vehicles in...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 10-05-23 Noon Special Report
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Warren County: Skunks Test Positive For Rabies; Make Sure Your Pets Are Vaccinated!
Two skunks have tested positive for rabies recently in Warren County and county officials remind pet owners that state law requires that all dogs, cats and ferrets older than four months have a current rabies vaccination. Both incidents occurred in Norlina. A skunk climbed into a dog pen on Lewis Mustian Road on Sept. 29...
TownTalk: Masonic Home For Children’s Homecoming Oct. 14
The Masonic Home for Children in Oxford Homecoming gets underway next weekend and organizers have planned plenty of activities for the community to enjoy. Gene Purvis is vocational counselor for MHCO and he said the homecoming festivities give alumni a chance to come back to campus for a visit, but it’s also a time for...
The Local Skinny! Vance And Granville Benefit From State Budget Appropriations
State employees, current and retired, who live in District 32 join others across the state who will see bumps in salaries and retirement checks, thanks to provisions in the budget most recently approved in Raleigh. In his first months in the N.C. House representing District 32, Frank Sossamon helped secure those provisions, but that’s...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 10-04-23 Noon
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VCS Announces September Student Spotlight Honorees
Information courtesy of Aarika Sandlin, Vance County Schools Chief Officer of Communication & Innovative Support Vance County Schools has named its three Student Spotlight winners for September. De’Shun Woods of Vance County Early College, Adreyan Burton of Vance County High School and Taelyn Evans of E.M. Rollins STEAM Academy are the first honorees for...
TownTalk: Purr Partners Preps Black Cat Bash Fundraiser
Purr Partners, a Franklin County-based feline rescue and foster organization, is hosting its Black Cat Bash on Saturday, Oct. 14 to raise money for its ongoing efforts to provide medical treatment and homes to sick and adoptable cats. Founder and president Lawanna Johnson said the nonprofit has been “absolutely swamped” with sick and injured animals...
The Local Skinny! Watkins Fire Dept. Fires Up The Grill
Watkins Volunteer Fire Department is having is fall barbecued chicken and pork barbecue fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 6. Assistant Fire Chief Brandon Link said he and his fellow Watkins firefighters are preparing now to have plates ready beginning about 11 a.m. Link said their May plate sales went so well that they upped the number...
