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GVPH: Local COVID-19 Update as of 7/20/20 – Hospitalizations, Deaths Holding Steady
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY 100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Granville Vance Public Health The following is an update for COVID-19 spread and response in Granville and Vance County as of July 20, 2020. Granville Vance Public Health numbers correlate with the...
Families Living Violence Free Continues Lunch & Learn Sessions, Introduces Puppet Show
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Families Living Violence Free Families Living Violence Free (FLVF) invites the public to join its Domestic Violence 101 Lunch & Learn weekly series online via Zoom. Sessions will be held from 12 until 1 p.m. each Wednesday through August...
Local Agencies Partner to Provide Care to Sick and Injured Pets
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Warren County Government Warren County EMS, Warren County Animal Ark and Vance County Animal Services recently partnered to ensure that all residents of Warren County are able to receive emergency care in their time of need – including four-legged...
Local News 07/20/20 Noon Audio
WIZS News Your Community Voice Local News 07/20/20 Noon Audio Covid Update Heat Advisory Vance County Schools Plan B and Athletics wizsradio · Local News 07/20/20 Noon Audio ...
Maria Parham Health Urges Community Members to Wear Masks
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY -Press Release, Maria Parham Health Maria Parham Health is urging community members to wear face masks or cloth face coverings in public areas where social distancing is not easily achieved in an effort to help stop the spread of COVID-19. This aligns with recommendations from the Centers...
Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments Receives $1.2 Million CARES Act Grant
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy U.S. Department of Commerce press release On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $8.4 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds...
Granville Chamber Seeking Donated Items for New Teacher Welcome Bags
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL The Granville County Chamber of Commerce’s 2020 recognition and welcome for new teachers to the county will be a gift bag filled with donations from Chamber members. The 100 gift bags will be distributed to Chamber member school systems Falls Lake...
Oxford Man Indicted by Federal Grand Jury on Gun and Drug Charges
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging an Oxford man with illegally possessing a firearm and crack distribution. According to the indictment, Connell Clayton Lester, 55, is charged with possessing a firearm while subject to...
Youth Encouraged to Enter ‘I Exist 2020’ Short Film Contest
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy the Henderson-Vance Recreation & Parks Department Calling all young filmmakers! The Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Department’s Youth Services Unit presents the “I Exist 2020” short film contest for amateur filmmakers ages 11-18. Videos cannot contain excessive violence or obscene...
Vance Co. Schools to Begin School Year Under Fully Remote ‘Plan C’
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Vance County Schools The Vance County Board of Education met on July 17, 2020, in a special called meeting to consider options for the reopening of schools for the 2020-2021 school year. By a vote of 5 – 2...
