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Advance Academy Graduates 79 in Drive-Thru Commencement Ceremony
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release and photos, Vance County Schools Vance County Schools celebrated as Advance Academy held commencement with 79 graduates on Thursday, June 11, 2020, at 2:30 p.m. The drive-thru ceremony was held at Vance-Granville Community College. Though unable to have a...
Oxford Police Dept. Makes Arrests in Recent Murder, Attempted Murder Cases
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Oxford Police Department, NC On June 10, 2020, Oxford Police Department Investigators arrested Darryl Lee Bumpass, Jr. for the murder of 19-year-old Kennedy Ashlynd Sloan. Kennedy Sloan was killed on the evening of May 31, 2020. While traveling in...
Granville Library’s ‘Imagine Your Story’ Summer Reading Program Kicks Off June 13
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Granville County Government Although facilities for the Granville County Library System (Oxford, Creedmoor, Stovall and Berea) are temporarily closed to the public, the Summer Reading Program will kick off on June 13, 2020, with activities for children, teens and...
Special Meeting Called to Adopt Vance Co. Water District Budget Ordinance – June 15
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Clerk to Board/Executive Asst., County of Vance Vance County Board of Commissioners Chairman Gordon Wilder has called a special meeting for Monday, June 15, 2020, at 6 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, Vance County Administration...
Butner Federal Inmate Sentenced to 30 Months for Weapons Possession
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice An inmate housed at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina (“FCC Butner”) was sentenced yesterday to 30 months of incarceration for possessing weapons inside the federal prison. According to court documents, Gerald Wayne...
Advocacy Group Sends Invalid Absentee Ballot Request Forms to 80,000 NC Voters
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, NC State Board of Elections The State Board of Elections has learned that a voter advocacy group mailed about 80,000 absentee ballot request forms to North Carolina residents with voters’ information already filled out on the forms. A state law...
H-V Rec & Parks to Host Virtual Bingo, Second ‘Paint With DP’ Session w/ Prize
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Tara Goolsby, Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Program Superintendent The Henderson-Vance Recreation & Parks Department will have Virtual Bingo for Seniors, ages 55 or better, on Thursdays during the months of June and July. You will be able to join Virtual...
COVID-19 Update: 631 Granville, 391 Vance Cases; Related Deaths Climb to 45
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Granville Vance Public Health As of June 10, 2020, there are 631 known COVID-19 cases in Granville County, 391 cases in Vance County, and 38,171 confirmed cases in North Carolina. There are four outbreaks at congregate living facilities in the district –...
Franklin County Public Utilities Addresses May/June Water Billing Cycle
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Franklin County Government Franklin County Public Utilities has received some questions regarding the May and June billing cycles. Due to COVID-19 safety procedures and Executive Order 124 issued by Governor Roy Cooper, Franklin County Public Utilities did not read...
Granville Co. Chamber: Participants Needed for 2020-21 Leadership Granville Program
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY -Press Release, Granville County Chamber of Commerce As the Granville County Chamber of Commerce looks to the future and continues to address the uncertainties we may face in the coming months, it is a great moment to remind all citizens of the opportunities provided to inquiring minds...
