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Latest Covid-19 Vance Co. and “Recovery” Info
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Brian Short, H-V Director of Emergency Operations, and Lisa Harrison, Director G-V District Health Department, provide email correspondence daily and include WIZS News. To quote a few lines from Short’s Sunday afternoon situation report: “As of now, the total number of...
Express Employment Professionals: Muetzel Says ‘Essential Industries Hiring’
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY Hal Muetzel, owner and operator of Express Employment Professionals, appeared on WIZS Town Talk Thursday at 11 a.m. Located at 124 Main Street in Oxford, Express Employment Professionals is a staffing company focused on helping people find jobs and providing workforce solutions to businesses. Services include a...
Convicted Drug Trafficker Charged With Escaping Custody of Butner Federal Prison
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announces that today, RICHARD R. CEPHAS, of Wilmington, Delaware, was charged in a federal Criminal Complaint with escaping from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)...
Warren County Memorial Library Celebrates National Library Week
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Warren County Government April 19 – 25, 2020, is National Library Week, and Warren County Memorial Library invites all community members to “find the library at their place” by visiting www.wcmlibrary.org to access virtual services and resources. This is...
Town of Louisburg Awarded $2.4 Million for Industrial Park
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Town of Louisburg On April 16, 2020, the Town of Louisburg was awarded a grant in the amount of $2,439,100 to assist the Town in the construction of water, sewer, and electric infrastructure, as well as industrial access, at...
Big Ruin Creek Baptist Church Moves 220 Fundraiser to July
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Dorothy Wimbush, Big Ruin Creek Baptist Church The Big Ruin Creek Baptist Church fundraiser has been rescheduled for Monday, July 6, 2020, from 4 – 7 p.m. at 220 Seafood Restaurant in Henderson. Tickets are still the same price...
Families Living Violence Free Continues Services Through Pandemic
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Peggy Roark, Acting Executive Director, Families Living Violence Free As concern over COVID-19 continues to grow, Families Living Violence Free has implemented an emergency plan to continue to provide services to clients. Effective immediately, the Crisis Hotline will be...
Vance County COVID-19 Cases Rise to 27; Granville Reports 105
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Brian K. Short, Director of Henderson-Vance County Emergency Operations As of April 16, 2020, the total number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Vance County increased to 27. Presently, 25 individuals are self-isolating at home with two (2)...
Treasurer Folwell Announces $2 Billion Received as Part of CARES Act
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, NC Department of State Treasurer State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the Financial Operations Division (FOD) of the Department of State Treasurer (DST) announced on Thursday that North Carolina has received more than $2 billion from the federal...
Town Talk 04/16/20: Tribute to Lt. Walter Fuller, Jr., Fire & COVID-19 Fighter
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY Debbie Scott, niece of Lt. Walter Fuller, Jr., the first person to die in Vance County from complications of COVID-19, appeared on WIZS Town Talk Thursday at 11 a.m. Scott contacted WIZS directly to pay tribute to her uncle, who passed away on Easter morning, Sunday, April...
