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Vance County’s Recent Committee Reports & Recommendations
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Vance County Manager Jordan McMillen provided WIZS with the following reports and recommendations from recent committee meetings: Properties Committee Lease Extension – Alliance Rehabilitation Center. The committee (Brummitt, Taylor & Wilder) met on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, to discuss a request...
VGCC Drama Students to Present ’26 Pebbles’ Play Via Video Conference
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Going out to see a play may be impossible due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but the Drama program at Vance-Granville Community College is trying an innovative approach to bring the theatre to the community...
Warren Co. Schools Accepting Pre-K & Kindergarten Applications
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Warren County Schools Warren County Schools is now accepting applications for Pre-K and Kindergarten for the 2020- 2021 school year. To register, parents may pick up an application packet from the school in the attendance zone of their residence...
Confirmed Vance COVID-19 Cases Increase to 79, Granville Remains Steady at 130
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Granville Vance Public Health As of April 27, 2020, Granville Vance Public Health reports 130 known cases of COVID-19 in Granville County, 79 cases in Vance County and 9,142 confirmed cases in North Carolina. There are two outbreaks at congregate living...
VGCC Offering New ‘Buy One, Get One Free’ Summer Course Offerings
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Vance-Granville Community College has a new Buy One, Get One Free summer enrollment initiative for in-state credit and non-credit students who want to take summer online classes online. Current students will need to register now to...
Franklin Co. Health Dept. Temporarily Closed; Six Employees Test COVID-19 Positive
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Franklin County Government As noted previously in prior communication, on Friday, 4/24/2020, the Franklin County Health Department (FCHD) received positive coronavirus test–results for two (2) employees. Those two (2) employees do not serve as healthcare providers within the department. Also...
Warren Co. Commissioners Extend Curfew Through May 8
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Warren County Government The Warren County Board of Commissioners enacted a curfew earlier this month that was meant to last the duration of Governor Roy Cooper’s stay at home order. The curfew is in effect from the hours of 9...
WIZS Noon News Audio 04/27/20
WIZS, Henderson — Your Community Voice — 100.1 FM / 1450 AM Local News at 8a, Noon, 5p; M-F Noon News for 04/27/20 JR’s Restaurant 39 Reopens — Local Business NFL Draft and Season (Mick Mixon) — Global Business VGCC Small Business Center — Free ‘Business Resiliency’ Webinar Series wizsradio · Noon News 04/27/20 ...
Vance Co.: COVID-19 Hurts Sales Tax Revenue, Will Impact New Budget Year
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Vance County Manager Jordan McMillen provided WIZS with the following statement concerning the County’s current state of affairs and the 2020-2021 budget process: On the Vance County business front, we have trying to operate as close to normal as we can...
How School Grades Will be Assigned for 2019-20
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, NC DPI Responding to continuing challenges caused by the COVID-19 school closure, the State Board of Education recently approved measures addressing student grading for the remainder of the school year, incomplete teacher evaluations and $380 million in additional emergency...
