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Reminder: Individuals, Businesses Teaming Up to Offer Free Thanksgiving Meal
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Information courtesy Fred Robertson Individuals and local businesses have teamed up for the Fourth Annual Henderson-Vance Community Day Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, November 28, 2019. Meals are available free of charge to the public from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event...
Grace Ministries Feeds 5,000 During Annual ‘Meal and a Prayer’ Event
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm Grace Ministries in Henderson served approximately 5,000 Thanksgiving meals to local residents at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 23. The “Meal and a Prayer” event was the third annual for founder Jamie Elliott, who began the ministry as a way to reach...
NC Medicaid Data Shows Progress in State’s Opioid Epidemic
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Press Release, Duke University Communications A new analysis of North Carolina Medicaid data finds that, while important progress is being made in combatting the state’s opioid epidemic, more work is needed to increase the rate at which Medicaid enrollees diagnosed with Opioid...
Oxford Preparatory School’s Open Enrollment Begins Dec. 2
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Press Release, Oxford Preparatory School Open Enrollment for Oxford Preparatory School’s (OPS) 2020 – 2021 school year begins on Monday, December 2, 2019. Applications for new Kindergarten – 12th-grade students will be available at oxfordprep.org at that time. OPS is an independent...
Thornton Library Showcases Artifacts for Native American Indian Heritage Month
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Press Release, Granville County Government The month of November marks an observance of Native American Indian Heritage Month, and the Richard H. Thornton Library is helping showcase this observance with a display of arrowheads and other artifacts from the private collection of...
Nits Nats Music to Close After 50 Years in Business
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY Bill Harris, co-owner of Nits Nats Music in Henderson, has announced that the business that celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier this year will be closing its doors at the end of December. Originally opened in downtown Oxford in 1969 by Phillip and Cheryl Hawkins, the business has...
Town Talk 11/25/19: Granville Tourism Announces Thanksgiving Week Events
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm Angela Allen, director of the Granville County Tourism Development Authority, appeared on WIZS’ Town Talk Monday at 11 a.m. When asked to briefly describe her job, Allen laughed and replied, “I tell people exactly how to have fun and where to find...
Reminder: City of Henderson’s Sanitation Schedule for Thanksgiving Week
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Information courtesy Esther J. McCrackin, City Clerk, City of Henderson, NC The City of Henderson’s sanitation schedule for the Thanksgiving Holiday will be as follows for recycling and yard debris: Monday, November 25 – Monday and Tuesday customers will be collected Tuesday...
Vance Co. Properties, Water Committee to Meet Mon., Dec. 2
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Executive Assistant/Clerk to Board, Vance County Board of Commissioners The following Vance County committees are scheduled to meet Monday, December 2, 2019, in the Administrative Conference Room of the Vance County Administration Building located at 122 Young Street...
Granville Co. Library System Accepting ‘Food for Fines’
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Information courtesy Granville County Government Have outstanding fines at a Granville County library? No problem! Bring a food donation for Area Congregations In Ministry (A.C.I.M.) by Friday, December 20, 2019, and $1 will be taken off your library balance for every can/jar...
