Entries by Bill Harris

Home And Garden Show 1-5-22

On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. New Year = New Garden Year Start your 2022 Garden Journal Contact wildlife resources commission for help with wildlife damage issues Start planning your 2022 garden on paper now what are your goals for 2022 garden. Turf weed management is different now. What problems […]

NCDHHS Expands Program Helping Families Pay Water Bills

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program will expand to include all low-income households needing assistance in paying their water bill. LIHWAP was created in December 2021 after the State of North Carolina was awarded more than $38 million in federal funds to establish a […]

Franklin County Commissioners Change Location of Meeting

Franklin County, January 4, 2022: Franklin County Commissioners will meet at a new location beginning Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Later this month the Board will begin conducting meetings at the new Franklin Plaza location at 279 South Bickett Boulevard in Louisburg in Training Room 102 beginning at 7pm. The Board currently conducts its meetings at […]

The Local Skinny! Vance Eats: Yikky Wingz

It’s no secret around WIZS that our Trey Snide likes to eat. So when we decided that a new segment of the Local Skinny was to be called “Vance Eats” the natural choice for a host was Trey Snide. Vance Eats had it’s inaugural segment with chicken wings from Yikky Wingz. Owner William Flye supplied […]

The Local Skinny! Bullock’s Engraving: Going Strong Since 1973

Michael Lassiter has been working at Bullock’s Engraving for 34 years.  That’s a long time and it’s even more impressive when one considers that Lassister is only 42 years old.  That means he started with the business when he was 8 years old. Ron and Grace Bullock started the business in 1973 and were located […]

TownTalk: How Winnie The Pooh Reflects PTSD

  There are countless books and scholarly articles that psychologists and mental health experts have at their disposal as they counsel and advise their clients. But Marilyn Debora has a favorite author that she refers to often in her role as a management consultant and resilience coach. His name is A.A. Milne. Debora said the […]