Entries by John C. Rose

Vance County EMS Has Itself Reached Out For Help

Vance County Management, on behalf of the Vance County EMS Department, has reached out to the state to ask for a strike team. The problem is positive COVID cases. Vance County Manager Jordan McMillen told WIZS News, “We are working through a number of positive COVID cases in our EMS department as is the case […]

S-Line Rail Corridor Goes Straight Through Henderson

The S-Line rail corridor goes straight through downtown Henderson.  The future of the route from Petersburg, Virginia down to the Virginia line and then the NC Department of Transportation’s portion from Virginia to South Carolina could spawn additional economic development for the local Henderson area. Being a mainline portion of the Southeast Corridor and possibly […]

Local Vance County Covid-19 Update 12-17-20

For the seven day period December 10 to December 16 in Vance County, there were a total of 182 positive test results for Covid-19. For the same time period, 96 people in Vance County were released from isolation. Those figures equal a net increase of 86 in a week or about 12 people per day […]

Henderson Vance Chamber Informs Businesses About Covid

Covid news for member businesses is out from the Henderson Vance Chamber of Commerce and President Michelle Burgess. An email this week from Burgess to Chamber members asks for area businesses to “Help Keep Our Economy Open!” Burgess wrote: The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce has been alerted to the surging COVID-19 cases here in […]

Christmas Toy Drive at Gang Free, Inc.

Gang Free, Inc. here in Henderson will be giving toys to over 600 children for Christmas. At the present time, the organization still needs about 100 to 120 more toys to match with the number of youngsters already signed up. Gang Free founder Melissa Elliott said, “Gang Free has over 600 children for Christmas. Toys […]

Vance County Schools Re-entry Plans Ready; Just Need Date

The Vance County School system has been hard at work on a re-entry plan for students, and this week at the Vance County Board of Education meeting that re-entry plan was approved. No date was set. VCS Public Information Officer Aarika Sandlin provided the information in her latest board briefs.  She wrote, “The Board of […]

TownTalk 12-16-20; Covid, New WIZS Morning Host Steve Lewis

Listen to TownTalk on WIZS 1450 AM / 100.1 FM each weekday from 11am until 11:30am. The Wednesday, Dec 16, 2020 edition of TownTalk reviewed the latest information from Granville-Vance Public Health pertaining to local availability of the Covid-19 vaccine. Also, in segment two of the show, the newest member of the WIZS staff was […]

Granville County Public Schools Schedule, Delay 12-16-20

— courtesy of Granville County Public Schools; written by Dr. Stan Winborne, GCPS Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 16 is a remote learning day for all students, and the first day of our temporary transition to Plan C. However, tomorrow is also the first day for our traditional high school students to report to their school in-person […]