John is a graduate of Northern Vance High School & UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism. He has been a radio personality since 1989.
John is the Marketing Consultant, News, Sports, & Town Talk Broadcaster, Technician, & Treasurer for WIZS Radio.
He is the current On-site Radio Engineer for Duke Basketball and Football and has been their scoreboard announcer in the past as well.
Governor McCrory Offers Reward in Harnett County Hit and Run Raleigh, N.C. – Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the State is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the hit and run of Steven Daniels, Jennafer Schark and Kyle Straight. On […]
Connor Pendergrass, a rising senior at Northern Vance High School, has been selected to attend the prestigious North Carolina Governor’s School program this summer. Pendergrass is the only student from Vance County Schools selected to attend the summer residential program this year. He was chosen to participate in the program based on his high academic […]
Friday 3:00 p.m. until noon Saturday — The Vance County Relay for Life 2016 is NOW!! You are encouraged to support this worthwhile community cause with your attendance at Southern Vance High School’s Raider Football Stadium. 42 teams and more than 425 participants will be in attendance walking the track, socializing, eating, participating in raffles and […]
This afternoon — Thursday — at 5:00, the Vance County Board of Commissioners met for a budget session and adopted the 2016-2017 fiscal year budget. The budget will go into effect on July 1, and it passed by a vote of 5-0, with Archie Taylor abstaining and Leo Kelly absent. Commissioner Deborah Brown, who made the […]
The message “Citizens Aligned To Take Back Henderson, NC” is sending to The Henderson City Council and The Vance County Board of Commissioners is budget to remove jointly owned dilapidated houses. Concisely stated, that is exactly what the group’s three figureheads, in the persons of Tommy Haithcock, Hope Howard and Heidi Owen, have stated to our […]
According to Brian Short, Director – Vance County Emergency Operations, the National Weather Service in Raleigh has indicated the possibility of severe thunderstorms on Sunday. The NWS noon briefing today (Friday, June 3) says, “The main thunderstorm threat will be damaging straight-line winds; however, a few isolated tornadoes are also possible.” The briefing continues, “Several rounds […]
Commencement ceremonies for members of the Class of 2016 at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools will be held in the schools’ gymnasiums this weekend. Since each ceremony will be held in the gymnasiums, seating will be limited. Graduating seniors will be given tickets for their family members to attend. No one […]
The school bus driver training sessions provided by Vance County Schools have been rescheduled due to a conflict with the instructor’s calendar to Monday, June 27, through Thursday, June 30, at L.B. Yancey Elementary School. Interested persons must attend the training on each of the first three days to receive certification. Vance County Schools will only […]
Students in Vance County Schools’ elementary and middle schools will be given N.C. end-of-grade tests Tuesday through Thursday of this week, with final exams for the school year administered at local high schools beginning on Friday. At Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools, testing will begin Friday, May 27, with first-period N.C. […]
