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TownTalk: Commissioners Terminate Funding and Contract Relationship with “Rescue Squad”
/by WIZS StaffIn a 4-2 vote, the Vance County Board of Commissioners Monday terminated funding for the Vance County Rescue Squad, effective Sept. 30, 2025. The county did not renew the contract with the rescue squad, which expired on June 30, but commissioners agreed to a 90-day extension. That extension ends Sept. 30. During a joint meeting […]
Vance County Schools Names Jeremy Hetrick As School Nutrition Services Director
/by WIZS StaffVance County Schools has named Jeremy Hetrick as the district’s new director of School Nutrition Services. Hetrick brings more than two decades of leadership experience in food service administration, school nutrition and operations management to his new role. He has a proven track record of improving nutrition programs, overseeing large-scale budgets and ensuring compliance with USDA […]
Shaping the Future in Henderson & Vance County
/by WIZS StaffIt’s called “Shaping the Future: A Community Empowerment Extravaganza” and Higher is Waiting Executive Director Jayden Watkins said it’s part back-to-school, part community gathering combined with a whole lot of fun. “The purpose of the event is to bring the community together,” Watkins told WIZS’s Scout Hughes Monday. Watkins, 17 and a rising senior at […]
Cooperative Extension with Michael Ellington: National Farmers Market Week
/by WIZS StaffMichael Ellington, on the Vance County Cooperative Extension Report: We talk about the upcoming events at the farmers market in the month of August, including the National Farmers Market Week celebration on August 9th! Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & […]
The Local Skinny! Trent Ayscue Retires From Henderson Fire Department
/by WIZS StaffThe Henderson Fire Department was the place to be Friday as colleagues, family and friends paid tribute to Trent Ayscue, who retired after more than three decades of service. Ayscue, who retired as a battalion chief, said he’d entertain the idea of coming back to work part-time after the required month of separation after retirement, […]
One Arrested On Drug Charges
/by WIZS StaffFrom the office of Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame On Thursday, July 24, 2025 members of the Vance County Sheriff’s Office VICE/Narcotics Unit and the Henderson Police Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at 3764 Warrenton Rd., as part of an investigation into heroin trafficking at the residence. Investigators located and seized Heroin, Cocaine, US […]
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 08-01-25 Noon
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TownTalk: Recovery Alive Receives Opioid Settlement Money
/by WIZS StaffTisha Temple, the founder and CEO of Recovery Alive Homes, has a passion for helping people struggling with opioid use disorder. She once struggled with it herself, and has been free from its grip for 11 years now. Temple’s nonprofit was one of two groups to get grants from the city of Henderson in its […]
The Local Skinny! Council Members Host Community Forum
/by WIZS StaffThree of the four incumbent City Council members running for re-election were present at a community forum Wednesday evening at Holy Temple Church in Henderson. Ola Thorpe-Cooper, Garry Daeke and Lamont Noel were in attendance; the other incumbent, Sara Coffey, was not feeling well, and was not present. The three incumbents spoke about the importance […]