Entries by WIZS Staff

Home And Garden Show

On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.  Vance County Regional Farmers Market is open on Saturdays 8am-1pm.  The Handcrafted Holiday Market is coming up at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market. Saturday, November 16th from 8am-2pm.  Take your soil samples to the Vance County Cooperative Extension. Do it as soon as […]

TownTalk: Paws Of Hope Pantry At Pinkston Street School

Paws of Hope, the new food pantry at Pinkston Street Elementary, was filled with well-wishers from the community Wednesday who came out to show support for a program designed to feed a child – literally and figuratively. The new space has a fresh coat of paint – the school colors, of course – and banners […]

Henderson Man Gets 11.5 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

– press release from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Michael F. Easley, Jr. A Henderson man was sentenced to 138 months in prison for armed drug trafficking. On August 15, 2024, Cedric Neal pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and […]

The Local Skinny! Vance County Jail Update

Six months into his new job, Maj. Johnny Hawkins provided an update to Vance County commissioners at their Nov. 4 meeting about the staff, programs and physical plant of the county’s detention center. Hawkins began working at the jail in April, and retired with 30 years of service with the N.C. Department of Adult Corrections […]