Entries by WIZS Staff

Home And Garden Show

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Extension:  The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is only open on Saturdays now. 8am-1pm.  The Vance and Warren County Beekeepers will meet October 14 at 7pm at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market.  Now is the time to collect your soil samples.  If you haven’t […]

TownTalk: Perry Memorial Library Events Going on in October

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Ask Perry Memorial Library’s Youth Services Librarian Melody Peters what her favorite time of year is, and you’ll get an energetic, enthusiastic “Fall!” every time. Peters is pulling out all the stops for events and programs for October, from tried-and-true favorites to new activities designed for on-the-go families. This Friday, the library will begin its […]

TownTalk: Make A Joyful Noise ACTS Benefit Concert

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The fourth annual concert to benefit ACTS will take place Saturday, Oct. 12 at McGregor Hall in Henderson and will feature musical performances by area groups and and churches. The doors open at 6 p.m. for the “Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord” event. The concert begins at 7 p.m. and all proceeds will […]

Vance County Names New DSS Director

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Vance County has named a new director of Social Services. Sandy Weaver assumed the role effective today, Oct. 1. According to County Manager C. Renee Perry, Weaver has worked in the department as the Interim Social Work Program Administrator since July 30, 2024. In the coming months, Perry said Weaver will be working with previous […]

TownTalk: Rebuilding Hope, Hurricane Helene Relief

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Rebuilding Hope, Inc. is using one of its warehouses as a staging area and has two trailers ready to load up with much-needed supplies that will be delivered to western North Carolina that was ravaged by flooding and mudslides last week by Hurricane Helene. Robbie Parham, one of the chaplains at the local nonprofit, said […]

The Local Skinny! Infinite Possibilities

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In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Infinite Possibilities is hosting a candlelight vigil Thursday in Warrenton to remember victims and survivors. The statistics are sobering: in the United States, a person suffers domestic violence every 73 seconds and 1 in 6 women has been sexually assaulted or has been the victim of an attempted […]

Donate Items To Hurricane Relief At Vipers’ Football Game Oct. 5

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UPDATE: Unfortunately, the game has been cancelled. AD Philip Weil, of Vance County High School, said the “game is canceled this Saturday due to the continuous impact and devastation to the East Rutherford community.”  He said, “If people have already bought supplies, we will collect and make sure the Red Cross receives them,” if the […]