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The Granville County Board of Education has named Dr. Stan Winborne as the new superintendent of Granville County Public Schools, effective July 1. Winborne will succeed Dr. Alisa McLean, who is retiring after 30 years as an educator in North Carolina. “I am honored and humbled by our Board of Education’s decision to name me […]
— Information courtesy of Donna Young, Maria Parham Health’s Marketing & Communication Coordinator Maria Parham Health recently announced that Anna Williams, CNA, is the 2023 Mercy Award winner. The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of Lifepoint Health’s facilities who profoundly touches the lives of others and best represents the spirit and values on […]
Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame provided the following information to WIZS. On Saturday, May 13, 2023 around 7:58 p.m., the Vance County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the area of 148 North Shank Street in reference to a report of a subject being shot inside a vehicle. It was determined that a male subject, later […]
Parents who may be looking for some engaging activities for their children this summer need look no further than the program listings at the Henderson Vance Recreation and Parks Department. A daylong summer camp begins June 12 and continues through Aug. 11, and HVRPD facilities supervisor said Alisha Shaw said the camp will include field […]
— Information courtesy of Granville County Public Information Officer Terry Hobgood A facility in Granville County that had been used to make cigarettes has new life making highly advanced building materials out of fast-growing perennial grass. That’s right: Grass. Plantd Materials officially opened its new headquarters and production facility last week in the Knotts Grove […]
Parents with teen drivers, take note: there are some changes coming to the graduated driver licensing program, and the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles wants to make sure a trip to your local DMV office goes as smoothly as possible. The General Assembly passed a bill that went into effect earlier this week which requires […]
Four people were arrested late last week on a variety of charges related to the sale and delivery of cocaine and heroin from a house in Vance County. The arrested were made as a result of an operation that involved narcotics and CID investigators of the Vance County Sheriff’s office late last week, according to […]
Tune in to Tasker Fleming’s Front Porch Bluegrass Show on Sunday evenings on WIZS and you’ll surely find yourself tapping your toes to some familiar songs, featuring fiddles, mandolins and more. But tune in to the program on Sunday, May 21 at 6 p.m. and you may hear some familiar – and local – artists […]
Brian Short, director of Vance County emergency operations, is retiring at the end of May. But you won’t find him on the golf course or puttering around in the yard for very long – he’ll begin a new state job just four days after he turns over his local duties to Vivian Lassiter, who will […]
FarmsSHARE is a program that was started in 2020 by Carolina Farm Stewardship Association as a response to COVID-19. And now, almost three years later, federal and state agriculture officials have funded the program to keep it going – and even expanding its reach to help underserved communities increase its access to fresh, local-grown foods. […]
