Entries by WIZS Staff

Tobacco Trust Fund Grant Cycle Open Now

The North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission is accepting applications for the 2023 grant cycle. The key objectives for 2023 are supporting the agricultural industry, impacting rural communities and stimulating economic development. Funds will be awarded in the fall of 2023 for selected innovative projects, according to Jeff Camden NCTTFC program officer. “North Carolinians are […]

VGCC To Host Panel Discussion As Part of MLK Observance

Join the Vance-Granville Community College Men’s Achievement Academy for a panel discussion to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday, Jan.  24 at 6 p.m. at the Main Campus Civic Center in Henderson. The event is presented in partnership with Vance-Granville’s Initiative on Equity for Women of Color (VIEW), according to […]

Granville Tourism Kicks Off ‘Project Uplift’ Partnership At Jan. 26 Event

The Granville County Tourism Development Authority, in partnership with Uplift North Carolina, invites the public to attend a kickoff meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Granville County Convention and Expo Center (4185 US Highway 15  South, Oxford) to begin Project Uplift. “We are excited to work with Uplift North Carolina to boost tourism […]

The Local Skinny! Valentines For Veterans

Gentiva Hospice in Oxford is hosting a Valentine’s For Veterans event later this month to make Valentine’s cards that will be shared with veterans in five different are counties. This is the third year that Gentiva, formerly Kindred Hospice, has sponsored the activity, and Patient Care Coordinator Whitney Allen told WIZS’s Bill Harris on The […]

Franklin County Creates, Fills Second Assistant County Manager Position

Franklin County is getting a second assistant county manager in a couple of weeks. The county commissioners approved adding the position in its 2023 budget and officials recently announced that Ryan Preble will begin his new role on Jan. 25. Preble has more than 20 years’ management across a variety of organizations, including the private […]

US Attorney’s Office Gets Guns Off the Streets In 2022

-information courtesy of the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of North Carolina The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of North Carolina has announced that, as a result of litigation efforts during 2022, at least 280 illegally owned, possessed, used or obtained firearms were forfeited. “Getting illegal guns out of the hands […]

TownTalk: Reflections On Dr. Martin Luther King

Monday’s TownTalk segment includes reflections from area pastors in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Please listen back to hear these reflections in their entirety.   The Rev. Joseph Ratliff, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, said he views the MLK holiday “not simply about a single man, but…the struggle of Black people […]

Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Small Greenhouse

Interested in starting your springtime vegetable plants from seed or propagating plants from cuttings? A small backyard greenhouse might be just the thing to help you achieve those goals. Wayne Rowland, technician with Vance County’s Cooperative Extension service, reports that constructing a backyard greenhouse may be simpler than you’d think. With some simple hand tools […]

$25,000 Reward Offered For Information About 2018 Homicide

A $25,000 reward is being offered by the state of North Carolina for information about an almost five-year-old unsolved murder in Vance County. Gov. Roy Cooper’s office made the announcement Thursday in connection with the death of 22-year-old De’Cedric Tyquon Alston. In the late evening hours of Feb. 22, 2018, Alston was shot multiple times […]