Entries by WIZS Staff

Visit Sept. 15 Open House At MHCO To Learn More About Community Support Center

Plans are underway to create a community support center on the campus of the Masonic Home for Children in Oxford to offer resources, training and other services to families in the community. Through a partnership with the Granville County United Way, FGV Smart Start, Granville Education Foundation and Baptist Children’s Home the Masonic Home for […]

Epsom Park Closer To Reality With $434K Grant Award

-information courtesy of Franklin County Public Information Officer James Hicks   The future of Epsom Park became clearer after crucial funding was announced last week. The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority awarded more than $17 million in grant funding to provide support to 39 local parks and recreation projects through N.C. Parks and Recreation […]

Officials Begin Mailing Absentee Ballots To Signal Countdown To Nov. 8 Election

-information courtesy of N.C. State Board of Elections Beginning today, North Carolina’s county boards of elections wile begin mailing absentee ballot to voters who request them for the 2022 general election, signaling the start of voting midterm elections. Election Day is 61 days away – November 8. Contests in this election include a U.S. Senate […]

Queen Elizabeth II Defined an Era, Part of the Story of our World

WIZS News Special Report — These days, twenty-somethings have their life ahead of them to do as they wish: some 25-year-olds are in graduate school, others are well into their life in the world of work. Some are married with children and some are enjoying the singles scene. But in 1952, one 25-year-old woman began […]

Granville Announces Drew Cummings As New County Manager

-information courtesy of Granville Public Information Officer Terry Hobgood The Granville County Board of Commissioners has selected Drew Cummings as the new county manager. Cummings has been an assistant county manager and chief of staff in Durham County for 14 years. He will begin his new job on Oct. 17. “I am so excited to come […]

The Local Skinny! When Trains Rumbled Along Corbitt Road

Sometimes it’s fun to just listen. Listen and remember times gone by, through the eyes – and voices – of those who are no longer here. Thursday’s The Local Skinny! segment is a remembrance of two much-loved subjects around here at the radio station: Trains. And John D. Rose, III. John C. Rose played a […]

David Richardson, Granville School Board Chair, Dies

David Richardson, chairman of the Granville County Board of Education, died Tuesday evening. Friends, church colleagues and education supporters across the county reflected Wednesday on Richardson’s life and legacy in the community. Granville County Public Schools Public Information Officer Dr. Stan Winborne said district officials received word of Richardson’s death, but he had no further […]

Car Break In Suspect Arrested After Swift Actions by Eyewitness

HPD Press Release: On September 7, 2022 Henderson Police Department officers were advised a male wearing dark colored jogging pants with a white stripe was in the area of Zollicoffer Avenue and Chestnut Street attempting to break into motor vehicles. Patrick Hawkins, age 44, who resides at 240 Burwell Avenue was detained and found in […]

New Beginnings Signal Bright Future for Duke University’s Football Program

— text and picture by Patrick Magoon freelance writer for WIZS A fresh start for Duke’s football program hints at a brighter future for the coaching staff, players, and fans. For the first time in nearly 33 years, Duke shutout a Football Bowl Subdivision team. Duke’s offense, under the control of Mike Elko, the team’s […]

Arrest Made In 2018 Murder Of Henderson Man

Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame said one person has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a 2018 incident that resulted in the death of a 21-year-old Henderson man. On or about Aug 31, 2022,  the Vance County Sheriff’s Office arrested Oakoya Monae Turner, 25, of Henderson on a charge of first-degree murder […]