Entries by WIZS Staff

ACC Announces Football Schedule Model for 2023-26

— courtesy theACC.com GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Tuesday a new football scheduling model that will go into effect beginning with the 2023 season. The new model is based on a 3-5-5 structure whereby each team will play three primary opponents annually and face the other 10 league teams twice during the […]

The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 06-28-22

The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for June 28, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email michele@hendersonvance.org to be included. Business Name –  Variety Wholesalers Inc. Job Opening –   […]

TownTalk: Lt. Governor Robinson Speaks to Local GOP

Full Mark Robinson audio included below. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was the featured speaker at a Vance County GOP fundraiser on Friday, and he exhorted those in attendance to stay focused on the task at hand – that being the November midterm elections. The fundraiser was held at the former Charles Boyd Chevrolet lot on […]

5 Granville Students Participating In Summer Leadership Program

Five local high school students are participating in Granville County’s Summer Civic Leadership Program. The students, all rising seniors, began the program on June 16, according to a statement from Granville County Public Information Officer Terry Hobgood. The program continues through July and the students will be present at the Aug. 8 meeting of the […]

Master Gardener Class Forming for Vance, Warren Counties

N.C. Cooperative Extension is looking for a few good volunteers to join the Vance/Warren Master Gardenersm program. Applications are now being accepted for the 16-week training program, which will begin on Thursday, Aug.11, 2022 and will continue to meet on Thursday mornings. During the course of the class, participants will learn about all aspects of […]

Man Gets 120-Month Prison Term For Shooting At Warren Deputy

  -information courtesy of the Eastern District of the U.S. Attorney’s Office A man who shot at a Warren County Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 120 months’ imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Rodriguez Crudup pled guilty to charges that stemmed from an incident on Dec. 28, […]

Man On Post Release, Posts Another Bond, Leads Police on Chase

This time Tyren Hargrove was served with an outstanding Order for Arrest that had a preassigned $1,000,000 bond. “The $1,000,000 bond was due to the DA’s office fighting to get a sufficient bond set from the extraordinarily low bond previously set,” Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow said, referring to the magistrate level bonds already available […]