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The 2026 season marks the fifth year for Vance County Vipers Head Football Coach Aaron Elliott. Local sports analyst Doc Ayscue joined WIZS’s Scout Hughes on TownTalk Tuesday to talk X’s and O’s for the Vipers, beginning Year 2 in the newly formed Northern Six 6A/7A athletic conference. Noting Elliott’s 28-16 overall record as Vipers […]
– Information from Vance County Schools Chief Officer of Accountability, Research & Communication Aarika Sandlin The Vance County Board of Education has appointed Rey Horner as assistant superintendent of Auxiliary and Student Services and Dr. Jacqueline Batchelor-Crosson as chief officer of Academics and Federal Programs. Horner and Batchelor-Crosson will begin their new roles immediately, according […]
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Applications are being accepted now for high students who are interested in participating in a Young Farmers Program that will introduce them to farming over the course of 12 weeks that includes some traditional classroom time, some hands-on time with the soil and learning about what farming in the 21st century can look like. N.C. […]
In the month or so since he’s been Kerr-Vance Academy’s athletic director, Mike Ramel has been busy getting oriented to his new job, making connections on campus and in the community. And while students and their families were welcomed back to campus Monday for a back-to-school event in advance of Wednesday’s first day of class […]
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As the newest superintendent of Vance County Schools, Dr. Destiney Ross-Putney most likely is feeling some of the same things that her predecessors felt as the beginning of a new school year approaches: excitement for what lies ahead, mixed with a little bit of apprehension, well, for what lies ahead. But like all good educators, […]
Wayne Rowland, on the Vance County Cooperative Extension Report: Collards can be easily grown in the fall garden.Cooperative Extension has excellent publications on how to grow collards. Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs. Click Play! WIZS Radio · Cooperative […]
Vance County residents registered to vote at the New Hope precinct will have the Townsville Fire Department as their polling place for all future elections. The Vance County Board of Elections posted this information on social media recently, stating that voter notification cards reflecting the change also were mailed out on July 30. New Hope […]
— From the N.C. Dept. of Information Technology The N.C. 911 Board, which operates under the North Carolina Department of Information Technology has launched a statewide campaign to raise awareness of Text‑to‑911. This critical service allows residents to reach emergency responders by text message when calling 911 is not possible or safe. The 16‑week public […]
