Entries by WIZS Staff

The Local Skinny! Infinite Possibilities

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In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Infinite Possibilities is hosting a candlelight vigil Thursday in Warrenton to remember victims and survivors. The statistics are sobering: in the United States, a person suffers domestic violence every 73 seconds and 1 in 6 women has been sexually assaulted or has been the victim of an attempted […]

Donate Items To Hurricane Relief At Vipers’ Football Game Oct. 5

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UPDATE: Unfortunately, the game has been cancelled. AD Philip Weil, of Vance County High School, said the “game is canceled this Saturday due to the continuous impact and devastation to the East Rutherford community.”  He said, “If people have already bought supplies, we will collect and make sure the Red Cross receives them,” if the […]

TownTalk: HPD Press Release Regarding Saturday Night Shooting

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Press Release from Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow Just before midnight on Saturday, September 28th, a fight started inside Tiffany’s of Henderson, 110 S. Garnett Street. The altercation continued outside where it was reported that at least two individuals brandished firearms and discharged them. Law Enforcement was in the immediate area, and was alerted to […]

TownTalk: Granville County Gears Up for Fall

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Take a sip of that pumpkin spice latte, a bite from that pumpkin spice doughnut or a whiff of that pumpkin spice air freshener – fall is in the air and that means all things pumpkin in and around Granville County. Just ask Granville Tourism Authority Director Angela Allen: She’s on a mission to celebrate […]

Local Chamber Seeks Sponsors For ‘Shop With A Cop And Friends’

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The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Shop With a Cop and Friends” is getting underway and it’s time for area businesses to help make the event another success by signing up to be an event sponsor. The goal is to provide local law enforcement at least $7,000 to go on their annual Christmas shopping […]

Trusted Way to Help Western NC with Henry Gupton

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Vance County Clerk of Court, the Hon. Henry Gupton, invites the community to come to the courthouse parking lot Tuesday and Wednesday to help fill a trailer with donations bound for hurricane-ravaged western North Carolina. Gupton told WIZS News Monday that he’s coordinated with Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame to get an enclosed trailer – […]