Entries by WIZS Staff

VCSO: Two Arrested on Cocaine, Drug Charges During Traffic Stop

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Vance County Sheriff’s Office On July 11, 2020, at 1:41 p.m., the Vance County Sheriff‘s Office Narcotics Division was on routine patrol and conducted a traffic stop at 28 Gholson Place in Henderson, NC. Arrested at the scene were […]

Yancey Believed to be Armed and Dangerous

— press release from Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame Subject: Antavian Cornelius Yancey Aliases: Cornelius Yancey and Antavian Yancey On Thursday, July 16, 2020, the Vance County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division received a call reference smoke in a wooded area. Upon the arrival of Deputies and the Vance County Fire Department on the scene, a […]

Royster Arrested in Heroin Drug Bust at Lakeview, White Oak Drive in Henderson

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Vance County Sheriff’s Office On Thursday, July 16, 2020, at 1:45 p.m., the Vance County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division conducted a buy/bust at Lakeview and White Oak Drive in Henderson, NC. Arrested during the incident was Malik Rayquan Royster […]

Local GVPH COVID-19 Update: No Reported Vance Co. Deaths in Last 17 Days

THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY 100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Granville Vance Public Health The following is an update for COVID-19 spread and response in Granville and Vance County as of July 23, 2020. Granville Vance Public Health numbers correlate with the […]

Warren Co. Health Dept., Vidant Health to Offer COVID Testing Event

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Warren County Government The Warren County Health Department is partnering with Vidant Health to offer a COVID-19 Community Testing Event at  Olive Grove Missionary Baptist Church (915 Eaton Ferry Road, Littleton, NC) July 27 – 29, 2020. Testing will […]

Granville Co. Board of Education Votes to Begin Academic Year Remotely

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Granville County Public Schools At a special called meeting on Thursday, July 23, 2020, the Granville County Board of Education voted 5-2 to begin the 2020-2021 academic year with remote entry for all students. The Board also granted the […]

VGCC to Offer UAV/Drone Pilot Training Courses, Commercial Pilot Ground School

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Vance-Granville Community College is introducing new opportunities for education and training in the Aviation field – covering both manned and unmanned flights. VGCC is partnering with Total Flight Solutions, an aviation company with a location at […]

Cameron Ford Breedlove Named KVA Varsity Girls Tennis Coach

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Kerr Vance Academy has named alumna Cameron Ford Breedlove coach of its varsity girls tennis team. Breedlove played on the KVA tennis team her seventh through twelfth-grade years and said she was “excited to be back as the coach.” Upon graduating […]