Entries by WIZS Staff

McGregor Hall to Present Free, Online Performance of ‘Melanin Marquee’

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center will feature “Melanin Marquee – A Black Broadway Cabaret” live via its Facebook page on Sunday, August 30, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. Enjoy this incredible lineup of the region’s […]

VGCC Small Business Center Offering Free Counseling Services

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL The Small Business Center Network and Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center have launched the Reboot, Recover, Rebuild (R3) Program offering free counseling services to local small businesses. Now is the perfect time for small business owners to reach out and […]

Oxford Public Works Committee to Discuss Water, Sewer Projects

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, City of Oxford The Public Works Committee for the Oxford Board of Commissioners will meet on Thursday, August 20, 2020, at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held via Zoom. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the […]

Vance Co. Schools Asks Local Businesses to Serve as WiFi Hotspot Locations

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Letter to local businesses from Dr. Anthony Jackson, Vance County Schools Superintendent: Vance County Schools values every partnership and, as we are facing unprecedented times, our needs within our school district are ever–changing. We strongly believe that working together is what […]

VGCC Vice President Levy Brown Appointed to Serve on National Commission

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Dr. Levy Brown, a vice president at Vance-Granville Community College, recently accepted an appointment to the Commission on Student Success of the American Association of Community Colleges. He will serve a three-year term (July 1, 2020 […]

GVPH COVID-19 Update: Cases, Hospitalizations & Deaths as of 8/17/20

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 August 17, 2020. Granville Vance Public Health numbers correlate with the […]

Vance Commissioners to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed Economic Dev. Incentive

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy the County of Vance Vance County Board of Commissioners Chairman Gordon Wilder has called a special meeting for Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at 6 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, Vance County Administration Building, 122 Young Street, Henderson, NC. […]

Cokesbury Fire Department Announces Cancellation of Sept. Fireworks

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL From the Cokesbury Volunteer Fire Department: It is with great sadness that we must announce that the Cokesbury Volunteer Fire Department will be canceling our fireworks that were scheduled for September 5, 2020. With our State being mired in Phase 2 […]

Vance County Tourism Announces the Cancellation of Fireworks, Annual Car Show

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Vance County Tourism Development Authority The much anticipated annual Show, Shine, Shag & Dine, and East Coast Dragtimes Hall of Fame & Reunion scheduled for October 16 and 17, 2020, in Henderson will not take place this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 […]