Entries by WIZS Staff

Home and Garden Show

On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8am to 1pm. Today they have tomatoes, snapbeans, beets, cabbages, yellow squash, zucchini squash, red irish potatoes, cantaloupes, watermelons, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, peaches, and canned items. The 2025 Landowners and Heirs […]

TownTalk: Salvation Army Power Couple Ready to Help Henderson

With about five weeks at their new posts with the Henderson Salvation Army, Majors Jonathan and Staci Gainey say they know one thing for sure: They want to stay, set down roots and have a positive impact in the community. “We’re looking forward to being here for a very long time,” Jonathan said on Wednesday’s […]

TownTalk: Vance County Friday Night Football A Month Away

The Vance County Vipers 2025-26 football season kicks off Friday, Aug. 22 with a 7 p.m. home game against non-conference opponent Warren County. Head Coach Aaron Elliott and his staff are preparing for the upcoming season that puts them in a new conference, thanks to a huge realignment back in March by the N.C. High […]

County Employees Donate 650 Pounds Of Food, Personal Care Items To ACIM

— Information courtesy of Granville County Public Information Officer Terry Hobgood Granville County Government employees collected 650 pounds of food and personal care items to benefit Area Congregations in Ministry, the county’s food bank. The Granville County Board of Elections was recognized for collecting the most donations per employee. Summer can be especially difficult for food […]

Paws & Poses to Benefit Granville County Animals

An upcoming yoga class planned for Saturday, July 26 at the Oxford Armory Farmers Market is shaping up to be like no other, and the event organizer said there will be some positively adorable pooches wandering among the yoga mats to perhaps meet their future owners. Annie Drake, a rising senior at Vance Charter School, […]

Cooperative Extension with Michael Ellington: Fall Armyworms

Michael Ellington, on the Vance County Cooperative Extension Report: Today we introduce fall armyworms, the damage they do, and how to spot them. I’ve also included a few reminders for upcoming events. Great Southeast Pollinator Census www.gsepc.org Heirs Property Gathering go.ncsu.edu/vcheirsproperty Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream […]

The Local Skinny! Shaping the Future in Henderson & Vance County

It’s called “Shaping the Future: A Community Empowerment Extravaganza” and Higher is Waiting Executive Director Jayden Watkins said it’s part back-to-school, part community gathering combined with a whole lot of fun. “The purpose of the event is to bring the community together,” Watkins told WIZS’s Scout Hughes Monday. Watkins, 17 and a rising senior at […]