Entries by WIZS Staff

NC Farmers, Supporters to Attend Agriculture Awareness Event

-Press Release, NCDA&CS The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is hosting Ag Awareness Day. Farmers, agribusiness leaders and Ag supporters will attend to show their support for North Carolina’s No. 1 industry and to thank legislators for passing the $240 million Hurricane Florence Ag Disaster Relief package. Participants will meet with legislators and […]

VGCC Presents 7th Annual Dinner Theater: ‘Company’ by Stephen Sondheim

-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College “Company” by Stephen Sondheim Tickets for Seventh Annual Dinner Theater will go on sale March 25! Check out the details below of what promises to be an evening of fun, food and fellowship in the great Vance-Granville Drama and Culinary Arts tradition and get your tickets at www.vgcc.edu/dinnertheater. The event, […]

Local Chambers of Commerce to Host Administrative Professionals Luncheon

— Information courtesy Granville County Chamber of Commerce | Ginnie Currin, Executive Director ~ 919-693-6125 ~ ginnie@granville-chamber.com The Granville County Chamber of Commerce, together with Franklin, Warren and Vance Chambers are sponsoring the annual Administrative Professionals Luncheon. This year’s event is being held Wednesday, April 24 at noon at Thorndale Oaks, 105 West Quailridge Road in Oxford. We are honored […]

220 Seafood Trout Dinner to Benefit ‘Rae-Rae’ Owen – April 15

Friends and family of Raegan “Rae-Rae” Owen are sponsoring a Trout Dinner at 220 Seafood – 1812 Norlina Rd in Henderson – on Monday, April 15, 2019, from 3 until 8 p.m. Owen is a local 10-year-old girl currently battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Eat in or take out. Plates are $7 and include trout, french fries and cole […]

Henderson-Vance Rec. & Parks Extends Youth Baseball/Softball Deadline

-Information and flyer courtesy Tara Goolsby, Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Facilities Supervisor, Aycock Recreation Center Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks has extended the deadline to register for youth spring baseball and softball until Sunday, March 24, 2019. Baseball is open to ages 4 – 18; playing age is determined as of May 1, 2019. Softball is […]

Franklin Co. Sheriff’s Office Arrests Wake Resident on Indecent Liberties Charge

On February 11, 2019, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division issued a warrant for the arrest of David Alan Brantley, a Wake County resident. Mr. Brantley was charged with: (1) one count of Felony Indecent Liberties with a Child. On March 14, 2019, with the assistance of Wake County Sheriff’s Office, David Alan […]

Commissioners Eyeing Former Eaton Johnson Bldg. for Vance Co. DSS

On Thursday, March 28, 2019, at 2:30 p.m, the Vance County Board of Commissioners Properties Committee consisting of Dan Brummitt, Archie Taylor and Gordon Wilder will meet in the Administrative Conference Room of the Vance County Administration Building at 122 Young Street in Henderson. These commissioners will meet with an architect to discuss the potential […]

Get Slimed for a Good Cause at FGV Smart Start’s ‘Slime Walk’

-Information and flyer courtesy Christan Paylor, Professional Development Coordinator, FGV Smart Start Franklin-Granville-Vance Smart Start will hold a “Slime Walk” on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Franklinton High School – 910 Cedar Creek Rd. in Franklinton, NC. Event registration begins at 9:30 a.m.; walk takes place from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The pre-registration deadline […]

State Broadband Office Publishes Homework Gap Report

-Information courtesy NC DIT Eric Boyette, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (DIT) and State Chief Information Officer, announced today the release of the “The Homework Gap in North Carolina,” a report that provides communities with strategies to bridge the homework gap that occurs when students are assigned homework that requires internet […]