Entries by WIZS Staff

Cooperative Extension with Jamon Glover: Bedtime Problems pt. 3

Jamon Glover, on the Vance County Cooperative Extension Report: We continue our series on working with children with bedtime problems. This time we talk about how to keep your child in the bed after they have already been put to bed. Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream […]

Local Man Faces Drug Charges; Cocaine, Marijuana, Guns, Cash Among Items Seized During Search Warrant

— from the office of Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, members of the Vance County Sheriff’s Office VICE/Narcotics Unit, the NC State Bureau of Investigation and the Henderson Police Department Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at 125 Harrison Ave., Henderson, after an extensive joint investigation into cocaine trafficking at […]

Register To Vote By Sept. 12 In Upcoming Municipal Elections

  Voter registration deadlines are approaching for eligible North Carolinians who wish to vote on Election Day in October and November municipal elections. Municipal elections in Vance County take place Tuesday, Oct. 7. The deadline to register to vote in this election is 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12. The N.C. State Board of Elections […]

Vance County Schools Names Jeremy Hetrick As School Nutrition Services Director

Vance County Schools has named Jeremy Hetrick as the district’s new director of School Nutrition Services. Hetrick brings more than two decades of leadership experience in food service administration, school nutrition and operations management to his new role. He has a proven track record of improving nutrition programs, overseeing large-scale budgets and ensuring compliance with USDA […]

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 […]

Cooperative Extension with Michael Ellington: National Farmers Market Week

Michael Ellington, on the Vance County Cooperative Extension Report: We talk about the upcoming events at the farmers market in the month of August, including the National Farmers Market Week celebration on August 9th! Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & […]

The Local Skinny! Trent Ayscue Retires From Henderson Fire Department

The Henderson Fire Department was the place to be Friday as colleagues, family and friends paid tribute to Trent Ayscue, who retired after more than three decades of service. Ayscue, who retired as a battalion chief, said he’d entertain the idea of coming back to work part-time after the required month of separation after retirement, […]