Entries by WIZS Staff

2017 National Day of Prayer

WIZS 1450 AM and wizs.com broadcast the Day of Prayer Service at City Hall.  There is a Facebook Live video of part of that service at facebook.com/wizsradio.  WIZS also broadcast the local version of the 66th Annual National Day of Prayer Rally at 7 p.m. in the gym at Southern Vance High School.  The entire […]

Oxford Prep Claims First Varsity Baseball Conference Championship

With the regular season over, the Griffins finished 14-10 overall and 11-1 in conference play, clinching their very first baseball conference championship.  The Griffins took another step forward in the young program’s history.  Last year, in the first season of varsity play the team finished 12-12 overall and 3rd in the conference.  The Griffins will […]

Oxford Prep Continues Golf Success

On Wednesday, April 26th the Oxford Preparatory School Varsity Golf Team concluded their stint in the Tar Roanoke Athletic Conference with not only finished the regular season with a Team Championship but won the Conference Tournament as a team. The team has achieved both honors for the last two years, which is quite a feat […]

GCPS Passes Budget, Includes $2.78 million in Budget Cuts

Tuesday, May 2, 2017 For Immediate Release On Thursday, April 27, the Granville County Board of Education approved the budget for the 2017-2018 school year.  This year’s budget process was particularly difficult as the Board faced both increased costs and projected decreased revenues, which made necessary substantial cuts in personnel and program expenditures.  As a […]

Warren County High Class of ’97 20th Reunion Dedicated to GiveBackPacks

by Craig Hahn, Executive Director of The Chamber of Commerce of Warren County Help the WCHS Class of ’97 Celebrate Their 20th Reunion Donations to GiveBackPacks You never know where you’re going to uncover another treasure or worthy cause here in Warren County…and Saturday gave me the opportunity to uncover a great project. I met […]

NC Cooperative Extension to rebrand

Raleigh, N.C. – NC State Extension and The Cooperative Extension Program at N.C. A&T State University have launched a rebranding effort for their strategic partnership known as N.C. Cooperative Extension. Effective immediately, a new logo is being rolled out in local Extension centers across the state, as NC State and N.C. A&T adopt a new […]

Sixteen Year-Old Dies From Gunshot Wound

Press Release- May 2, 2017 On Friday April 28, 2017, at 4:50 p.m. members of the Henderson Police Department responded to the area of the 100 block of W. Rockspring Street in reference to someone being shot. Upon arrival, officers located George Juan Mayo, 16, with a gunshot wound. Mayo was transported to Duke Medical […]

Corbitt Preservation Association to Meet This Sunday

This is a reminder that the 2nd meeting of 2017 of the Corbitt Preservation Association will be this coming Sunday the 7th at 2:00 p.m. at the Bennett H Perry Museum ( The home of the Corbitt Museum). We would love to see each and everyone of you. We have a lot to talk about […]

City of Henderson/County of Vance to meet tomorrow

There will be a joint meeting between the Henderson City Council and the Vance County Commissioners on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Farm Bureau Room at the Perry Memorial Library, 205 Breckenridge Street, Henderson.  The purpose of this meeting is to hear a presentation from the NC School of Government regarding […]