Entries by WIZS Staff

The Local Skinny! Salvation Army

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Major Beth Mallard is the Salvation Army’s new Corps officer serving at the Henderson location. The organization made the announcement in mid-June; Mallard is one of a couple of dozen corps officers that assumed their new assignments across the Carolinas. Mallard succeeds the husband-wife team of Captains Joshua and Amanda Keaton, who served at the […]

TownTalk: William Coker, Vance County Animal Services Chief

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For Vance County Animal Services Director William Coker, the name of the game is cultivating partnerships. Community partners raise awareness when it comes to reducing the pet population. Corporate partners provide space for adoption and vaccination events. And, individual partners fall in love with the cutest little pups or kittens and give them forever homes. […]

Kevin Barnes Returns As Warden Of Warren Correctional Institution

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– information courtesy of N.C. Dept. of Adult Correction Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Kevin Barnes as warden of Warren Correctional Institution. Barnes previously served as warden of Warren Correctional before retiring in 2018. “Warden Barnes has agreed to come out of retirement and resume his old position, which we greatly appreciate,” Ishee […]

TownTalk: Dementia Care Giver Conference

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  The Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Government is hosting a conference on Tuesday, Aug. 6  designed to help caregivers – family members and professionals – gain awareness, education and resources about how best to deal with those living with dementia or other cognitive or memory issues. Michael Patterson, KTCOG family caregiver specialist, will be one […]

The Local Skinny!: Police Chief Barrow Updates Two Murder Cases

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Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow said a months-long murder investigation has resulted in a suspect being taken into custody in California. “After slightly over three months of tireless effort from our investigative division, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, we are relieved to say that Antarious Tebron Harrington, age 28, has been taken into custody […]

WIZS SPORTSTALK

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Vance County Man Charged Twice after Providing Alcohol to Underage Recipient

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 — press release courtesy of NC Dept of Public Safety, ALE HENDERSON, N.C.— A Vance County man has been charged twice in as many months for providing alcohol to the same underage 20-year-old female. On Thursday, May 2, 2024, Henderson Police Department (HPD) responded to a vehicle crash in Henderson, NC involving Kassidy Faye Edwards, […]

TownTalk: Sheriff Brame Shares Latest Phone Scam

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Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame wants residents to know, first of all, that neither he nor any personnel of the sheriff’s office will ever ask anyone via telephone call or text message for sensitive personal information. Brame spoke with WIZS on Wednesday’s TownTalk to pass along information regarding just such a scam that has been […]