Entries by WIZS Staff

VGCC to offer Food Truck Entrepreneurship on Main Campus with new instructor

— courtesy VGCC Vance-Granville Community College will soon offer its Mobile Food Truck Entrepreneurship Workshop Series at the college’s Main Campus in Vance County for the first time. Previously, the course was offered on the Franklin County and Warren County campuses. A partnership of VGCC’s Small Business Center and Personal Enrichment department, the program will […]

DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S SCHEDULE JANUARY 2018

DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S SCHEDULE JANUARY 2018 Mon, Jan 1 HOLIDAY Tues, Jan 2 Vance Trial Court (O’NEAL) – Waters, Pelfrey, Louis, Erdmann, Allen **Franklin District Court (Davis) – Olivieri, Roberson ##Vance District Court (Hunter) – Capps, Watson/Hargrove Granville Juvenile Court (Thompson) – Putney Granville County Clerk’s Office Hours – Attorneys – 2:00 – 4:00 pm – […]

Franklin County Sheriff and ALE Target Alcohol, Gambling, Drug Activity

— courtesy NC SBI and North Carolina Department of Public Safety LOUISBURG – The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and Alcohol Law Enforcement arrested eight people on drug, alcohol and gambling charges in two Franklin County locations Dec. 15. Operation Clean Sweep, a three-month undercover investigation, began after the agencies received complaints alleging illegal activities occurring at […]

Christmas Music 2017 on WIZS and WIZS.com

WIZS Christmas Special “Listen Live” to WIZS 1450 AM or by clicking “Listen Live” at WIZS.com. If non-stop Christmas music is your thing, or you want Christmas music at your home Christmas party, be sure to tune in or listen live each night this week from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. plus all day Christmas […]

Triangle North Executive Airport Manager Stephen Merritt Has Died

— courtesy Franklin County Government Kristen King, Clerk to the Board of the Franklin County Commissioners, wrote in an email to WIZS News, and to others today, and said, “It is with great sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. Stephen Merritt, Airport Manager of Triangle North Executive Airport. Mr. Merritt passed away […]

Aycock Rec Center Closed Through Sat, Dec 23

— courtesy City of Henderson The City of Henderson webpage (click here) says on the Recreation and Parks Department section (click here): “THE AYCOCK RECREATION CENTER WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, DECEMBER 18 THROUGH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23 FOR YEARLY GENERAL MAINTENANCE.  NO ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THIS TIME.”

SBI Develops New Hand-held Fingerprint Technology

— courtesy NC SBI and North Carolina Department of Public Safety The State Bureau of Investigation has deployed a mobile fingerprint scanning application for local and state law enforcement officers that instantly searches state and national databases for a positive identification. The process is simple. A suspect places his or her finger on a small portable […]

Noting ACC Basketball Dec. 18

— courtesy theacc.com Release: https://theacc.co/accmbb1718release Media Guide: https://theacc.co/mbb1718mediaguide Scoreboard: https://www.theacc.com/scoreboard-mbb Noting ACC Basketball ACColades Two ACC teams are in action on Monday night against opponents from the state of South Carolina … Florida State plays host to Charleston Southern, while Wake Forest travels to Coastal Carolina in search of its sixth straight win … Sunday […]

Southern Vance National Technical Honor Society Coat Drive 2017

Vance County Proud   Students who are members of the National Technical Honor Society at Southern Vance High School are shown in the accompanying photo with some of the coats they collected in their Coat Drive for needy families in Vance County. The coats have been given to Salvation Army representatives to distribute to needy […]