Entries by WIZS Staff

American Cancer Society to hold local Meet and Greet

American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Vance County to Hold Community Meet & Greet Event on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at Maria Parham Medical Center WHAT: Cancer survivors, caregivers, volunteers, and community leaders will gather to host a meet and greet event for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Vance County. Guests […]

Vance Furniture Celebrates 75 Years with Ribbon Cutting

On Tuesday, October 25th, Craig Bailey and Sam Harper celebrated the company’s 75 years in business with family and friends, their staff, local officials and business owners and the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce. Through the years, Vance Furniture has faced its share of hardships – storms, changing marketplace trends and demands, along with the region’s […]

Employers connect with students at VGCC Manufacturing Day

Vance-Granville Community College held a “Manufacturing Day” celebration on Friday, Oct. 7, in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. An estimated 275 middle and high school students from Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren counties attended, along with VGCC students and other members of the community. They learned about how manufacturing […]

WRAL TV’s Bill Leslie to Perform at McGregor Hall

Take a journey through North Carolina, as well as places like Scotland and beyond, with long-time WRAL News Anchor Bill Leslie. This award-winning North Carolina journalist is also an internationally acclaimed musician, singer and composer who performs across the globe with his group Bill Leslie & Lorica. This five-member ensemble showcase a blend of Celtic, […]

Mayor Eddie Ellington calls for special meeting

Mayor Ellington has requested a Special Called Meeting of the Henderson City Council for Friday, October 28, 2016 at 12:00 noon.  The purpose of this meeting is to consider a wastewater agreement relating to the ongoing construction project and approving a Kerr Lake Regional Water repair relative to the generator wiring to the raw water […]

City of Henderson’s Holiday Sanitation Schedule

Public Notice Sanitation Reminders The City of Henderson Public Services Department Sanitation Division will follow the schedule below for holidays during the month of November & December     Friday, Veterans Day, November 11, 2016 Garbage collection by Waste Industries will run its normal schedule Brush by the City will run its normal schedule No […]

Industrial Hemp Commission to hold first meeting Nov. 1

The N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission will hold its first meeting Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. in the Martin Building at the State Fairgrounds. The meeting is open to the public. The state General Assembly passed legislation in 2015 to create a pilot program to research hemp production in North Carolina as allowed under federal […]

Community Voices Session I

The Community Voices Program kick-off took place last week and was a great start to what we hope will be something wonderful for Henderson/Vance County–citizens working together to build a strong community. Co-sponsored by NC Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro, and Vance County Cooperative Extension, the training sessions already have members of our […]

H/V Chamber Holds Ribbon Cutting for Lifestyle Furniture and Mattress Gallery

The Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting ceremony for Lifestyle Furniture and Mattress Gallery.  The community was invited to come out and meet the staff, show their support, and learn all about this local business. The event began at 10:00 AM at their 135 US 158 Bypass location in Henderson. Lifestyle Furniture & […]

Incident on Main Campus Reported at Vance-Granville Community College

On Thursday September 22nd at around 4:00 p.m., Joshua Abraham Coles, 26, of 11 Delta Place, Henderson was charged with misdemeanor assault on a Government Employee, resisting a public officer, and second degree trespass on the main campus of Vance-Granville Community College. Information published in a Public Information Release said, “Mr. Coles was a person […]