Entries by WIZS Staff

A note from Citizens Aligned

The Henderson City Council will have a public hearing on their proposed 2016-17 budget, this Monday at City Hall at 6:00. We believe it is very important for all citizens to know what is happening in their town and how their money is being spent. Do you agree? People are always asking us how they […]

Local Restaurants Serving Locally Grown Food

This is the second article of our three-part series on Buying Local. Our last feature focused on the Vance County Regional Farmers Market.  You can search for that piece by typing Farmers Market into the WIZS.com search box. This piece will take a closer look at some of the independently owned restaurants in our area that serve […]

Meet Me In The Street Concert

2016 MEET ME IN THE STREET CONCERT SERIES The Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce will hold its first concert of the Meet Me in the Street series tonight — Friday, May 20, 2016 from 5:30-8:30 pm. “The Konnection Band” will be in town. This band is a local favorite and is one of the East Coast’s […]

Hurricane Preparedness 2016

Note: You can always return to this article by entering Hurricane Preparedness in the WIZS.com search box.  Information provided by Brian Short, Director – Vance County Emergency Operations. “The 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season is about to begin. Are you prepared?” The Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1st of each year and ends on November […]

VGCC honors Radiography graduates

  Twenty-one new graduates of Vance-Granville Community College’s two-year Radiography program were honored in a May 9 pinning ceremony in the college’s Civic Center. Members of the 2016 Radiography graduating class at Vance-Granville Community College who received their pins May 9 included, on first (front) row, from left: Jessica Lynn Loera, Elizabeth Nichole Cooper, K. […]

HPD Gattis Press Release

On Tuesday, May 17, 2016,  Geoffrey Gattis, 22, was served with a true bill of indictment returned by a federal grand jury.  Gattis was taken in to custody at the Vance County Jail where he was being held on state charges.  Gattis was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Gattis […]

Henderson PD Press Release – Shooting

Press Release: May 16, 2016 On May 15, 2016, at approximately 4:00 AM officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to 1524 Dabney Drive in reference to a person who had been shot. Upon arrival, officers found Corey Cheek Jr, 21, of 315 Davis Street, Henderson, suffering from a gunshot wound. Vance County EMS arrived […]

Arson second-leading cause of N.C. wildfires in past 10 years

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016 Contact:    Brian R. Haines, public information officer                         N.C. Forest Service                         919-857-4828 Arson second-leading cause of N.C. wildfires in past 10 years May 1-7 is Arson Awareness Week RALEIGH – Arson is the second-leading cause of wildfires in North Carolina over the past 10 years, the N.C. […]