Entries by WIZS Staff

HPD Crime of the Month: Another Domino’s Pizza Delivery Driver Robbed

Press Release: February 1, 2017 On January 26, 2017 at approximately 8:50 PM officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to 156 Church Street (Vance County Sheriff’s Office) in reference an armed robbery. Upon arrival, officers found that a delivery driver for Domino’s Pizza had been robbed in the roadway of the 300 block of […]

VGCC Vanguards win another game on the road

Ten days after defeating the University of North Carolina junior varsity team in Chapel Hill, the Vance-Granville Community College Vanguards men’s basketball team picked up another road victory, this time in Hampton, Va., over Thomas Nelson Community College, 94-83, on Jan. 28. Sophomore sensation TyQuon Reid had a standout performance for the Vanguards, with 36 […]

Chamber Banquet to Feature Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason

Chamber Banquet to Feature Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason (If you are unable to attend the banquet, it will be broadcast live on WIZS 1450 AM and live streamed on wizs.com.) The January 2017 edition of “Focus” is out, a publication of the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce — click here. The lead story gives details […]

Henderson City Council annual Strategic Planning Retreat set for this week

The Henderson City Council will meet for its annual Strategic Planning Retreat on Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at the Henderson Country Club from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for a working dinner and on Thursday, February 2, 2017,  from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Farm Bureau Room at the Perry Memorial Library.  A […]

Vance Co. Schools Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration

Vance Co. Schools Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration Vance County Schools are currently accepting pre-kindergarten applications and kindergarten registration at all elementary schools for the 2017-2018 school year. To apply for pre-kindergarten children must be 4 years old on or before August 31, 2017. To register for kindergarten, children should be 5 years old on or […]

Butterfield: Trump Voter Fraud Claim ‘Completely Unsubstantiated’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s claim that up to 5 million votes were cast illegally in the 2016 presidential election: “Donald Trump’s claim that millions of ‘illegal’ votes are what cost him the popular vote in the presidential election is completely unsubstantiated. “If […]

Multiple B&E Cases Reported in Granville County

TO:                         News Media FROM:                  Granville County Crime Stoppers   DATE:                   January 25th, 2017 SUBJECT:           BREAKING and ENTERING/BURGLARY/LARCENY Sometime between Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 early evening hours and Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 early morning hours an unknown person or […]

Silver Alert Issued for Warren County Resident

MISSING PERSON Warren County Deputies are currently searching for: Arnold Lee Henderson 67 year old, Black Male, 5′ 9″, 200 lbs, brown eyes, grey hair. Last seen walking away from Moore’s Rest Home on Rabbit Bottom Road in Arcola wearing camoflauge jacket with floral patterned sweater underneath and black or blue pants. Anyone with information […]

VGCC surpasses $6 million in grant funding with new initiative

Vance-Granville Community College’s Grants Office has now surpassed $6 million in funding to support students, the VGCC Board of Trustees was informed on Monday night, Jan. 23, at its regular bimonthly meeting on Main Campus. In its brief four-year history, the Grants Office has secured 37 grants totaling $6,053,883, according to Dr. Ken Lewis, Vance-Granville’s […]

Butterfield, Thompson Reintroduce Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Representatives G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) reintroduced legislation that would direct the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to cover physician-prescribed recreational therapy services. H.R. 626, the Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017, would amend the Social Security Act to include recreational […]