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The two newest members of the Henderson City Council will have to wait until after Christmas to be sworn in. According to City Clerk Tracey Kimbrell, the Dec. 8 meeting that was cancelled because of inclement weather has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 29. Kenia Gómez-Jimenez and Catherine “Kitty” Miles Gill will […]
Saturday’s ACC Football Championship game featured a couple of teams that probably would have been considered longshots – at best – to be playing at the season’s end for bragging rights in a conference that includes perennial powerhouses like Clemson and Florida State. But the matchup between the Duke Blue Devils and the Virginia Cavaliers […]
Santa is going to be one tired fella if he makes good on all his appearances this weekend in Granville County, but if he’s trying to keep up with Granville Tourism Director Angela Allen, he’ll need an energy drink or two to keep him moving. Allen said the next couple of weekends in Granville County […]
UPDATE: Dec 1 at 11 p.m. The Vance County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to have Chair Carolyn Faines continue in the role for 2026. The board also elected newcomer Charisse Fain to the role of vice chair. In making his motion to nominate Faines, Commissioner Tommy Hester told Faines she’d done an “outstanding job. […]
Bill Harris and Mark Pace dig deep into the places around Old Granville County that are a part of the National Register of Historic Places. (Our WIZS written coverage will appear here soon.) CLICK PLAY! WIZS Radio · TownTalk: Around Old Granville – National Register of Historic Places in Old Granville pt. 1
Warren County High School’s Head Coach Victor Hunt is thankful for a lot of things this Thanksgiving, as he prepares the Eagles for the fourth round of the state 2A football playoffs. For one thing, he’s thankful for the team’s two losses this season – one at the hands of the Vance County High Vipers. […]
The filing period for the March 3, 2026 primary begins in one week. The filing period begins at 12 noon on Monday, Dec. 1 and ends at 12 noon on Friday, Dec. 19. In Vance County, candidates may file to run for sheriff, as well as seats on the board of commissioners and the board […]
Area Congregations in Ministry, Granville County’s food bank, is set once again to host the Annual Turkey Trot in Oxford on Thanksgiving morning – Nov. 27, for those who need a reminder – hopefully, College Street in downtown Oxford will be filled with walkers, runners and trotters from across the community for a fun way […]
Tuesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for the Henderson Family YMCA’s construction project marks the beginning of what Board Chair Vanessa Jones called “the beginning of progress.” About 100 people were present to witness the groundbreaking, braving the breezy, cool conditions as they gathered at the rear of the former Social Services building, set for demolition soon after […]
Henderson-based Green Rural Redevelopment Organization – GRRO – is partnering with several other groups to host a Rural Health Day Fair Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market. As GRRO co-founder Ardis Crews explained, the national celebration of Rural Health Day occurs each year on the third Thursday of November. And this […]
