-Press Release, North Carolina Department of Public Safety
While many schools across the state have been in operation for more than two months, the State Highway Patrol is taking proactive steps to ensure school bus safety is not overlooked.
Beginning Monday, October 15, troopers statewide will participate in Operation Stop Arm, a week-long event held each year. Objectives of the campaign include an increase in educational programs and enforcement in and around school zones. Throughout the week, troopers will ride on school buses and use unmarked vehicles to monitor bus routes to and from school.
“Every child should be afforded a safe means of travel as they attend their respective educational institution”, said Colonel Glenn McNeill Jr., commander of the State Highway Patrol. “While this operation is scheduled to conclude on Friday, our efforts will continue throughout the school year.”
In partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, a PSA has been produced to raise public awareness regarding school bus safety. The message can be located by visiting the SHP’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/122457348546/posts/10156132596588547/
Duke Energy Restores Power to Majority of Local Area
/by WIZS Staff-Information courtesy Tanya Evans, District Manager, Duke Energy
Duke Energy has made tremendous progress in restoring customers’ power yesterday and this morning. I am pleased to report that we have restored power to most, and in some areas all, of our customers in Person, Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin Counties. However, we are not letting our guard down. We will continue to work until every customer is back on, and if any additional outages occur, we still have the crews in place to respond if necessary.
I encourage you to check the online outage maps for information about any remaining outages.
Backed by more than 10,000 people from the Carolinas and at least 7 other states, we have restored more than 1.1 million customers in less than 4 days. A photo gallery has been created to show Tropical Storm Michael’s damage and restoration efforts across the Carolinas. It is available here – click on ‘Scenes from Hurricane Michael’ to view the images.
Tanya Evans
District Manager
Duke Energy
Total Rainfall Amounts From Tropical Storm Michael
/by WIZS Staff-Information courtesy Brian K. Short, Director of Emergency Operations, Henderson-Vance County Emergency Operations
The National Weather Service – Raleigh recently completed an analysis of 887 rain gauge sites across the state of North Carolina, looking at total rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Michael. The map below is the result of this analysis and shows total rainfall during October 11-12, 2018.
The data for each of the sites was quality-checked for accuracy, and sites were only included if there was no missing data during the aforementioned time frame.
State Highway Patrol Announces ‘Operation Stop Arm’
/by WIZS Staff-Press Release, North Carolina Department of Public Safety
While many schools across the state have been in operation for more than two months, the State Highway Patrol is taking proactive steps to ensure school bus safety is not overlooked.
Beginning Monday, October 15, troopers statewide will participate in Operation Stop Arm, a week-long event held each year. Objectives of the campaign include an increase in educational programs and enforcement in and around school zones. Throughout the week, troopers will ride on school buses and use unmarked vehicles to monitor bus routes to and from school.
“Every child should be afforded a safe means of travel as they attend their respective educational institution”, said Colonel Glenn McNeill Jr., commander of the State Highway Patrol. “While this operation is scheduled to conclude on Friday, our efforts will continue throughout the school year.”
In partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, a PSA has been produced to raise public awareness regarding school bus safety. The message can be located by visiting the SHP’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/122457348546/posts/10156132596588547/
H-V Chamber Announces Upcoming Business After Hours, Ribbon Cutting
/by WIZS Staff-Information courtesy Sandra Wilkerson, Director of Admin and Events, Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce
Business After Hours
The Corbitt Preservation Assoc./Bennett Perry Museum
180 Church Street – Henderson
5:15 to 7 p.m.
Ribbon Cutting/Open House
Baskerville Funeral Home, LLC
104 S. Chestnut Street – Henderson
Ribbon Cutting 10 a.m.
Open House 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Vipers Take Second Win at Home
/by WIZS StaffVance County played a rare afternoon football game this week after their nonconference contest with North Lenoir was bumped from Friday night to Saturday afternoon in anticipation of Hurricane Michael’s wind and rain. The cooler temperatures, sunshine and home field were good for the Vipers, who collected their second victory of the season over the Hawks 28-14.
VC survived four interceptions and a string of costly penalties in the second half to improve to 2-6 (2-1 Northern Carolina 2A). After the first quarter ended with North Lenoir leading 7-0, the Viper offense took an 8-7 lead, when QB Samien Burwell scrambled 20 yards for the TD and then passed complete to Josh Joyner for the 2-point conversion. With just seconds remaining in the first half, Burwell hit Joyner for another touchdown, but the successful 2-pointer was nullified by a holding call.
The Vipers led 14-7 at the half. Mid-way through the third quarter, Vance County extended their lead to 20-7 on a pass from Burwell to Machiah Wilson. The Hawks cut the lead to 20-14 early in the final period, but the Vipers iced the game with under 3 minutes to play when Burwell connected with Phadon Jordan in the end zone, and then hit Jordan again for the 2-point conversion.
Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland 10/15/18
/by CharleneTown Talk 10/15/18
/by LarryNews 10/15/18
/by LarryRadio, Newspaper, Chamber Present Candidates Forum
/by John C. RoseOn Sunday, October 14 WIZS 100.1 FM / 1450 AM teamed up with The Daily Dispatch and The Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce to present a Public Candidates Forum for The Office of Sheriff of Vance County.
One of the goals was to provide discerning information from the candidates prior to the start of early voting and the General Election of Nov. 6, 2018.
Presented here is the audio of the forum. For this forum, H-V Chamber president John Barnes served as moderator and The Daily Dispatch publisher Nancy Wykle asked the questions. John C. Rose of WIZS served as audio technician. A committee selected the questions and prepared the format for the forum, which included Barnes, Wykle and Rose as well as others.
Don’t Miss WIZS’ Town Talk on Monday: Q&A With Vance Co. Sheriff Candidates
/by WIZS StaffWIZS Henderson will present a special edition of Town Talk on Monday, October 15.
During the 30-minute show, which will begin promptly at 11 a.m., all three candidates for Sheriff of Vance County will be heard. They will each answer the same set of questions in an effort to help better inform the public on their viewpoints.
Please tune in at 1450 AM or 100.1 FM or online at www.wizs.com and click on “Listen Live.”