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SportsTalk: Vance County Vipers Host South Granville Vikings Tonight At 7 PM
(Click Here To Listen To WIZS Live Online.) For the second time in as many weeks, the Vance County Vipers will be playing on Thursday night, thanks to the forecast of stormy weather on Friday. Head Coach Aaron Elliott said the team practices this week have focused on tackling, timing and limiting turnovers after the...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 08-27-26 Noon
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TownTalk: Around Old Granville – Major Events Since 1960 Part 1
Local historians Mark Pace and WIZS’s Bill Harris are “of an age” now that things they remember when they were youngsters are now being considered as parts of local history that, with the benefit of hindsight, are proving to be noteworthy and important to the area. The two history buffs usually discuss people, places and...
Vance County Dive Team Called Into Action To Help Locate, Remove Submerged Vehicle From Area Pond
The Vance County Dive Team was called into action to assist the Vance County Sheriff’s Office in investigating a report of a vehicle that was submerged in a pond. As it turns out, an adjacent landowner also had spotted the vehicle, which apparently had been there for years but became visible when the water level...
The Local Skinny! Refinement for a UDO
Members of the Vance County Board of Commissioners and the Vance County Planning Board had a joint meeting Tuesday afternoon to continue discussions to refine a draft unified development ordinance, looking specifically at Section/Article 5 that talks about data centers. Those present around the table were reminded that, currently, a data center is allowable –...
TownTalk: JCPC Hosts Sept. 25 Symposium On Ways To Promote Youth Safety
The Vance County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council is hosting a one-day community driven symposium on Friday, Sept. 26 to talk about the safety of youth and to create a community action plan to support efforts to curb gun violence. The Youth Violence & Emerging Gangs Symposium will be held in the fellowship hall of the First...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 08-26-26 Noon
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Vance County Sheriff’s Office; Subject of Missing Person Case Located
Update Aug. 25 at 3:30 p.m. – — From the Office of Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame The Vance County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that James Allen Sneed, who was reported missing after last being seen on Sunday, August 23, 2026, in Henderson, North Carolina, has been located safely. Mr. Sneed was located...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 08-25-26 Noon
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Henderson Man Sentenced To 27 Years In Federal Prison
— Press release from the Office of U.S. Attorney Eastern District of North Carolina Ellis Boyle A federal judge sentenced Alexander Trowbridge, also known as “Snow,” 41, of Henderson, NC, to almost 27 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and more...
