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Vance Co. DSS Provides Much Needed Services to Local Area
Krystal Harris, director of the Vance County Department of Social Services (DSS), was recently on WIZS’ Town Talk to discuss programs offered by the department. According to Harris, services offered by DSS can be classified under one of four areas – economic services, adult services, child welfare services and administration. “People usually think of our...
Maria Parham Health Presents Years of Service Awards
-Press Release, Maria Parham Health Marketing Maria Parham Health recently held their annual awards recognition dinner to celebrate their employees who have hit milestones in their years of service to the hospital. Employees were recognized in five-year segments with recognitions announced at five years, ten years, twenty years, twenty-five years, thirty years and forty years...
VGCC Honors Radiography Graduates At Pinning Ceremony
-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Twenty new graduates of Vance-Granville Community College’s two-year Radiography program were honored in a May 7 pinning ceremony in the college’s Civic Center. The Radiography Class of 2018 included James D. Bolton of Henderson, Marco Antonio Carmen-Vazquez of Oxford, Yamile Chavarin of Henderson, Whitney Michelle Cox of Oxford, Crystal Gill...
McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center Announces Summer Lineup
-Information courtesy the McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center Enjoy these upcoming summer performances at the McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat presented by Henderson Rec Players Friday, July 6, 2018, at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 7, 2018, at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 8, 2018, at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 14...
Franklin Co. Sheriff’s Office Arrests Man for Statutory Rape of a Child
-Press Release, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Terry M. Wright – Chief of Staff On June 25, 2018, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Unit issued a warrant for the arrest of Jonathan Robert Pyron, a Johnston County resident. Jonathan Robert Pyron was charged with the following: one (1) count of Felony Statutory Rape of a...
Lake Gaston’s Annual The Crossing Fundraiser Event, Sat., Aug. 11
— courtesy The Chamber of Commerce of Warren County | Kathleen Derring, Chamber President~ 252-257-2657 ~ info@warren-chamber.org ~ Facebook The Crossing, a charitable fundraising event held the second Saturday of every August is a fun-filled event for the young and young at heart! Swim, kayak, canoe, raft or use your imagination to come up with a new mode of transportation...
New VGCC Nursing Scholarship Named in Honor of Retired Registered Nurse
-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Hutson Wester of Henderson recently made a donation to the Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund to create the Brenda McGee Wester, R.N., Academic Achievement Scholarship in honor of his wife. Wester has long been a supporter of the college’s scholarship program. He started his first scholarship in the 1980s, recently...
Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Program Now Offered in Warren, Granville & Vance
Mary Cervini, founder of Community Partnership for Pets based out of Western NC, was recently on WIZS’ Town Talk to discuss her organization’s spay/neuter program now offered in partnership with the Warren County Animal Shelter and Warrenton Animal Clinic. With $13,000 ear-marked for Warren County specifically, funding is available to assist qualifying, low-income Warren County...
