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TownTalk: Dr. Alice Sallins Receives Order Of The Long Leaf Pine
Longtime educator, community advocate and current Vance County Arts Council Director Dr. Alice Clark Sallins has joined the ranks of The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, becoming the latest local recipient during Sunday services at Holy Temple Church. Sallins said she was “overjoyed” to learn that she was to receive the award, the highest...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 12-18-24 Noon
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The Local Skinny! Dec. 21 Make-And-Take Program At Perry Library
They’re making snow at Perry Memorial Library Saturday, Dec. 21! Well, not snow, exactly. More like snowflakes. Youth Services Director Melody Peters said there’s going to be plenty of fun in the process, too, during the make-and-take craft activities that people of all ages are sure to enjoy. The library will have a variety of...
TownTalk: Adopt From The Local Animal Shelter This Holiday Season
The dogs and cats at the Vance County Animal Shelter are so stinkin’ cute, according to Director William Coker, that even he couldn’t resist the temptation. Coker said he’d never been a cat owner – until he fell in love with a kitten at the shelter. “I ended up adopting that kitten myself,” he told...
Franklin County Lands Two Companies That Focus On Reducing Single-Use Plastics
— Courtesy of Franklin County Public Information Officer James F. Hicks, III Two new companies are set to establish their first pilot facility and future manufacturing center in Franklin County. TerraSafe Materials, Inc. and its sister company, DisSolves, Inc., are establishing a facility that will create 20 new full-time jobs – with an average...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 12-17-24 Noon
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Henderson City Manager Terrell Blackmon Resigns
Henderson City Manager Terrell Blackmon has resigned. In a special called meeting on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. called by Mayor Melissa Elliott, the city council entered into closed session to discuss a personnel matter. The information available after the council returned to open session was scant, but in addition to the resignation, it...
The Local Skinny! Friday Car Chase
Friday, Dec. 13 proved unlucky for one teenaged motorist who led law enforcement officers on a 30-plus mile chase through Vance and Franklin counties, ending in a crash in Henderson near Chavasse Avenue and Raleigh Road. The driver, 19-year-old Eli-Javron Williams of Roberts Avenue in Vance County, faces a slew of charges, including two...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 12-16-24 Noon
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Charles Forsythe Receives Order Of The Long Leaf Pine
— information courtesy of the office of N.C. Rep. Frank Sossamon Former Watkins Volunteer Fire Department Chief Charles Forsythe is one of the newest recipients of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, given for more than four decades of service to his community. N.C. Rep. Frank Sossamon presented the award to Forsythe on Dec...
