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The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood: Extending Your Vehicle’s Life
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. With spring having officially “sprung,” folks are getting serious about the proverbial spring cleaning tasks at home and in the yard and garden. The folks at Advance Auto Parts have everything you need to take care of those spring cleaning...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 03-21-24 Noon
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Franklin County Welcomes Louisburg Native Cooper Bolton As Staff Attorney
–information courtesy of Franklin County Public Information Officer James F. Hicks III Franklin County has selected Cooper Bolton to fill the staff attorney position. He will begin his new job April 1. “I am excited to join the dedicated team at Franklin County to assist with legal matters and do my part to improve the...
Sheriff Brame: One Charged With Cruelty To Animals After Report Of Dog Being Shot At Kerr Lake Country Club
From a press release from Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame On March 15, 2024, the Vance County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a dog being shot at the Kerr Lake Country Club located at 600 Hedrick Drive Henderson on March 3, 2024. The Vance County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division alongside Vance County Animal...
TownTalk: MerleFest Takes Place April 25 Through 28
About 100 artists and bands will take to the stage – 12 stages, actually – during the four-day run of MerleFest next month in Wilkes County and organizers anticipate more than 70,000 fans of bluegrass and traditional music will be there to listen and take in all the sights. Festival Director Wes Whitson said he’d...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 03-20-24 Noon
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Revaluation Notices Are Hitting Property Owners’ Mailboxes
Vance County Tax Administration recently mailed its 2024 revaluation notices to all residential and commercial property owners which provides an updated appraisal of all real property in Vance County to its current market value as of Jan. 1, 2024 per state requirements. The state statutes also allow property owners the right to appeal if they feel the...
City Council Approves Creation of IT Specialist Job For Henderson Police Department
Police officers have access to various types of technology that helps them with their investigations, which is good. But all that technology brings with it its own challenges. “We have a lot of computers, servers and a lot of electronics,” said Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow. Some are connected to federal databases; others are connected...
TownTalk: Henderson Spectacular Coming To SaddleRock Farm
The upcoming “Henderson Spectacular” is sure to check a lot of boxes for folks in the community who want to visit a local farm, play games and enjoy the outdoors, but Larry Johnson and Emily Parker are weaving in a religious theme into all the activities that will be taking place on Saturday, Apr. 27...
TownTalk: VGCC Celebrates 40 Years Of Golf
Calling all golfers! Make plans to play a round of golf, celebrate 40 years of teeing it up for Vance-Granville Community College and help students, all at once. 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the VGCC tournament, and Sheri Jones, associate director for the VGCC Foundation said there are plenty of opportunities to support the...
