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Granville Chamber to host 3rd annual golf tournament
The Granville County Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 3rd Annual Golf Tournament Thursday, June 9th, at Henderson Country Club, 300 Country Club Drive, Henderson. Registration will begin at 12 noon, with a 1:00 pm shotgun start for the 4-man Captain’s Choice tournament. Corporate sponsorships of $450 offer a hole sponsorship and a 4-man team. ...
Nationwide of Warren Co vs Screen Master
For just shy of 30 years, WIZS Radio has presented Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Department Baseball and Softball. Through the years these broadcasts have been presented with various different special features in addition to the play by play call of the game. To compliment the games being heard on the radio at 1450 AM and...
Recycling Day, Sat. April 23
The Vance County Appearance Commission is sponsoring another Henderson-Vance Spring Litter Sweep Week, April 18-23, and a Henderson-Vance Recycling Day on Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the parking lot of the City Operations Center on Beckford Drive in Henderson. The Spring Litter Sweep Week is part of the North Carolina...
Carolyn Paylor, FGV Smart Start Executive Director, Passed Away
The executive director of Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start, Inc., Carolyn Paylor, passed away on Saturday, April 16th. Garry Daeke, development coordinator, told WIZS that his Facebook post on Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start Inc.’s page were feelings expressed directly from the staff. He wrote, “It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that our...
Arrest Made After Series of Residential B&Es
Press Release – Thursday, April 21, 2016 On Monday, April 18, 2016, members of the Henderson Police Department Criminal Investigation Division arrested Jose Antonio Verdin, 24, 828 State Street, Henderson for numerous charges. Verdin has been charged with larceny from buildings, obtaining property by false pretense, breaking and (entering) motor vehicle – four counts, larceny...
Councilwoman Elliott to Speak At Vance Granville
Henderson City Council member to speak at VGCC Basic Skills Commencement Vance-Granville Community College will hold commencement exercises dedicated exclusively to new graduates of Adult Basic Skills programs on Thursday, May 5. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. Those being honored at...
