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‘Shamrocks On Breckenridge’ Offers St. Patrick’s Day Fun Mar. 15
Downtown Henderson is planning for a busy weekend with not one, but two, events scheduled for mid-March. Plans are underway for Shamrocks on Breckenridge Friday, Mar. 15 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and then an International Foods Food Truck Festival the next day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In keeping with the St...
Ayana Lewis Appointed To Fill School Board District 4 Seat
The Vance County Board of Education has appointed Ayana Lewis to serve in the District 4 Board seat after the recent resignation of Edward Wilson, who had served since 2012. Lewis, a Henderson native, will be sworn in at the board’s next meeting on Feb. 12 at 6 p.m., according to information from VCS Chief...
Tracy Madigan Honored As Newest Sam Watkins Visionary Award Recipient
Tracy Madigan, director of the Henderson-Vance Downtown Development Commission, is the newest recipient of the Sam Watkins Visionary Award presented by the United Way. Madigan said she was among the 40 or so in attendance at the United Way’s annual breakfast when her name was called. “I was very honored and very humbled,” Madigan...
SportsTalk: Local Coaches Prep For Basketball Tournaments And Spring Sports
John Hammett and Scottie Richardson may be athletic directors for different schools in different counties but they are both facing the same things: a basketball season that is winding down and the start of spring sports. Hammett, Oxford Prep’s athletic director, says his boys’ basketball team is having a real strong year despite a loss...
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The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood Changing A Tire
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. Count yourself lucky if you’ve never had to change a tire on your vehicle. Count yourself luckier still if someone taught you how to change a tire, just because it was something you needed to know. Thursday’s Pop the Hood...
TownTalk: Human Trafficking and Putting a Stop to It
North Carolinians can take pride in knowing that this state we call home is a destination for many tourists each year. The interstate highway network helps folks travel easily from Manteo to Murphy, Henderson to Charlotte and just from about anywhere to Raleigh with minimal effort. Those very things that make the Old North State...
Narcotics Detectives Chase Suspect, Seize Vehicle
Vance County Sheriff’s Office Press Release Information: On Friday, January 19 members of the Vance County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics unit attempted to conduct a vehicle stop at the intersection of Bearpond and Peter Gill Road. The vehicle fled the scene and led narcotics detectives on a vehicle pursuit that ended on Walter Grissom Road in...
Two Men Sentenced During Recent Granville County Criminal Superior Court Session
-information courtesy of District Attorney Mike Waters Two men were sentenced last week during a session of Granville County Criminal Superior Court, one receiving an active sentence of between 21 months and 35 months for driving while impaired and the other one between and 5 and 7 years for trafficking cocaine and related offenses. According...
TownTalk: Rep. Sossamon Voices Concerns About ‘Gas Station Heroin’
N.C. Rep. Frank Sossamon, recently appointed to serve on the House Select Committee on Substance Abuse, said he would like to see the state ban the sale of products that contain tianeptine, which is being referred to as “gas station heroin.” Sossamon was a guest on Wednesday’s TownTalk and said eight other states have banned...
