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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...
The Local Skinny! Upcoming Events At Perry Memorial Library
How is a librarian like a fisherman? Well, if you ask Perry Library’s Youth Services Director Melody Peters, she might just liken her job of creating programs for young people like a fisherman casting a net into the ocean – you just never know how big the haul is going to be. Some programs, Peters...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 03-19-24 Noon
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CPOH Shelter Making Progress Toward May Move; Many Ways For Community To Help
The transformation from church facility to men’s shelter continues at the former City Road Methodist Church location, and there are many opportunities for the community to help in advance of a hopeful May move-in date. An immediate need is for groups to provide or sponsor meals for the next couple of months, according to information...
