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WIZS Radio Local News Audio 10-09-23 Noon
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Celebrate 150 Years With Masonic Home For Children In Oxford Saturday, Oct. 14
One hundred fifty years ago, in 1873, Mark Twain hadn’t written Tom Sawyer yet. That novel was published in 1876. The first Kentucky Derby wasn’t run until 1875. In 1873, this country’s Civil War had been over for less than a decade. A century and a half later – 2023 – the Masonic Home for...
UNC Football Outplayed Syracuse to Remain Undefeated
— text and picture by Patrick Magoon freelance writer for WIZS An impressive display of consistent explosive runs on offense and strong tackles on defense from the North Carolina Tar Heels (UNC) paved the way for an impressive 40-7 win over Syracuse. On offense, UNC quarterback Drake Maye completed 33 passes for 442 yards. He...
Franklin Manager Kim Denton Receives Kerr-Tar COG ‘Outstanding Manager’ Award
Information courtesy of Franklin County Public Information Officer James Hicks III Franklin County Manager Kim Denton received the Outstanding Manager award from the Kerr-Tar Council of Governments during their recent awards banquet. Last year’s recipient, Henderson City Manager Terrell Blackmon, presented Denton with the award during the Sept. 28 event at Carlee Farms in Granville...
Vance Sheriff Accepts $691,536 From N.C. Rep. Sossamon For Body-Worn Cameras
Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame wants his employees to be safe when they are performing their duties, and he’s crunched the numbers, so he knows the price tag for state-of-the-art equipment. When he learned that local legislators could make a request for body-worn cameras and supporting equipment from something called non-recurring funds, he got in...
Check Receipts For Accuracy – Scanning Errors Do Occur!
Two area retailers have paid penalties totaling more than $4,700 in civil penalties for error rates in advertised prices and the prices that ring up at the register, according to information from the N.C. Department of Agriculture’s Standards Division. The Walgreens located at 201 Trade St., Henderson paid $495 in September following a string of...
Expanded Granville DSS Board Seeks Two Additional Members
Information courtesy of Granville County Public Information Officer Terry Hobgood Granville County needs to fill two new positions on the Granville County Board of Social Services. The two seats were added after the Granville board of commissioners submitted a request to the N.C. Social Services Commission to expand the local board from three members to...
Triangle North Businesss Park Future Home Of VGCC Training Facility
It’s been a few years in the making, but a contingent of local officials joined Vance-Granville Community College President Dr. Rachel Desmarais and others Wednesday afternoon to celebrate a facility – yet to be built – that will support future training needs for existing and prospective industry. VGCC is getting $11.5 million in the newly...
TownTalk: Around Old Granville: Cemetery Preservation In Warren County
We’ve probably all seen them dotting the landscape: small cemeteries – fenced or not – that appear to pop up in odd places along the roadside. But there probably many more gravesites that we don’t see in our daily travels – they may be overgrown with weeds, or shrouded in wooded areas well off the...
The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood: Winterize Your Vehicle
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. When the weather cools off, we think about taking steps to winterize our homes and our wardrobes, but what about our vehicles? There are a few key steps car and truck owners can take now to keep those vehicles in...
