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Vance County Schools Adds Two To District Leadership Roles
Vance County Schools has added to its leadership staff with the recent hiring of a Career and Technical Education director as well as a Safety Coordinator. Dr. Aretha Garr is the new CTE director, according to information from VCS spokesperson Aarika Sandlin. Milton Thomas is the district’s new safety coordinator. Garr brings to her new...
Maria Parham Steps Up Visitor Restrictions To Combat Spread Of Respiratory Viruses
Maria Parham Health has announced additional restrictions are being implemented for hospital visitors, effective immediately, in response to an elevated level of respiratory virus and illness. These restrictions were put in place to protect the health and safety of patients and employees, according to information released by the hospital earlier Wednesday. At this time, the...
TownTalk: Coker Takes Over As Chief Of Animal Services
The vast majority of pet owners do the right thing and provide everything their animals need to live healthy, happy lives as furry members of the family. And while Vance County’s new Animal Services Chief William Coker acknowledges this to be the case, he said that for those pet owners who don’t, there are county...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 01-10-24 Noon
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Vance County Names Sherry Moss New Planning Director
Vance County has named Sherry Moss as its new planning director. Moss, currently the planning director for the town of Nashville, NC, will begin her new job on Feb. 12. Moss is no stranger to the area, having held positions in county government in Vance and Granville counties, as well as the city of Henderson...
Vehicle Apparently Hit Pedestrian on East Andrews Avenue
January 9, 2024 Press Release: On Monday, January 8, 2024, at approximately 7:00PM, officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to the 300 block of E. Andrews Avenue in reference to a motor vehicle collision, involving a pedestrian. On scene, 49-year-old William Lamonte Cash was located in the roadway just a few feet from the...
Missing Dog Near Wilton
For our friend and his dog. Please call or text if you see Bennett...
TownTalk: Healthy Moms And Healthy Babies
Have you heard of something called “centering pregnancy?” It’s a practice that’s been around since the 1990’s, and it is a way for expectant mothers to have support from health care professionals and other pregnant moms as they prepare for the moment that they deliver their newborn. Granville Vance Public Health offers Centering Pregnancy through...
Donate Blood In January And You May Win Tickets To Super Bowl LVIII
– Information courtesy of the American Red Cross of North Carolina The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage as the nation faces the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. The Red Cross blood supply has fallen to critically low levels across the country, and blood and platelet donors...
The Local Skinny! Upcoming MLK Day Events
A couple of free programs commemorating the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will take place Monday, Jan. 15 in Oxford. The Granville County Human Relations Commission will host “Remembering the Dream by Calling for Unity and a Celebration of Diversity in our Community” beginning at 10 a.m. at Oxford Baptist Church, 147 Main St...
