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WIZS Radio Local News Audio 12-19-23 Noon
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The Local Skinny! “Shop With A Cop And Friends” A Success This Holiday Season
Early-morning shoppers in the vicinity of Walmart Tuesday morning may have noticed a large presence of law enforcement officers, but there was nothing amiss – in fact, Police Chief Marcus Barrow said it was a great day for Shop With A Cop And Friends. There were plenty of uniformed officers on hand from Henderson Police...
Kerr Tar COG Adds Cynthia Pernell To Finance Staff
The Kerr Tar Regional Council of Governments has selected a Vance County native as its new finance and administrative assistant. Cynthia Pernell, a Vance County native, is a graduate of Vance-Granville Community College with a double associates degree in Business Administration and Accounting, according to the December issue of the Kerr Tar COG newsletter. Pernell...
Warren Library Patrons, Be Aware Of Email Phishing Scam Asking To Pay For Card Renewal
-information from Crystal Smith, Senior Assistant to the County Manager Warren County Memorial Library would like its patrons to be aware of a scam circulating (no pun intended) that asks patrons to renew their library cards. If you get an email from “Warrenton Library,” please know that this is a phishing activity. Do not click...
TownTalk: Pack And Ship Deadlines For Christmas
At this time of year, the folks you see out shopping fall into two camps: Those who sat down to a Thanksgiving meal way back in November, content in the knowledge that the Christmas cards had been addressed and mailed, and gifts for everyone on the list had been purchased, if not already wrapped...
The Local Skinny! Families Living Violence Free Seeks New Executive Director
Families Living Violence Free is in a search process to identify a new executive director to succeed Executive Director Peggy Roark, who is retiring. Like many directors at many agencies, the FLVF director will report to the board of directors and will oversee planning and directing the operations of the agency. This role, however, also...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 12-18-23 Noon
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NCDOT: Section Of I-85 Near Henderson Renamed Andrea L Harris Highway
-information courtesy of the N.C. Department of Transportation A stretch of Interstate 85 is now named in honor of Andrea Harris, the late civil rights activist from North Carolina who devoted her life to racial and social equity and helped many minority and women-owned businesses. On Friday, Gov. Roy Cooper joined state and local dignitaries...
Suspect Arrested for Stealing School Bus Batteries
— press release information from Sheriff Curtis Brame November 27 the Vance County Sheriff’s Office received a report of batteries being stolen from school buses at Vance County Middle School and Vance County High School. Additional reports were received from the Vance County School Bus Garage of batteries being stolen from school buses. On December...
One Commissioner Contest in the Primary and One in the General Election
It looks like there will be two contested seats on the Vance County Board of Commissioners in next year’s election, with two candidates running for the District 1 seat and two candidates running in District 2. The two-week filing period ended at 12 noon today, Friday, Dec. 15. Valencia L. Perry filed Friday for the...
