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Mills Stepping In As Interim Vance Economic Development Director
Newly retired Granville County Economic Development Director Harry Mills is stepping in on a part-time basis to be interim economic development director in Vance County. According to Vance County Manager C. Renee Perry, Mills started Wednesday, Mar. 6 and will be on board to work with McKinley Perkinson, who announced last month that she is...
SportsTalk: Hammett Rebuilds JF Webb Softball
It was only a couple of years ago that JF Webb had no softball team. Covid and a lack players meant the program had become dormant. That has all changed with Corey Hammett. Last year she brought the program back and took the Warriors into the state playoffs. Hammett sees more success this year for...
The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood And Blowing Out Engines
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. The next time you hear someone say that you need to “blow out the carbon” of your vehicle’s engine, you may want to call that bluff. With today’s detergent fuels and oils, there ain’t a whole lot of carbon buildup...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 03-07-24 Noon
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SportsTalk: Rain And Umpire Shortage Are Obstacles For KVA
“Rain rain go away, come again some other day” might be what’s on the mind of Kerr Vance Academy Athletic Director Mike Joyner. “We’ve had no baseball, no soccer and only one golf match,” Joyner said on Thursday’s SportsTalk. Rain has caused seven baseball games to be cancelled this year. “We have nowhere for the...
TownTalk: Community Resource Festival Coming To VGCC
Organizers of the second Community Resource Festival say a multitude of vendors will come together under one roof to share information and network with individuals on Wednesday, Mar. 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center. More than 200 people came out last year to the first event, and...
Franklin County Property Owners, Get Ready For Revaluation Notices
– information courtesy of Franklin County Public Information Officer James F. Hicks III Franklin County property owners will be getting notices soon about the latest tax revaluation. Notices will be hitting mailboxes as early as today for property assessed as of Jan. 1, 2024, according to information from Franklin County Public Information Officer James F...
TownTalk: Fire Department Awards And Dinner
The City of Henderson’s fire department took some time recently to gather for dinner and fellowship as they reflected on events of the past year, honored current firefighters and remembered the late fire chief Steve Cordell. Chief Tim Twisdale, a guest on Wednesday’s TownTalk, said the Feb. 22 event was special in many ways, not...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 03-06-24 Noon
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Failure to Stop at Stop Sign Results in HPD Making Drug Arrests
According to Henderson Police, on March 2 around 11:27 p.m., an officer observed a blue Hyundai passenger vehicle fail to stop for the stop sign at Pettigrew and Walnut Streets. The officer initiated a traffic stop and observed an object being thrown from the vehicle on Pettigrew Street. The vehicle stopped on Orange Street and...
