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“Career Rodeo” Showcases VCS Career And Technical Education Opportunities
– information courtesy of Vance County Schools February is Career and Technical Education Month and Vance County Schools is shining a spotlight on a variety of careers from health care to hospitality that students can learn more about during the monthlong series of programs with the theme of “Career Rodeo.” CTE classes in Vance County...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 02-06-23 Noon
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The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville with Mark Pace
Watch out, Oxford. Your tiny neighbor to the south is gaining on you. It will only take a couple of hundred more people to stake the claim of being the largest town in Granville County. That, according to local historian Mark Pace, who talked with WIZS’s Bill Harris for the “Around Old Granville” segment of...
TownTalk: Andy Perkinson Reflects On Public Works Service
Growing up, Andy Perkinson watched his daddy work tobacco. By watching, and working, he developed a strong work ethic. But he also listened to his father, who told him to find a job that had some benefits and some retirement. “I listened to him,” Perkinson told John C. Rose on Monday’s TownTalk. “I’m grateful that...
Fire Chief Steve Cordell
Celebration of Life Audio Feb. 2, 2023 Click Play WIZS Radio · Steve Cordell...
Vance Welcomes New Assistant County Manager Feb. 13
Vance County’s new assistant county manager is set to begin work in just more than a week. Chris Dillon comes to his new position from Wake County, where he worked for almost seven years in various roles, including assistant county manager and senior assistant county manager. His responsibilities included overseeing transportation, economic development, workforce development and...
Oxford’s Vision Behavioral Health Services Walk-In Clinic Now Open
Vision Behavioral Health Services is a new walk-in center in Oxford offers support and services to individuals in crisis. Local officials, health care providers and community partners gathered earlier this week for a ribbon-cutting to officially open the clinic, located at 111 Hilltop Village. The center will primarily serve residents of Granville County, offering support...
One Dead In Apparent Shooting Jan. 28
One man is dead following an apparent shooting over the weekend, according to Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame. Deputies responded to the 1600 block of Stewart Avenue in the early-morning hours of Saturday, Jan. 28, where they located a male victim. There also was evidence that a shooting had taken place, Brame said in a...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 02-02-23 Noon
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March on Washington Remembered
Martin Luther King Jr.’s now-iconic “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered at The March on Washington. As we celebrate Black History Month, please enjoy by clicking play below the first in a weekly series here on WIZS as produced by our Steve Lewis of the WIZS Weekday Wake Up! CLICK PLAY! WIZS Radio ·...
