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Franklin County Commissioners Approved FY24 Budget
— Information courtesy of Franklin County Public Information Officer James F. Hicks Franklin County Schools is a big winner in the newly adopted 2023-24 budget, getting an additional $2.6 million from the draft originally presented to the board of commissioners for a total amount of more than $25 million. This figure represents the largest education...
Vance County Appoints Interim Manager with Over 20 Years Experience
Vance County appointed D. Scott Elliott as the interim county manager. He started working on June 1, according to information received today. Elliott recently retired as Pitt County’s manager and had more than 20 years in that county. He also serves as a senior advisor to local government managers across the state through professional organizations...
Nowell Brooks Principal of Advance Academy for the 2023-2024 School Year
Vance County Schools has named Nowell Brooks as the principal of Advance Academy for the 2023-2024 school year. Brooks began his educational career as a social studies teacher in Granville County Schools in 2006 and joined Vance County Schools as an assistant principal in 2014. Most recently, Brooks served in Franklin County Schools as an assistant principal...
June Blood Drives in Henderson and Oxford
There’s just no way to say it any plainer: The American Red Cross needs donors to sign up and give blood. The need is great and ever growing. June 14 is World Blood Donor Day, a day that focuses on raising awareness of the need for a safe, diverse and stable blood supply. This simply...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 06-09-23 Noon
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TownTalk: County Debates Future Of Vance Co. Fire Dept.
Chiefs from several of Vance County’s fire departments have voiced opinions and concerns regarding a proposal to restructure the county’s only full-time paid fire department and make it a combination of paid and volunteer staff. That proposal, discussed in some detail at a meeting Wednesday of the county’s Public Safety Committee, will be presented...
Public Safety Committee Releases Fire Dept. Restructuring Plan To Be Sent To Commissioners
The county’s Public Safety Committee released a proposal Wednesday that it plans to submit to the board of commissioners that will begin the restructuring of the county’s fire departments, a move that includes a pay bump for part-time fire staff, a hiring freeze for open positions within the Vance County Fire Department and hiring a...
TownTalk: Men’s Homeless Shelter Seeks To Expand
When City Road Methodist Church merged with First United Methodist Church, it didn’t take long for someone to figure out that the now-vacant facility would make a perfect permanent location for the emergency men’s homeless shelter. Community Partners of Hope, Inc. has overseen the shelter during the winter months out of the basement of First...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 06-07-23 Noon
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Gordon Wilder Awarded Order Of The Long Leaf Pine
Gordon Wilder has long been a public servant in his community – from his 30+ years with Vance County Schools to his 12 years as a county commissioner, Wilder has had the best interests of the community at heart for decades. And Monday night he was at the board of commissioners meeting – not as...
