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Perhaps Your Old Appliance is Someone’s New Appliance
Rebuilding Hope accepts some used appliances that are in good working order. The appliances include washers and dryers, refrigerators and electric stoves. Appliances that require repairs cannot be accepted. Rebuilding Hope does accept used furniture and cannot accept household goods or clothing. Rebuilding Hope is located at 414 Raleigh Rd in Henderson and can be...
Sheriff Brame to Speak at Local Community Watch Meeting Jan. 17
West End Community Watch will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, January 17, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will take place in the fellowship hall of West End Baptist Church on Dabney Drive. The speaker will be Sheriff Curtis Brame of the Vance County Sheriff’s Office. Claire Catherwood, who submitted this information to WIZS said...
HPD Officer Shot Person Near 1425 E. Andrews Avenue Wednesday Night
HPD Press Release Information: On Wednesday, January 4 at approximately 8:00 p.m., officers of the Henderson Police Department engaged a person with outstanding warrants at 1425 E. Andrews Avenue. The person encountered brandished a weapon in the officers’ direction and a single shot was fired by our officer, striking the person in the abdomen. The...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 01-04-23 Noon
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TownTalk: Update On ARPA Funds
The American Rescue Plan is infusing money – lots of money – into communities across the nation, one of the federal government’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the waves of economic havoc it has created over the past several years. Marley Spencer, a regional project manager who works with Kerr-Tar COG, is someone who...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 01-03-23 Noon
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Tyquaveon Williams, 20, of Abbott Road Arrested on Drug-Related Charges
VCSO Press Release Information — On Dec. 28, 2022 the Vance County Sheriff’s Office executed a traffic stop in the Gillburg Community. Upon initial approach and contact with the driver, the detective was confronted with circumstances which led to probable cause to search the vehicle and its occupant. The driver was identified as Tyquaveon Williams...
County Commissioners May Decide To Sell City Its Share Of 114 Vacant Properties For City To Redevelop
The city’s land planning committee and the county’s properties committee held a meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss the disposition of 114 jointly owned properties within the city limits. The group decided to allow the plan to sell the land to the city to move forward, and that is the recommendation that will go before the...
Sandra Wilkerson Begins New Leadership Role As President Of Henderson-Vance Chamber
Sandra Wilkerson has officially begun her new role as president of the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce. Wilkerson succeeds outgoing president Michele Burgess, who announced her retirement in the fall. Wilkerson has been the Chamber’s director of programs for the past four years. “I am excited to step into this leadership role for our community...
Swearing-In Ceremony For N.C. Senator-Elect Bode Jan. 7 In Oxford
Senator-elect Mary Wills Bode will be sworn in at a ceremony this weekend in Oxford. Bode was elected to the N.C. State Senate’s newly formed District 18 in the November midterm elections. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023 outside the Granville County Courthouse. Granville County and a...
