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The Local Skinny! COVID-19 Update
Although daily updates about COVID-19 transmission rates, sickness and deaths have evolved to weekly and now monthly updates, Granville-Vance Health Director Lisa Harrison’s updates have become regular reminders that although vaccines have reduced the threat of severe illness and worse in the community, the transmission rate in Vance County remains high. In the latest update...
Butner Inmate Gets 20 Months For 2020 Escape Attempt
-information courtesy of the office of U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of NC A federal inmate has been sentenced to 30 months for attempting to escape from the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner back in 2020. According to court documents, Charles Asher, 62, an inmate at FCI Butner at the time of the offense...
TownTalk: Tyler Fleming’s Junior Shadowing Project
Whether you know Tyler Fleming from school, swim meets, or First United Methodist Church, one thing’s for certain: The 17-year-old certainly is a wonderful ambassador for an age group that sometimes gets a bad rap. Tyler, a junior at Kerr-Vance Academy, is smack in the middle of a three-day program called “junior shadowing,” which pairs...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 09-22-22 Noon
Click Play to Listen. On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Local News Audio 09-22-22 Noon ...
Little Ducks Raise Big Bucks
It’s always fun when the weather is right, people are excited, ultimately kids benefit and somebody wins something. That’s what happened this past Saturday at the Duck Derby in downtown Henderson, and Garry Daeke, development coordinator with Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start sounded nothing but pleased when WIZS caught up with him late Monday afternoon...
TownTalk: Green Book Series Coming To Perry Memorial Library
— courtesy of Perry Memorial Library Click to Listen — TownTalk: Green Book Series Coming To Perry Memorial Library The Perry Memorial Library will host a Community series that includes authors, Calvin Ramsey, Candacy Taylor, and Gretchen Sorin. The series will focus on the Green Book. The Negro Motorist Green Book was a guidebook for African American...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 09-21-22 Noon
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Learn To Construct Livestock Fence During Oct. 25 Workshop
The old saying that “fences make good neighbors” could be amended to “good fences make neighbors happy” to describe an upcoming hands-on workshop that involves creating a safe fencing plan for livestock. The day-long class will be held on Oct. 25 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Butner Beef Cattle field lab, located...
Vance Commissioners Pave The Way For Construction Of Shell Building At Industrial Park
In a special called meeting Monday, the Vance County Board of Commissioners moved closer to fulfilling the concept of construction of a shell building on the campus of the industrial park. The board approved a resolution to sell a 7.15-acre parcel to the Henderson-Vance Industrial Park, Inc. for $185,900, on which a 50,000-square foot shell...
TownTalk: Community Partners Of Hope Helps Homeless Men
Delthine Watson’s got the math memorized: 365 times 365 equals 133,225. But when you apply that simple calculation to the plan for the Community Partners of Hope men’s emergency shelter, the result can have life-altering consequences. Watson, community network specialist for Community Partners of Hope, has complete faith that the community will help bring to...
