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SportsTalk: Louisburg Hopes To Beat Them All
Dante Lassiter, head football coach at Louisburg High School, feels good about his team this season. Of course every coach feels good before the first game but with a turn out of fifty kids perhaps Lassiter is correct. “It’s the biggest turnout we’ve had in years,” Lassiter said. Louisburg lost five seniors from last year’s...
Statewide DWI Report Reveals High Marks for Eleventh Prosecutorial District
— press release — The 11th Prosecutorial District (Vance, Granville, Franklin, Warren and Person Counties) successfully prosecuted more Driving While Impaired (DWI) cases per capita than all districts but one in the past year according to a recent report. On July 28, 2022, the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission released a report analyzing...
TownTalk: Henderson Rec P.U.L.L. Event To Bring Community Together
Events like the upcoming P.U.L.L. event are just part of the reason why the local parks and recreation department were honored at a national conference that focuses on ways to curb gang activity and gang violence. Shantel Hargrove, youth services outreach coordinator for the Henderson Vance Recreation and Parks Department, said she and director Kendrick...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 08-11-22 Noon
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New Jersey Woman Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Prison for Role in Drug Organization
— press release — A New Jersey woman who was caught transporting more than a kilogram of a heroin-fentanyl mixture was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for her role in a drug conspiracy. On April 7, 2022, Bridgett Renettier Burrows, 53, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with...
GCPS Safety Summit
As the first day of a new school year approaches, Granville County Public Schools is hosting a “Safety Summit” on Thursday, Aug. 18 for parents and a host of community partners to discuss all the ways that the district has focused on health and safety of students and staff. The meeting will be from 6...
TownTalk: Classes Offered To Support Family Caregivers
A six-week online class designed to help family caregivers do the very best they can for their loved ones – and for themselves – is set to get underway in early September and Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments staffer Susan Tucker wants folks to know how helpful the program is. Tucker speaks from first-hand experience:...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 08-10-22 Noon
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TownTalk: School Board Approves VCS Strategic Plan
The new Vance County Schools logo was officially unveiled Aug. 1, and school officials took time at Monday night’s school board meeting to share a bit about the meaning behind the color scheme and the graphics. “The new logo represents the pathway options that students may choose as the letters v,c and s can all...
Calling All State Fair Competitors: Enter By Sept. 15 Deadline!
Think you’ve got a blue-ribbon zucchini bread recipe? Want to see how that batch of blackberry jam or fig preserves stands up to state competition? Or do you have an exquisite quilt or other handcrafted item that you’d like to show off a bit? Then consider entering the 2022 N.C. State Fair competitions, which are...
