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Fire Chief Steve Cordell Receives Order Of The Guardian For 30 Years’ Service To Fire Dept.
What kind of a birthday gift do you give someone who’s spent more than half his life in service to his community? City staff and fellow firefighters did things up right Thursday for Henderson Fire Chief Steve Cordell, who celebrated his 51st birthday in the company of city officials and N.C. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, who...
Truck Fire On I-85 Near Oxford Snarls Thursday Afternoon Traffic; Driver Taken To UNC Burn Center
Northbound traffic on I-85 was backed up for miles Thursday afternoon after a tractor trailer loaded with rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide caught fire near mile marker 199. The driver of the truck was transported to the UNC Burn Center. His condition is not known at this time. Granville County Public Information Officer Terry A...
New industrial development announced in Franklin County
— Franklin County Press Release — A new industrial development has been announced in the southwestern side of Franklin County. Summit Real Estate Group – a private commercial real estate company – intends to build a five-building business park near 2380 Long Mill Road in Youngsville. The multi-phase project, known as U.S.-1 North Commerce Center...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 01-20-23 Noon
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Armed Robbery Mast Drug Dabney Drive
UPDATE Noon Friday – When asked if there was anything new to report, Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow said, “Nothing that has led to an arrest.” ********************** UPDATE 5:30 p.m. Thursday – Press release information from Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow: Jan. 19 at approximately 9:30 a.m., two subjects entered Mast Drug at 418 Dabney...
Sheriff’s Office Aids Raleigh Police In Arrests In Connection With Murder, Stolen Car
Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame said officers with the Criminal Investigations Division have assisted the Raleigh Police Department in the arrest of two men who have eluded arrest for more than a year. In a press statement issued Thursday afternoon, Brame announced the arrest of Dontavion Miller, 22, at 149 Foxfire Drive. Brame said his...
SportsTalk: Wilkerson Joins UNC Baseball Coaching Staff
You may have heard the saying of going around your thumb to get to your elbow and that might be the best way to describe former Kerr Vance Academy baseball standout Daniel Wilkerson’s journey to get to UNC as an Assistant to the Head Coach and Clubhouse/Equipment Manager. He’s been to Massachusetts, East Carolina in...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 01-19-23 Noon
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TownTalk: Basic Genealogy
Today’s genealogy enthusiasts have a multitude of online resources, from databases that help create family trees to digitized newspapers from bygone eras. Whether you’ve been at it a long time, like Mark Pace and WIZS’s Bill Harris have, or whether you’re just getting started, there are a few rules of thumb to keep in mind...
Oxford Man Sentenced to 10-Year Statutory Maximum After Shooting Two People and Leaving One for Dead
— press release — William Brian Coghill was sentenced this past Friday to 10 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a felon after shooting two acquaintances and leaving one for dead at his home in Oxford, North Carolina. This is the statutory maximum sentence available...
