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Dethmers New Veterans Services Officer For Granville
The Granville County Veterans Services Office will be led by new Veterans Services Officer (VSO), Christopher Dethmers. In this role, Dethmers will focus on providing a wide range of services, programs and support to veterans and their families including connecting local veterans to services provided by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “I’m honored that Granville County has...
No More Overdue Fines For Granville Library Patrons
How fitting that as the upcoming Independence Day holiday nears, the Granville County Library System (GCLS) announces that the library is now fine-free. As of July 1, library patrons no longer face overdue fees for items checked out from any library branch. Fees for lost or damaged items, however, remain in effect, as well as fees...
MPH Welcomes Gastroenterologist Mamun Shahrier To Staff
-information courtesy of Maria Parham Health Maria Parham Health has announced that Mamun Shahrier, MD, PhD, FACP has joined its staff and will be offering GI services to patients throughout Henderson, Vance County and the surrounding area. Shahrier is a gastroenterologist with more than 30 years of clinical experience. “Having worked with Dr. Shahrier for...
Guthrie Named Chief Medical Officer At Maria Parham Health
-information courtesy of Maria Parham Health Maria Parham Health has announced that Dr. Shauna Guthrie has been named the organization’s chief medical officer. In her new role, Guthrie will set direction for Maria Parham Health’s medical department and provide leadership in collaboration with local health systems, community-based providers and academic institutions. Guthrie also will build upon the...
SportsTalk: Remembering Cotton Clayton
CLICK HERE TO PLAY AUDIO WIZS Radio · WIZS SportsTalk 06-30-22 Remembering Cotton Clayton SPORTSTALK WIZS Click for J.M. White Funeral Home Obituary If you know where the Cotton Clayton Country Club was located, chances are you’re from “around here,” as folks like to say. And it’s just as likely that you were saddened to...
Drug, Firearm Charges with Large Bond for Local Suspect
HPD Press Release: 06/30/2022 Wednesday evening at approximately 5:30PM, while investigating a complaint of a stolen firearm, Investigators of the Henderson Police Department observed Jammee Duchea Terry (30) leaving the residence of 167 Lincoln Street with a firearm visible on his person. With the knowledge of Jammee D. Terry being a convicted felon and his...
TownTalk: Police Chief Barrow Discusses Gun Violence Resolution
The increase in gun violence plaguing the country is something that Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow thinks a lot about, but he said he and his officers often are frustrated by the process to get offenders off the streets and successfully processed through the judicial system. It’s illegal to discharge a firearm within the city...
The Local Skinny! Bean Spotlights NC Education Corps
The current buzz phrase is “high-impact literacy,” but what it all boils down to is this: Helping young students become better readers through relationship-building and consistent small-group tutoring. North Carolina Education Corps is a nonprofit initiative to get literacy tutors in elementary schools to help children who need a little extra support with reading skills...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 06-30-22 Noon
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SportsTalk: Zarzour Discusses LIV Golf
Most golf fans know that the PGA’s Masters tournament is held at Augusta National in April – except when postponed by a global pandemic as it was in 2020. It remains to be seen, however, if the newly formed LIV tour will manage to create its own signature event like the Masters, the U.S. Open...
