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TownTalk: Veteran Uses Wood Working To Help Combat PTSD
Perhaps Walter Craig remembers his father’s admonition as he’s in his workshop building wooden toys for children and others to enjoy. Son, the carpenter and farmer would say, it takes a lifetime to grow a tree, but it only takes an idiot 15 minutes to screw one up. Craig, a U.S. Army veteran, took up...
Leaf Collection ‘Season’ Kicks Off Oct. 18, But Not Before
The City of Henderson has announced that leaf collection season will begin in October, and provided guidelines to residents to ensure proper placement to the leaves can be picked up. Between Oct. 18, 2021 and Jan. 14, 2022, residents may places rows or piles of loose leaves and pine straw along the roadsides for the...
Vance County Schools Announces Partnership with Boys and Girls Club
— press release courtesy of Vance County Schools Vance County Schools is excited to announce a partnership with the North Central North Carolina Boys and Girls Club through a 21st Century Grant. This partnership will provide an afterschool program for students in grades 3-5 at Carver Elementary and New Hope Elementary. Dr. Bennett, VCS Superintendent...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 9-29-21 Noon
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TownTalk: Fight For Misty BBQ Oct. 2
She’s done a lot of research since her diagnosis, and Misty Bailey says the heart condition she deals with daily affects 60 out of every 100,000 people in the U.S. That makes cardiac sarcoidosis relatively uncommon. There’s no quick fix, but there are treatments that can help make patients like Bailey feel better. Not well...
CultureFEST Downtown Oxford on Saturday
Downtown Oxford is the setting for Saturday’s CultureFEST, which will showcase a variety of multicultural artistic performances with a street fair vibe – food trucks, crafts and more await participants who visit Littlejohn Street between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Ajulo Othow and Oxford Mayor Jackie Sergent are among the event planners, and they talked...
Hobgood To Succeed Retiring Allred As Granville Public Information Officer
Oxford native Terry Hobgood has been named Granville County’s public information officer and grant development specialist. Hobgood will take over from Lynn Allred, who plans to retire in December. Hobgood joined the administrative team in July as a deputy clerk after having served as city clerk and public information officer for the city of Creedmoor...
Warren Senior Center Offers Sweet Thank You To Local Law Enforcement
As the saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” But when the picture includes the words “Thank You,” it just adds value. Representatives of Warren County law enforcement got some special recognition during the recent National Thank a Police Officer Day. Staff and volunteers from the Warren County Senior Center delivered cupcakes and...
TownTalk: DEA Issues Public Safety Alert On Fake Medication
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign Monday and issued a public safety alert as part of its effort to combat the growing availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram issued a statement saying that the counterfeit pills are being illegally produced...
Tuesday Is National Voter Registration Day; Register By Oct. 8 To Vote In November
Today is National Voter Registration Day and the state board of elections has issued a statement to remind eligible individuals to register to vote and for current voters to make sure their information is up-to-date. The voter registration deadline for the November elections is Friday, Oct. 8. “Voting is a critical way to make an impact...
