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TownTalk: Soul City: Race, Equality And The Lost Dream Of An American Utopia
Thomas Healy was born in 1969, the same year that Floyd McKissick launched Soul City, his dream to build a new town in Warren County that would boast 50,000 residents and pump life into a historically poor area of North Carolina. Healy, although born and raised in North Carolina, only learned about Soul City when...
WIZS Local News Audio 7-22-21 Noon
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Vance Co. Sheriff’s Office Investigates Homicide
On June 11th, 2021 around 4pm, 911 Central dispatched the Vance County Sheriff’s Office deputies to 519 Fields Ave. in Henderson to check on a resident’s welfare. Upon arrival, the family member that called 911 met the deputies. The deputies, along with the family member, approached the residence to check on the occupant. No one...
TownTalk: Repair Cafe Event Coming To Granville County
Don Fick of Repair Cafe NC discusses how his organization repairs many daily household items keeping them out of local landfills. For complete details and audio click play. Just because the button on your household gizmo is broken doesn’t mean it needs to go straight to the landfill – it may just need a quick...
Glen Raven Announces $82 Million Expansion At Norlina Plant
Glen Raven, Inc. Custom Fabrics, LLC, in Norlina announced today (Wednesday, July 21) an $82 million capital investment plan that will create 205 new jobs. The expansion at the Warren County manufacturing plant will add about $6.5 million in annual salaries, according to a press release from Warren County. Governor Roy Cooper also announced...
Construction Of New Park Set To Begin Where Vance Hotel Once Stood
Plans for construction of a park near downtown Henderson have been in the works for a couple of years, but Henderson City Manager Terrell Blackmon said this week that materials have been delivered and a ground-breaking ceremony will be held “in the near future.” Among the features are a skate park and bike park, a...
The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show With Wayne Rowland And Paul McKenzie
WIZS, Your Community Voice. Thank you for listening! The Local Skinny! each Wednesday on WIZS is the Vance County Cooperative Extension Service Home and Garden Show. WIZS Radio · The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show With Wayne Rowland And Paul McKenzie ...
WIZS Local News Audio 7-21-21 Noon
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TownTalk: Elmwood Area Eyed for Redevelopment
For complete details and audio click play. The city’s re-established Redevelopment Commission is holding a listening session Thursday, July 22 at 6 p.m. to hear from the community about plans for making upgrades to an area known to city officials as the Elmwood Urban Redevelopment Area (URA). This listening session, which will be held in...
Raleigh Rd. Baptist Church to Host Vacation Bible School
Raleigh Rd. Baptist Church will be holding Vacation Bible School from August 1st through August 5th from 5:30 to 8:30 each night for ages 4 through 12 with dinner served at 5:30. The bible school will focus on a study of God’s creation including a biblical look at creation, the great flood, dinosaurs, cavemen and...
