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The Local Skinny! May 3 Vaccines At Your Location
How about if the vaccine comes to you? According to Granville Vance Public Health Director Lisa Harrison in her latest email update, the local health department is shifting strategy away from mass vaccination clinics to in-house and outreach clinics. Meaning, if you haven’t been vaccinated and don’t want to go to the public health department...
WIZS Local News Audio 5-3-21 Noon
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New Medical Office Has Official Opening In Downtown Henderson
The owner of Kerr Area Rural Medical Alliance, a new medical office in Henderson, said she hopes to provide quality health care with an emphasis on treating the client as a person, not just a number on a chart. Anita Rogers is a physician assistant with more than a decade of experience in the field...
Granville Masons To Honor First Responders, Hold Open House May 8
Granville area Masonic chapters are hosting a couple of events on Saturday, May 8 at the Masonic Center in Oxford. The first is an appreciation breakfast for the area’s first responders; the second is an open house designed to share information about Masons and their role in the community. First responders in the area are...
Henderson Mall Purchased, Name Will Change to Henderson Pointe
A Maryland-based investment group has purchased the Henderson Mall property on Dabney Drive. The first order of business was to rename it Henderson Pointe. Broad Reach Retail Partners, LLC specializes in acquiring properties with anchor tenants like grocery stores, Walmart and Target. The former Mall property has a Food Lion, as well as other retailers...
3 Vance Deputies Indicted, Accused of Embezzlement, Extortion, Conspiracy
A Vance County grand jury has returned bills of indictment against three Vance County deputies involving an incident in 2020 surrounding a 2007 White Cadillac STS. Vance Sheriff Curtis Brame issued a statement on Tuesday, April 27 acknowledging the indictments. “All three deputies have been suspended from duty with the sheriff’s office pending resolution of...
Pendergrass Plea of Guilty to One Count Sexual Battery Results in Sex Offender Registration
Following an investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation here in North Carolina, the local district attorney’s office of the 11th Prosecutorial District informs WIZS News that Tony R. Pendergrass, 58, of Franklinton has entered a plea of guilty to one count of sexual battery. The plea to the one count, which is a Class...
WIZS Local News Audio 04-30-21 Noon
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Victim Shot, Then Crashed Car, Near Downtown
Wednesday, April 28 at 9:08 p.m., Henderson Police responded to a call for a gunshot victim. Parrish Nathaniel Jefferson, 29, was shot. He walked a couple of blocks to the Vance County Magistrate’s Office to receive assistance after his automobile collided with another car at the intersection of Andrews Avenue and Chestnut Street. According to...
NCCare360 Works To Match Clients With Providers, Resources
It sounds ambitious, but doable: NCCare360 is a public-private partnership designed to provide streamlined support for those who are looking for help with finding resources for everything from health care to housing, access to transportation and other challenges that people are faced with. Quinny Sanchez Lopez, community engagement manager, spoke to the Vance County Community...
