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COVID Outbreak Closes Vance Co. Courthouse for Two Days
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Due to a small outbreak of COVID-19, the Vance County Courthouse is closed and will be closed Thursday, November 19 and Friday, November 20, 2020. The Vance County Clerk of Court, the Hon. Henry Gupton, told WIZS News that two or...
HPD: 17-Year-Old Shot by Juvenile Suspect Succumbs to Injury
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Henderson Police Department On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at approximately 5:50 p.m., officers of the Henderson Police Department arrived at 111 S. Pinkston Street in response to a person being shot. When responders arrived, they located 17-year-old Tysean Wortham...
Skunk Found on Cross Creek Road Tests Positive for Rabies
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Vance Co. Animal Services Vance County Animal Services responded to a call on November 16, 2020, in reference to a possibly rabid skunk in the 800 block of Cross Creek Road in Henderson. The skunk was sent off for...
Noon News 11-18-20; Free Food, Covid Tests, PPE; Food Drive; Job Fair
– GRRO Free Covid Testing; Free Food Boxes; Free PPE – Covid in Vance County – Henderson Wellness Center, ACTS, Thanksgiving Food Drive – VGCC Job Fairs For Full Details and WIZS Noon News Audio Click Play… WIZS Radio · Noon News 11-18-20; Free Food, Covid Tests, PPE; Food Drive; Job Fair ...
ACTS of Henderson Announces Current Food Pantry Needs
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy ACTS of Henderson ACTS of Henderson is currently in need of the following items for its food pantry: Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix Rice – one or two lb. bags Peanut butter – 16 to 18 oz. jars Canned baked...
Duke Energy Awards $1 Million in Grants for Social Justice & Racial Equity
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Tanya Evans, District Manager, Duke Energy Duke Energy is taking another positive step to advance social justice and racial equity in North Carolina. The Duke Energy Foundation announced the recipients of $1 million in grants for nonprofit organizations working...
Painting Honors Granville’s First African-American Librarian
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY -Press Release, Granville County Government The Granville County Library System has announced the completed commission for an oil portrait of Maude Lassiter, the first African-American librarian in Granville County. Painted by artist Stephen Cefalo of Raleigh, NC, the portrait will soon be on permanent display at the...
GRRO Announces Free COVID-19 Testing, Food Box Distribution This Week
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Green Rural Redevelopment, Inc. Green Rural Redevelopment, Inc. (GRRO), along with partners Cardinal Innovations and Groundwater Solutions, is hosting a series of COVID-19 testing events this week. Testing times and locations are as follows: Franklinton Wednesday, November 18 ~...
NC’s New COVID County Alert System Codes Vance, Warren ‘Substantial’ Spread
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Office of Governor Roy Cooper Governor Roy Cooper and Dr. Mandy Cohen, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) announced a new COVID-19 County Alert System to pinpoint counties with the highest levels...
Vance Co. BOE Part of Statewide Recount for NC Supreme Court Justice
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, NC State Board of Elections with additional information provided by Vance Co. Board of Elections Director Faye Gill A statewide recount of more than five million ballots cast in North Carolina’s Supreme Court chief justice contest will begin later...
