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20K In Grants From United Way of Vance County To Four Local Nonprofits
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY — press release courtesy United Way of Vance County by Terri Hedrick The United Way of Vance County presented grant checks totaling $20,000 today (Monday) to four local nonprofit organizations to help needy families and individuals in Vance and Warren counties with assistance due to the...
Noon News 12-21-20 EMS Strike Team; BoE Board Members; VCHS Football
Stories include: Vance Co. EMS requests strike team to help with COVID19; Vance Co. Board of Education sees three re-elected and sworn in; Vance Co. High School football coach says team will be ready in February. For full details and audio click play… WIZS Radio · Noon News 12-21-20 EMS Strike Team; BoE Board Members;...
Criminal District Court Will Resume Dec. 29, 2020
The Hon. Henry L. Gupton, clerk of court in Vance County, has informed WIZS News that criminal district court will resume just after Christmas. Gupton said, “I received a memorandum from our Chief District Court Judge John Davis on December 18th regarding the resumption of our District Courts schedule. “As of Tuesday, December 29, 2020...
Vance County School Board Members Take Oath of Office; Chair and Vice Chair Selected
— press release courtesy of Vance County Schools, Public Information Officer Aarika Sandlin Three Vance County Schools Board of Education members were recently re-elected to represent their districts: Mr. Edward B. Wilson, Mrs. Dorothy W. Gooche and Mrs. Linda S. Cobb. They each took their Oath of Office at the December 14, 2020 Board of...
Vance County EMS Has Itself Reached Out For Help
Vance County Management, on behalf of the Vance County EMS Department, has reached out to the state to ask for a strike team. The problem is positive COVID cases. Vance County Manager Jordan McMillen told WIZS News, “We are working through a number of positive COVID cases in our EMS department as is the case...
VGCC forms new partnership with UNC Wilmington
–press release courtesy of VGCC Vance-Granville Community College continues to show its commitment to building partnerships that provide meaningful pathways for students seeking to transfer to a four-year university. Recently, VGCC solidified a partnership with the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW). The UNCW & VGCC “Pathways to Excellence” program will provide transfer students...
S-Line Rail Corridor Goes Straight Through Henderson
The S-Line rail corridor goes straight through downtown Henderson. The future of the route from Petersburg, Virginia down to the Virginia line and then the NC Department of Transportation’s portion from Virginia to South Carolina could spawn additional economic development for the local Henderson area. Being a mainline portion of the Southeast Corridor and possibly...
The Granville Education Foundation Awards $50,500 in Grants to Granville County School Teachers
(Please Note – This is the second version of this story to be posted on WIZS.com. The first version had omissions which were unknown to WIZS at the time. WIZS apologizes to the parties who were originally left out. It was strictly unintentional on our part but was our responsibility to know nonetheless. This version...
Local Vance County Covid-19 Update 12-17-20
For the seven day period December 10 to December 16 in Vance County, there were a total of 182 positive test results for Covid-19. For the same time period, 96 people in Vance County were released from isolation. Those figures equal a net increase of 86 in a week or about 12 people per day...
Henderson Vance Chamber Informs Businesses About Covid
Covid news for member businesses is out from the Henderson Vance Chamber of Commerce and President Michelle Burgess. An email this week from Burgess to Chamber members asks for area businesses to “Help Keep Our Economy Open!” Burgess wrote: The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce has been alerted to the surging COVID-19 cases here in...
