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Guidelines for Assistance to Voters
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, NC State Board of Elections Recently, questions have arisen about the law pertaining to assistance to voters at voting sites. The State Board of Elections will investigate credible allegations of improper assistance. The following are guidelines regarding assistance to...
Warren County Donates Equipment for VIPER Tower Improvements
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Warren County Government Warren County completed the final task in its latest partnership with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) and the Warren County Firemen’s Association- the donation and handoff of approximately $174,000 of equipment to make public...
Vance Co. Schools Begins Staggered Phase-In of High School Athletics
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Vance County Schools Vance County Schools will permit a staggered phase-in of high school athletics beginning the week of November 2, 2020, as outlined in the schedule included below. This phase-in is consistent with expectations outlined by the NC...
Vast Majority of NC Votes to be Tallied and Reported Tonight
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY -Press Release, NC State Board of Elections The N.C. State Board of Elections anticipates that the results reported by the end of election night will include 97 percent or more of all ballots cast in North Carolina in the 2020 general election. As always, the remaining ballots, including...
Jerry ‘Wayne’ Adcock, Former Vance County Schools Superintendent, Dies at 73
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Obituary and photo courtesy Sossamon Funeral Home Jerry “Wayne” Adcock Former Superintendent of Vance County Schools, Jerry Wayne Adcock, age 73, of Henderson, passed away on November 1, 2020, at Granville House in Oxford. Born in Vance County on December 4...
Noon News 11/2/20: COVID Statistics, Election Day, Rescheduled Trick-or-Treat
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Local, updated COVID statistics Election Day (Nov. 3) Voting H-V Recreation & Parks Department’s “Trail of Terror” Rescheduled Downtown Henderson Trick-or-Treat Drive-Thru Rescheduled SHPHC to Hold Revival With Evangelist Mick Snider Vance County and Granville County Board of Commissioners to Meet...
Gooch Sworn In as District 7 Granville County Commissioner
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Granville County Government Jimmy Gooch of Butner was sworn in as a Granville County Commissioner on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. Appointed to the Board of Commissioners at their October 19 meeting, Gooch will represent District 7. The swearing-in ceremony...
Majority of Vance Co. Voters Cast Early Ballots
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Vance County Board of Elections Saturday, October 31 marked the last day of early voting and the last day to register to vote in the 2020 General Election. According to Vance County Board of Elections Director Faye Gill, 17,051...
Franklin Co. Announces New Convenience Site Hours
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Franklin County Government With the ending of Daylight Savings Time on November 1, 2020, Franklin County Convenience Sites will close at 6 p.m. beginning Monday, November 2, 2020. All sites are open during these hours on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...
VGCC Receives $125,000 Grant From Cannon Foundation
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY -Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College The Cannon Foundation, based in Concord, North Carolina, recently awarded a $125,000 grant to the Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund. The funds will support VGCC’s Nursing Simulation Lab and Heavy Equipment Operator program simulators. “With this grant, Vance-Granville Community College will continue...
