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NCDHHS to Provide Additional Food Benefits for More than 800,000 Children
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Office of Governor Roy Cooper Governor Roy Cooper announced today that North Carolina has been approved for the new Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program, to help families purchase food for children impacted by school closings due to COVID-19...
Granville Co. Sheriff’s Office Conducting Annual Firearms Qualifications
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy the Granville County Sheriff’s Office The Granville County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting annual firearms qualifications from Monday, April 20 through Friday, April 24, 2020, in accordance with the guidelines set for by the North Carolina Sheriff’s Education and...
Vance County Regional Farmers Market Opens Sat, Apr 25
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL — press release The Vance County Regional Farmers Market will open for the 2020 season on Saturday, April 25th, according to Tracy Madigan, Market Manager. Ms. Madigan reports that she has been carefully reviewing expert recommendations on procedures that minimize risk...
Henderson Family YMCA to Hold American Red Cross Blood Drive
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy the Henderson Family YMCA The Henderson Family YMCA will hold a blood drive for the American Red Cross on Thursday, April 30, 2020, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the YMCA gym. To support social distancing, appointments are...
Local Area Eligible for U.S. Chamber’s Small Business Financial Relief Initiative
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce To extend a helping hand to small businesses suffering from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation – in partnership with Vistaprint and a coalition of supporting companies...
Latest Covid-19 Vance Co. and “Recovery” Info
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Brian Short, H-V Director of Emergency Operations, and Lisa Harrison, Director G-V District Health Department, provide email correspondence daily and include WIZS News. To quote a few lines from Short’s Sunday afternoon situation report: “As of now, the total number of...
Express Employment Professionals: Muetzel Says ‘Essential Industries Hiring’
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY Hal Muetzel, owner and operator of Express Employment Professionals, appeared on WIZS Town Talk Thursday at 11 a.m. Located at 124 Main Street in Oxford, Express Employment Professionals is a staffing company focused on helping people find jobs and providing workforce solutions to businesses. Services include a...
Convicted Drug Trafficker Charged With Escaping Custody of Butner Federal Prison
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announces that today, RICHARD R. CEPHAS, of Wilmington, Delaware, was charged in a federal Criminal Complaint with escaping from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)...
Warren County Memorial Library Celebrates National Library Week
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Warren County Government April 19 – 25, 2020, is National Library Week, and Warren County Memorial Library invites all community members to “find the library at their place” by visiting www.wcmlibrary.org to access virtual services and resources. This is...
Town of Louisburg Awarded $2.4 Million for Industrial Park
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Town of Louisburg On April 16, 2020, the Town of Louisburg was awarded a grant in the amount of $2,439,100 to assist the Town in the construction of water, sewer, and electric infrastructure, as well as industrial access, at...
