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Fight Leads To Shooting On North Cooper Drive
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Press Release – Wednesday, April 15, 2020 On April 15, 2020 around 1:45 PM, officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to Dollar Tree, 302 N. Cooper Drive Henderson, NC in reference to a fight that was in progress. While in...
Town Talk 04/15/20: Treasurer Folwell Discusses State Pension Plan, COVID-19 Recovery
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, appeared on WIZS Town Talk Wednesday at 11 a.m. Folwell, who has served as NC State Treasurer since 2017, is recovering after being hospitalized for five days with COVID-19. “I am thankful for all the caregivers, God, my family...
Local Response Rates for US Census; Bureau Seeks Additional Days for Final Count
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, United States Census Bureau The 2020 Census is underway and more households across America are responding every day. Over 70 million households have responded to date, representing over 48% of all households in America. North Carolina’s overall self-response rate...
Vance Co. Reports 23 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, One Virus-Related Death
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Brian K. Short, Director of Henderson-Vance County Emergency Operations As of now, the total number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Vance County has increased to 23. Presently, all are self-isolating with no one currently undergoing treatment at...
NC WIC Program to Offer Food Flexibility Through May
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Granville Vance Public Health Due to COVID-19, there are significant impacts on providing WIC program services and the vendors’ abilities to maintain an inventory of certain WIC-eligible products. In response to these strains, the North Carolina WIC Program has...
Vance County Properties, Human Resource Committee to Meet April 28
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Executive Assistant/Clerk to Board, Vance County Board of Commissioners Please be informed of the following Vance County committee meetings. Both meetings will be held in the Administrative Conference Room of the Vance County Administration Building located at...
Town Talk 04/14/20: MPH CEO Discusses COVID-19 Testing, Lower Hospital Volume
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY Bert Beard, CEO of Maria Parham Health (MPH), appeared on WIZS Town Talk Tuesday at 11 a.m. Beard reported that MPH has tested 150 people for possible COVID-19 infection at this point, with 14 positive cases. Of those positive cases, Beard said a “handful” have been admitted...
Henderson Men’s Shelter Updates; 220 Fundraiser Rescheduled for June
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Jane King, Community Partners of Hope 220 Fundraiser: The Community Partners of Hope/Henderson Men’s Shelter’s 220 Seafood fundraiser originally scheduled for April 27 has been rescheduled for Monday, June 29, 2020, in hopes that social distancing will be somewhat...
State Treasurer Folwell To Address NC Pension Plan Performance
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, NC Department of State Treasurer The state pension plan is weathering the COVID-19-induced economic downturn better than many public pension plans while outperforming the stock market, and State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, will explain why during his “Ask...
Warren Co. Schools Postpones Pre-K, Kindergarten Registration
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Warren County Schools Governor Roy Cooper has closed all NC public schools until May 15, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, all Pre-K and Kindergarten registration events for Warren County Schools are postponed...
