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City of Oxford Reminds Residents NOT to Flush Wipes, Paper Towels
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, City of Oxford While disinfecting and sanitizing spaces, please DO NOT flush your wipes. Flushing wipes, paper towels, and similar products down toilets will clog sewers and cause backups and overflows at the wastewater treatment facility. This creates an...
Gifted Faithful Ministry Providing Items to Those in Need
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Mike Holland, Gifted Faithful During this time of virus response, Gifted Faithful Ministry is glad to provide, based upon availability, items to those in need free of charge. Available items include pasta, rice, cleaning supplies, soap, coffee, wipes, wash...
SBA Grants Governor’s Disaster Declaration Request for NC Small Businesses
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Office of Governor Roy Cooper The U.S. Small Business Administration granted Governor Roy Cooper’s request for a disaster declaration for small businesses that are suffering economic losses due to the new Coronavirus, COVID-19. “Many small businesses are desperate right...
H-V Chamber Provides Local Financial Resources, Tips for Weathering Closures
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce is working together in partnership with Vance-Granville Community College, the Vance County Economic Development office, the Kerr Tar Council of Governments, the Henderson Downtown Development office, and...
Franklin Co. Schools: New Meal Pickup Location Starts Friday at LMES
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Franklin County Schools All Franklin County Schools are closed due to the Coronavirus through at least Friday, March 27, 2020. However, we are making every effort to ensure that nutrition services are available and convenient. To fulfill this mission...
GCPS: Free Meals Continue; WiFi Available in School Parking Lots
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Granville County Public Schools Today, Granville County Public Schools offered our expanded drive-thru meal services to 29 sites across the county and we are proud to say we provided almost 1,900 meals to our children! If you were not...
VCS: Remote Learning Packet, Laptop Pick Up; Meals Continue Next Week
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Vance County Schools Vance County Schools is continuing to work for our students and community to ensure we are meeting their needs. Today we had 2,039 Remote Learning packets picked up throughout our district! Over the course of the...
Public Health Provides COVID-19 Update; No Confirmed Cases in Granville, Vance
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY Lisa Harrison, Director of Granville Vance Public Health, told WIZS News at 4:48 p.m. that there are no confirmed cases of Coronavirus “at this time. Still testing regularly in each county.” She said, “Please remind people to stay at home and give a call if they develop...
Vance County Cancer Survivor Dinner Canceled; Relay for Life to be Rescheduled
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Hope Breedlove, Relay for Life Survivor Committee The Vance County Cancer Survivor Dinner scheduled to take place Friday, April 17, 2020, at South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church has been CANCELED for this year. We know cancer patients are among...
Henderson Men’s Shelter ‘Running Smoothly’ As Season Comes to a Close
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL WIZS checked in with Jane King, volunteer coordinator for the Henderson Men’s Shelter, to see how shelter staff and the men they serve are faring in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. King reported that the shelter is running smoothly...
