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Yancey Charged With Rape, Kidnapping
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Press Release, Vance County Sheriff’s Office On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, the Vance County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division responded to a call for service at 141 Chloe Lane in Henderson, NC. When patrol arrived, the victim of a sexual assault was already...
District Court Judge Asks Voters to ‘Keep Katherine Burnette’
Katherine Burnette, the incumbent district court judge for the Ninth Judicial District of North Carolina, faces challenger Brian Cloninger in the March 3, 2020 Primary election. The district court judge position serves Vance, Franklin, Granville, Warren and Person counties. Appointed district court judge by NC Governor Roy Cooper in 2018, Burnette filled the vacancy created...
Attorney Brian Cloninger Challenges Burnette for District Court Judge
Brian Cloninger, a Henderson resident and private defense attorney at Cloninger Law Offices, PLLC, will challenge incumbent Katherine Burnette for district court judge of the Ninth Judicial District of North Carolina in the March 3, 2020 Primary election. This position serves Vance, Franklin, Granville, Warren and Person counties. Cloninger attended public schools and graduated from...
Vance Co. Schools Announces Pre-K, Kindergarten Registration Dates
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Press Release, Vance County Schools Vance County Schools Pre-K and Kindergarten registration is open and “The Wow Starts Now!” Stop by any of our elementary schools or district office (1724 Graham Avenue) to begin the registration process. Pre-K is open to children...
Vance Co. Board of Commissioners to Meet Mon., Feb. 3
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Clerk to Board/Executive Asst., County of Vance The Vance County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday, February 3, 2020, at 6 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 122 Young Street, Henderson. The Invocation will be given by...
Ey’Mania Alston Receives Full Academic Scholarship for UNC Honors College
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Press Release, Oxford Preparatory School Ey’Mania Alston, a senior at Oxford Preparatory School, has been accepted into the Honors College at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a full scholarship. Ey’Mania is the daughter of Shareena Alston and is...
Granville Board of Education to Meet Feb. 3
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Information courtesy Granville County Public Schools NOTICE TO PUBLIC AND PRESS The Granville County Board of Education will meet for a regular board meeting on Monday, February 3, 2020, at 6 p.m. at the Central Services Building, 101 Delacroix Street, Oxford, North Carolina. The...
News 01/31/20
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A Chamber That Binds
It’s not easy to bring people together. To bind them together is still more difficult. It takes energy, and sometimes it takes a “new generation of business leadership.” That’s the phrase used to describe Tyler Brewer at Thursday night’s Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce Meeting and Banquet. Brewer is the incoming, 2020 Chamber Board Chair. The...
Witness Detains Suspect Driver in Hit and Run at Gunpoint Until Authorities Arrive
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm Monday afternoon, January 27, 2020, an automobile accident occurred on Norlina Road, just north of the intersection with Warrenton Road in Henderson. According to the Atlanta truck accident lawyer surveying the scene, the suspect, the driver, proceeded about 3/10 of a mile...
