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VGCC’s Kenneth Wilson Receives Glen Raven Award
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Information courtesy Vance-Granville Community College Vance-Granville Community College’s Kenneth Wilson (Project Manager – TechHire Grant) won the Glen Raven award on Thursday, December 12, 2019. He was presented with the award by VGCC President Rachel Desmarais, Ph.D. VGCC and Glen Raven are...
Take the ‘Polar Plunge’ For Vance Co. Special Olympics
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Information and flyer courtesy Crystal Allen, Henderson-Vance Recreation Program Supervisor The Vance County Special Olympics 2020 Polar Plunge will be held at the Satterwhite Point Glasshouse on Saturday, February 1, 2020. Check-in will begin at 9:30 a.m. that morning; jump begins at...
Mark Your 2020 Calendars for the New Horizons Baptist Stew Sale!
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Information courtesy Pastor Cam Ford, New Horizons Baptist Church New Horizons Baptist Church in Oxford will be having a Brunswick Stew Sale on Saturday, January 11, 2020. Quarts are $8 apiece, and you’ll be able to pick these up from the Granville...
News 12/13/19
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Town Talk 12/12/19: Grace Ministries Accepting Toy Donations; Distribution Dec. 21
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY Jamie Elliott, founder of Grace Ministries in Henderson, appeared on WIZS Town Talk Thursday at 11 a.m. With the recent completion of a successful Thanksgiving event, where the ministry was able to feed approximately 5,000 people in the community, the organization now turns its attention to Christmas...
Vance Co. Sheriff’s Office Seeking Info. on I-85 Shooting
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Press Release, Vance County Sheriff’s Office On Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at 11:20 p.m., the Vance County Sheriff’s Office responded to Maria Parham Health located at 566 Ruin Creek Road in Henderson, NC in reference to an Assault with a Deadly Weapon...
New Phone Scam Prompts Sheriff Brame to Issue Further Warnings
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame is again reminding citizens to be aware of fraud, particularly gift card fraud. Not only that, but someone, according to the Sheriff, is impersonating Brame and other deputies with a phone scam. There has even been at...
Vance Co. Board of Commissioners Select New Chair, Vice Chair
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm News Brief: Gordon Wilder was voted in as the Chairman of the Vance County Board of Commissioners at the Board’s December 9, 2019, meeting. Dan Brummitt was voted in as Vice Chairman of the Board. WIZS congratulates these two gentlemen on their...
Baskerville Funeral Home Invites Community to ‘Service of Remembrance’
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Information courtesy Baskerville Funeral Home, LLC Baskerville Funeral Home, LLC invites you to a Service of Remembrance on Sunday, December 29, 2019, for relatives, loved ones and friends who died by overdose, suicide, violence or accidental. The service will be held at...
Two Arrested, 484 Grams of Cocaine Seized in Multi-Agency Drug Investigation
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm -Press Release and photos, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Over the past three months, members of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, The Lake Royale Company Police, Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, State Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Administration, conducted an undercover investigation into...
