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TownTalk: Adopt From The Local Animal Shelter This Holiday Season
The dogs and cats at the Vance County Animal Shelter are so stinkin’ cute, according to Director William Coker, that even he couldn’t resist the temptation. Coker said he’d never been a cat owner – until he fell in love with a kitten at the shelter. “I ended up adopting that kitten myself,” he told...
Franklin County Lands Two Companies That Focus On Reducing Single-Use Plastics
— Courtesy of Franklin County Public Information Officer James F. Hicks, III Two new companies are set to establish their first pilot facility and future manufacturing center in Franklin County. TerraSafe Materials, Inc. and its sister company, DisSolves, Inc., are establishing a facility that will create 20 new full-time jobs – with an average...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 12-17-24 Noon
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Henderson City Manager Terrell Blackmon Resigns
Henderson City Manager Terrell Blackmon has resigned. In a special called meeting on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. called by Mayor Melissa Elliott, the city council entered into closed session to discuss a personnel matter. The information available after the council returned to open session was scant, but in addition to the resignation, it...
The Local Skinny! Friday Car Chase
Friday, Dec. 13 proved unlucky for one teenaged motorist who led law enforcement officers on a 30-plus mile chase through Vance and Franklin counties, ending in a crash in Henderson near Chavasse Avenue and Raleigh Road. The driver, 19-year-old Eli-Javron Williams of Roberts Avenue in Vance County, faces a slew of charges, including two...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 12-16-24 Noon
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Charles Forsythe Receives Order Of The Long Leaf Pine
— information courtesy of the office of N.C. Rep. Frank Sossamon Former Watkins Volunteer Fire Department Chief Charles Forsythe is one of the newest recipients of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, given for more than four decades of service to his community. N.C. Rep. Frank Sossamon presented the award to Forsythe on Dec...
“Shop with a Cop and Friends” in full force as Holidays Approach
The holiday season is here in The Gateway City. It’s also a time of giving with the “Shop with a Cop and Friends” program here in Henderson. Law Enforcement partnered with the Chamber of Commerce and the Vance County Department of Social Services for “Shop with a Cop and Friends.” $16,000 was raised for the...
Read The Latest Updates On N.C. House District 32 Contest
Update 12-13-24 at 2:30 p.m. The new N.C. General Assembly members will be sworn in for their bicameral legislative session of the state government of North Carolina on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 12 noon in Raleigh. The question is will Bryan Cohn be sworn in at that time to officially claim the District 32 House...
Officials Brave Chilly Temps For Epsom Park Groundbreaking Dec. 6
The long-awaited Epsom Park is one step closer to completion following a recent ground-breaking ceremony to turn over those first shovels full of dirt on the property of the former Epsom School. Franklin County purchased the 7.62 acres at the corner of Eaves Road and N.C. 39 way back in 2006. A sign marked the...
