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TownTalk: Rebuilding Hope, Hurricane Helene Relief
Rebuilding Hope, Inc. is using one of its warehouses as a staging area and has two trailers ready to load up with much-needed supplies that will be delivered to western North Carolina that was ravaged by flooding and mudslides last week by Hurricane Helene. Robbie Parham, one of the chaplains at the local nonprofit, said...
The Local Skinny! Infinite Possibilities
In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Infinite Possibilities is hosting a candlelight vigil Thursday in Warrenton to remember victims and survivors. The statistics are sobering: in the United States, a person suffers domestic violence every 73 seconds and 1 in 6 women has been sexually assaulted or has been the victim of an attempted...
Donate Items To Hurricane Relief At Vipers’ Football Game Oct. 5
UPDATE: Unfortunately, the game has been cancelled. AD Philip Weil, of Vance County High School, said the “game is canceled this Saturday due to the continuous impact and devastation to the East Rutherford community.” He said, “If people have already bought supplies, we will collect and make sure the Red Cross receives them,” if the...
TownTalk: HPD Press Release Regarding Saturday Night Shooting
Press Release from Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow Just before midnight on Saturday, September 28th, a fight started inside Tiffany’s of Henderson, 110 S. Garnett Street. The altercation continued outside where it was reported that at least two individuals brandished firearms and discharged them. Law Enforcement was in the immediate area, and was alerted to...
TownTalk: Granville County Gears Up for Fall
Take a sip of that pumpkin spice latte, a bite from that pumpkin spice doughnut or a whiff of that pumpkin spice air freshener – fall is in the air and that means all things pumpkin in and around Granville County. Just ask Granville Tourism Authority Director Angela Allen: She’s on a mission to celebrate...
Local Chamber Seeks Sponsors For ‘Shop With A Cop And Friends’
The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Shop With a Cop and Friends” is getting underway and it’s time for area businesses to help make the event another success by signing up to be an event sponsor. The goal is to provide local law enforcement at least $7,000 to go on their annual Christmas shopping...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 09-30-24 Noon
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Trusted Way to Help Western NC with Henry Gupton
Vance County Clerk of Court, the Hon. Henry Gupton, invites the community to come to the courthouse parking lot Tuesday and Wednesday to help fill a trailer with donations bound for hurricane-ravaged western North Carolina. Gupton told WIZS News Monday that he’s coordinated with Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame to get an enclosed trailer –...
Vance Commissioner Carolyn Faines Named Vice-Chair Of Kerr-Tar COG Board
– Information courtesy of Kerr-Tar COG Administrative and Program Assistant Christa Hight Vance County Commissioner Carolyn Faines was named vice-chair of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Government’s board of directors at the group’s annual awards banquet Thursday evening. About 160 attended the event from across the five-county area that comprises the KTCOG. Betty Wright of...
Community Info Series: Fair Housing Oct. 8
Fair housing is the topic of the upcoming Community Info Series hosted by Baskerville Funeral Home. Join Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Fair Housing Project for the free workshop, scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Presenters include attorneys Kelly Clarke and A.D. Skaff, both of whom work with Legal Aid’s...
