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Home and Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is now open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8am to 1pm. Today they have tomatoes, snapbeans, beets, cabbages, yellow squash, zucchini squash, red irish potatoes, cantaloupes, watermelons, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, and peaches. The 2025 Landowners and Heirs Property...
The Local Skinny! July Fun at Perry Memorial Library
Kids can beat the heat on Tuesday mornings in July by ducking into Perry Memorial Library and catching a movie. And parents, you can’t beat the price: it’s FREE! The movie series kicked off today with the popular Dog Man on the big screen. The movies begin at 11 a.m., and Youth Services Librarian Melody...
Maria Parham Health Launches Community Health Needs Assessment
— Information from Donna Young, Maria Parham Health Market Coordinator, Marketing & Communications Maria Parham Health, in collaboration with local health professionals and community stakeholders, has launched a comprehensive Community Health Needs Assessment to identify public health priorities, goals and objectives in Vance County. This initiative is part of the hospital’s ongoing commitment to improving and promoting...
Food Bank Teaming Up With Schools, Henderson Family YMCA For Summer Food Distribution During July
The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is partnering with Vance County Schools and the Henderson Family YMCA to provide food to children during the summer. Two food distribution sites will be set up throughout the month of July – Wednesdays at Vance County Middle School and Fridays at the Henderson Family YMCA...
Home and Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is now open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8am to 1pm. Today they have tomatoes, snapbeans, beets, cabbages, yellow squash, zucchini squash, red irish potatoes, cantaloupes, watermelons, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, and peaches. The Evolution of Extension Event is...
The Local Skinny! Children’s Theatre Camp Show ‘Once Upon A Mattress’ Opens Friday, June 27
The Children’s Theatre Camp is in its second week of its two-week program at McGregor Hall, and Mark Hopper said that 54 campers are in rehearsal now for the production of Once Upon A Mattress that will be performed this weekend. There are three shows for the public – Friday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m...
The Local Skinny! Vance County Adopts $66M Budget; Tax Rate Stays The Same
The Vance County Board of Commissioners adopted the $66 million FY 2025-26 budget Monday afternoon – it’s bigger by about $1.4 million than was first recommended by County Manager C. Renee Perry, but it includes more money for county school district teachers and classified staff. The budget figure Perry mentioned at a June 16 budget...
Home and Garden Show
Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Click Play WIZS Radio · Home and Garden Show 06-18-25...
The Local Skinny! Perry Memorial Library Activities Heat Up As Summer Approaches
There’s a “sit-in” planned for next week outside Perry Memorial Library, but it has nothing to do with protests – it’s a Community Read-In, and Youth Services Director Melody Peters says it’s a great way for folks to come out to show support for all the benefits of reading. The invitation is open for anyone...
Arrest Made in Double Homicide Investigation
This morning, at approximately 9 (o’clock), Michael Sharron Wright (age 41) was taken into custody without incident by Sheriff Robert Fountain of the Granville County Sheriff’s Office. Wright was apprehended in connection with the June 15, 2025, double homicide on Maple Street in Henderson. Following his arrest, investigators from the Henderson Police Department processed Wright...
