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Wednesday, April 6, 2005

School bus accident

Bobby Williams photo A car ran under a stopped Northwest Elementary School bus this morning on Nahunta Road injuring the occupants of the car. For more information see Students unhurt when car hits bus....

Students unhurt when car hits bus

A motorist rear-ended a stopped Wayne County school bus on Nahunta Road this morning, injuring herself and her young passenger. Both people were transported to Wayne Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Their names and conditions were not available at press...

Grand jury indicts three on murder charges

Three area residents have been indicted by the Wayne County Grand Jury on second-degree murder charges. Four others will face armed robbery charges. The grand jurors handed up 64 true bills of indictment during their monthly meeting. They could not...

Commissioners want more facts on annexation before supporting local legislation request

Wayne County Commission-ers said Tuesday that they want more information before agreeing to support legislation that would give residents a vote in the municipal annexation process. After hearing from people who live in an area being considered for annexation by...

North Duplin spared in new building plan

KENANSVILLE -- The Duplin County Board of Education is considering a school building plan that doesn't call for closing North Duplin High School. Three previous plans offered by consultants would shut down the school and consolidate its students with those...

City won't require fence to be rebuilt

Darby Place residents will have to settle for landscaping to separate them from an apartment complex on Harding Road. At its meeting Monday night, the Goldsboro City Council voted 6-1 to not require the complex's owner, Kathy Woodard, to rebuild...

Princeton police chief seeks more patrol cars, officers

PRINCETON -- The Princeton Police Department is down to one patrol car, but Chief Eddie Lewis says he hopes to have two more soon for his four-man force. Lewis told the town board on Monday night that one car was...

Public records

Fugitive caught A 25-year-old Goldsboro man -- wanted by New York City police on two murder charges -- was arrested Tuesday by Goldsboro police. Jarvis Cromwell was captured at his home on John Court and placed in the Wayne County...

Briefly

Second pickle clue A jar of Mt. Olive Pickles has been hidden somewhere in Mount Olive. The first clue was published last week, and for the next three weeks, clues will be printed that will lead someone to the location...