Friday, June 24, 2005
Practice
News-Argus/Bobby Williams Wayne Memorial Hospital staff and emergency services personnel take part in a disaster drill to evaluate the hospital's readiness for a chemical emergency. For more information see Hospital holds mock chemical emergency....Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Groups want bigger theater
Arts groups asked the Goldsboro City Council Thursday night to build back the Paramount with a bigger stage, better sound and hundreds of additional seats. More than 50 people attended a special meeting with the architectural firm, Pearce Brinkley Cease...Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Drought has Wayne parched
Withering cornstalks and widening sandbars in the Neuse River tell the tale. Wayne County is in the middle of a drought. Farmers and government officials say that without significant rain in the next few days the situation could become critical....Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Jurors see photos before weekend recess
Jurors on Thursday saw graphic photographs of Precious Whitfield after the 5-year-old girl had been raped and murdered. The photographs were introduced as evidence in the first-degree murder trial of Eric Lane, who is accused of killing the girl more...Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
BRAC regional hearing Tuesday in Charlotte
The federal Base Realign-ment and Closure Commis-sion will hold a regional hearing Tuesday in Charlotte on the campus of Central Piedmont Community Col-lege. Representatives from communities in North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia will have a chance to speak...Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Hospital holds mock chemical emergency
About 45 "patients" involved in a mock chemical accident Thursday were treated at Wayne Memorial Hospital as part of a disaster drill, held to evaluate the hospital's readiness for a chemical emergency. Amy Cain, director of public relations for the...Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Public records
Man wounded in drive-by attack A 20-year-old Goldsboro man was shot in the head before dawn today in a drive-by shooting in the 4000 block of U.S. 70 East, according to a Goldsboro police report. The victim, Aaron Kinsey, of...Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Briefly
Butterfield to Guantanamo U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield will join fellow House Armed Services Committee members on a one-day tour of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Saturday. "With all the controversy swirling around the treatment of prisoners in...Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Wayne elementary teachers sharpen math-class skills
Teachers in Wayne County Public Schools are discovering new ways to improve math instruction in elementary grades. More than a dozen educators recently attended a class in algebraic reasoning for students in kindergarten through fifth grades, held at Goldsboro Middle...Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Raper named Paul Harris Fellow by Mount Olive Rotary
MOUNT OLIVE -- The Rotary Club of Mount Olive has named Dr. Burkette Raper a Paul Harris Fellow. The Mount Olive Rotary Club donates $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation each year in the name of someone in the Mount Olive...Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Kenansville to hold hearing on extra-territorial jurisdiction
KENANSVILLE -- The Kenansville Town Board will hold a public hearing Sept. 6 on the proposed creation of an extra-territorial jurisdiction around the town. The hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Duplin County Courthouse. The issue was...Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Correction
The name of a Wayne County Special Olympics student athlete was inadvertantly omitted in a story Wednesday about the recent state games. Charlie Nail received a bronze medal in the 50-meter dash and silver medals in the softball throw and...Published: Jun 24, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story