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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Murder case

News-Argus/Kaye Nesbit Leandren Wilson reacts to the people in the courtroom as he comes back in after talking about a plea with his lawyer and his mother. Wilson is charged in the July 2004 shoothing death of Corey Lavon...

Company announces plans for fifth turbine

Progress Energy officials announced plans Monday to build a fifth combustion turbine at its Wayne County Energy Complex west of Goldsboro. The $80 million investment will not only give the plant increased electric capacity but add significantly to the county's...

Jury gets murder case

Jurors were expected to begin deliberations today in the first-degree murder trial of Leandren Andre Wilson. Wilson, 28, of North Kornegay Street, is charged with shooting to death Corey Lavon Grantham July 11, 2004, outside a Goldsboro nightclub. Closing arguments...

Public records

Apprehended Deputies from the Wayne County Sheriff's Office apprehended William Allen Jackson IV of O'Berry Road near Dudley after a report of a break-in at the home of Dean Blake Graham on the southern end of Flowers Road. Blake said...

Loaned executives are a crucial part of United Way campaign

United Way of Wayne County will once again this year get a helping hand from loaned executives from companies around the county. This is the 10th year of the program. Loaned executives are volunteer employees that local companies provide to...

Brooks and Dunn, Big and Rich thrill Raleigh audience

When was the last time you attended an outdoor concert and saw a six-foot-tall black cowboy and a two-foot-tall video star, and heard a combination of rap, rock and country, swirled together with pyrotechnics, smoke and a light show? And...