Friday, December 30, 2005
News-Argus/Bobby Williams Getting ready for the drop: From left, Craig Brock, R.L. Grady and Ray Joyner of Mt. Olive Pickle Company show the new pickle that will be dropped Saturday evening during the seventh annual New Year's Eve Pickle...
Published: Dec 30, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Kerr calls meeting on gas tax hike
State Sen. John Kerr of Wayne County is asking his fellow lawmakers to meet and discuss the proposed increase in the state gasoline tax. Kerr said Thursday that he is asking Sen. Marc Basnight, the president pro tem of the...Published: Dec 30, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Voting machine cost may skyrocket
The withdrawal of two voting machine companies from bidding on a state contract leaves counties with no choice regarding the type of machines they will buy. And Wayne County officials, along with those in 99 other counties, are worried that...Published: Dec 30, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Blood supplies low
Blood supplies are critically low, Red Cross officials say, and blood donors are desperately needed to help. The Wayne County chapter of the American Red Cross collected more than 6,300 units of blood during 2005. But Red Cross officials said...Published: Dec 30, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Impaired drivers to be targeted
Wayne County law authorities will be looking for drunken drivers, speeders and other reckless motorists over the long New Year's weekend. The holiday also will cap the seven-week "Booze It and Lose It" campaign aimed at removing drunken drivers from...Published: Dec 30, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Man guilty in '90 auto death cited again in fatal collision
A man convicted of manslaughter 15 years ago for the death of a Wayne County man in a car accident is again charged with being responsible for a highway death. Tyron Price Daley was found guilty in the death of...Published: Dec 30, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
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Child abuse The Wayne County Sheriff's Office is investigating a report of child abuse at a home on Old Grantham Road. Witnesses said a 4-year old was left outside unattended for 15 minutes around 9:30 p.m. Thursday night. The suspect,...Published: Dec 30, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Options for New Year's celebration
New Year's is the holiday most associated with drinking and alcohol. But some Wayne County ministers want people to know that they can celebrate the new year's arrival without toasting the event with alcohol. In recent years, "First Night" services...Published: Dec 30, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Duplin Fire
News-Argus/Bobby Williams Seven volunteer fire departments responded to this house fire on Tram Road near Mount Olive this morning about 7. Pleasant Grove, Albertson, Oak Wolfe, Sarecta, Kenansville, Pricetown and Pink Hill units and Duplin County rescue and law...Published: Dec 29, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
Lawmakers seek special session to cut gas tax
RALEIGH -- A nearly 3-cent-a-gallon increase in the state gasoline tax appears headed to take effect as scheduled Sunday, but lawmakers may still try to return to Raleigh without the blessing of Gov. Mike Easley to consider breaks on energy...Published: Dec 29, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Stoney Creek Park public hearing January 5
The Stoney Creek Park Development Committee will hold a public hearing Jan. 5 at 7 p.m. in the Gray Room at Herman Park Center to allow residents an opportunity to discuss the project with officials and park designers. Recreation and...Published: Dec 29, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
New domestic violence court will put abuse cases on a fast track
Victims of domestic assault are getting their day in court sooner, thanks to a new court that concentrates on their cases. The 8th Judicial District, which includes Wayne, Lenoir and Greene counties, received a state grant this year to set...Published: Dec 29, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Crisis center helps serve mental health needs in 4 counties
A new mental health crisis center in Wallace that serves Duplin, Wayne, Sampson and Lenoir counties is already proving a benefit to clients from around the area, said mental health officials. Jack St. Clair, the former director of Eastpointe, which...Published: Dec 29, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Officials say there are not enough counselors to explain drug plan
With 19,095 Wayne County residents eligible for the federal government's new Medicare prescription drug program, seven certified counselors to assist senior citizens is not enough, county officials said. "We have gotten 75 calls in one day. That's tough for three...Published: Dec 29, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
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7 hurt in wrecks Seven people were injured and damages were estimated at $19,800 in four recent traffic collisions in Wayne County, officers reported. *A Durham County school bus struck an awning at Goldsboro High School, causing about $1,000 in...Published: Dec 29, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Kenly man charged with explosives
The manager of Pure Power ATV shop in Kenly was charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction after Johnston County Sheriff's deputies searched the business. "One of our deputies said an informant told him that they had some...Published: Dec 29, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Mount Olive receives $2.5 million grant
Gov. Mike Easley announced the town of Mount Olive will receive $2.5 million from the High Unit Cost Grant Account for its regional sewer system. "These funds will allow Mount Olive to move forward with its wastewater program," Easley said...Published: Dec 29, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Famed photographers' work displayed
Photographs by three of the world's most famous photographers will be featured in an exhibit at the Arts Council of Wayne County Jan. 9-31. Canadian-born photographer Yousuf Karsh was internationally known for his portraits of heads of state, scientists, musicians,...Published: Dec 29, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Mount Olive College construction
News-Argus/Bobby Williams Construction of a technology building on the campus of Mount Olive College is on schedule, college officials said. Workers have begun laying brick on the structure, which is located next to Moye Library. When finished, it will...Published: Dec 28, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
Building projects still on schedule at Mount Olive
MOUNT OLIVE -- Construction of three new buildings at Mount Olive College is on schedule, college officials announced this week. Work on the Pope Wellness Center has advanced the furthest, college President Dr. William Byrd said. Masonry work on the...Published: Dec 28, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Red Cross: County sent $243,229 to help victims
With 26 named storms, 13 of which were hurricanes, 2005 was a busy year for the Wayne County chapter of the American Red Cross, officials said. The most costly disaster was Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Gulf Coast on Aug....Published: Dec 28, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Century-old farm books loaned to USDA library
When Johnny Talton inherited his great-great-great aunt's home on Princeton Road, something unusual was inside -- farm books, more than a century old, were stored in a dresser drawer. Talton, a shift supervisor in the county's 911 center, knew the...Published: Dec 28, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
SJAFB unveils new equipment for bomb squad
New technology unveiled at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base last week will help bomb defusion experts to more easily and safely disarm explosives. With bomb attacks a severe problem for U.S. forces in Iraq, the advances in equipment to defuse...Published: Dec 28, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
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Store robbed; man is charged A convenience store clerk was robbed Tuesday night of $241, and a man was arrested later by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and charged with armed robbery. Jimmy Arnold Crumpler, 42, of Old Grantham Road...Published: Dec 28, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Head Start applications being accepted
WAGES is accepting applications to the Head Start and Early Head Start programs at several locations in the county beginning in January. Applications will be taken on Tuesdays, from Jan. 10 through May 30, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m....Published: Dec 28, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
School lunch menus for January 2-6
Following are breakfast and lunch menus for Wayne County Public Schools for the week of Jan 2-6: Monday -- Breakfast: Strawberry Pop Tart. Lunch: Stuffed-crust cheese pizza, baked pork chop with rice and gravy, whole wheat roll, steamed broccoli, sliced...Published: Dec 28, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Wayne County schools schedule open house hours
Classes for students in Wayne County Public Schools resume on Monday, Jan. 2, with the six high schools planning open houses for parents and students to meet the second semester teachers. On Thursday, Jan. 5, Southern Wayne will hold open...Published: Dec 28, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Fund established to help familiy of trooper
A fund to help the family of state Highway Patrol Trooper John Horniak has been established at the State Employees Credit Union. Horniak was shot and wounded during a traffic stop in Fayetteville on Nov. 28. Two people were arrested...Published: Dec 28, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Justice and Liberty statues to be restored
News-Argus/Mitch Loeber Justice, left, and Liberty are scheduled for restoration work sometime this year. For more information see City hall statues to get makeovers....Published: Dec 27, 2005 1:54 PM Full Story
Gasoline wholesalers say their prices are up too
Motorists could pay more at the gas pumps in January, not just because of wholesale prices this time, but because of a state tax increase. Gasoline prices in November dipped to almost $2 a gallon, but they headed back up...Published: Dec 27, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
Commission chairman sets '06 priorities
Building a new animal shelter. Finding a reasonable solution to the school board's facility plan. Continuing progress with the Highway 70 commission. These are only a few of the many tasks facing the Wayne County Board of Commissioners. However, newly...Published: Dec 27, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
City hall statues to get makeovers
By the end of 2006, Liberty and Justice will no longer keep watch over downtown -- at least not until they are restored. The two statues currently perched atop City Hall need some repair work, and so the city plans...Published: Dec 27, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
New card features digital glimpse of chamber
A new, digital marketing tool is expected to help boost the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce and eventually the businesses that are members of the organization. The chamber has contracted with JMAC Multimedia to create a Dcard, or digital business...Published: Dec 27, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
SJAFB personnel part of Hurricane Katrina efforts
Two days after the Gulf Coast awoke to the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina, the telephone in Col. Lennie Coleman's office rang. Coleman is commander of the 4th Mission Support Group at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. His job is...Published: Dec 27, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Pickle drops Saturday night
MOUNT OLIVE -- Mt. Olive Pickle Co. will host its seventh annual New Year's Eve Pickle Drop at the stroke of 7 p.m. Saturday with a new pickle doing the honors. The event is held at that time, organizers said,...Published: Dec 27, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
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Flim-flam A Wayne County man sent a $2,850 deposit by wire to a person in England for a car, but the auto was never shipped to the United States, according to a report filed with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office....Published: Dec 27, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
WCC honors maintenance staff
Wayne Community College honored its maintenance and support employees in a ceremony Dec. 15. Admissions Coordinator Dianne Allgaier was named the recipient of the college's Support Staff Award. Staff members who nominated her for the award noted her dedication to...Published: Dec 27, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Monday, December 26, 2005
After-Christmas Shopping
News-Argus/Mitch Loeber Bonnie Holsinger, right, Ronda Nelson and Jourdyn Holsinger, 11, are checked out by Tammie Willoughby at Bath and Body Works in the Berkeley Mall this morning as they started their after-Christmas bargain shopping. For more information see...Published: Dec 26, 2005 1:55 PM Full Story
76 properties on 'to condemn' list
Two boxes sit in the Goldsboro Inspections Department, stacked high with more than 60 case files on houses and other buildings slated for official condemnation by the city. By the end of February, that number should rise above 130, officials...Published: Dec 26, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
City man will face murder charges
An intense investigation by Goldsboro police and the State Bureau of Investi-gation into a fatal shooting on Saturday led to the arrest of a 33-year-old Goldsboro man on an open charge of murder. Reginald D. Reid, 37, of 305 Fussell...Published: Dec 26, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Many happy returns and sales
The ring of cash registers replaced the ring of Christmas bells today as opportunistic shoppers took advantage of post-holiday sales to look for bargains at stores in Goldsboro. Several stores opened early for advertised "early-bird" sales. The doors opened at...Published: Dec 26, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Hospital adds two off-site offices
Continued growth at Wayne Memorial Hospital has resulted in two departments moving off-site. The Wayne Area Diabetes Education Center (WADEC) and the hospital's Patient Financial Services have moved from the main campus on Wayne Memorial Drive to Carolina Commerce Center,...Published: Dec 26, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
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Shooting probed Michael Laron Jacobs, 46, of Workman Street, reported that a man shot through his storm door, causing about $150 in damages. Jacobs said he saw the suspect enter a house across the street with a handgun. Another neighbor...Published: Dec 26, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Red Cross orientation scheduled
From staff reports The Cape Fear Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold an orientation on Friday, Jan. 27 from 3-4:30 p.m. for people interested in volunteering. Space is limited, and pre-registration is necessary. Call the Cape Fear Chapter...Published: Dec 26, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Volunteers, families share holiday dinner
Kevin Gardner did not know exactly how many people he would have for dinner Christmas Eve. On a regular day, the Community Soup Kitchen, which is located in the back of an historic synagogue at the corner of James and...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:08 AM Full Story
Christmas has different focus in other nations
Miguel Martez remembers traveling home after late Christmas Mass in a small town near Mexico City as a boy. When his family reached the house, they gathered around a handcrafted nativity scene. "We would watch Mama place the Baby Jesus...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:07 AM Full Story
Youth Council wraps gifts
Janelle McCabe and her adviser Laterrie Ward wrapped a gift that wiggled last year at Berkeley Mall as part of their duties at the Mayor's Youth Council's gift-wrapping booth. "We wrapped a dog," Janelle said. "We put it in the...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:07 AM Full Story
Christmas trees given to families
Three Wayne County families would not even have had Christmas trees this year if not for Target and the United Way. Through its Adopt-A-Tree program, Target gave away three prelit fully decorated Christmas trees Friday to local needy families. United...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:06 AM Full Story
BOE comments on bond referendum possibility
Consultants will take a look at Wayne County's school building needs and the county's ability to fund the projects after the county commissioners approved a contract with the firm this week, a first step in the process of developing a...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:05 AM Full Story
Experts say frying turkey is dangerous
KENANSVILLE -- Frying that Christmas turkey can mean a delicious meal but the technique is dangerous, experts say, and cooks need to use caution. Turkey frying has become a popular way to prepare the holiday bird in recent years but...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:05 AM Full Story
Kids write letters to Santa
These letters are from Mrs. Miriam Boyette's class at Carver Elementary School. Dear Santa: My name is Dequan. I am in the third grade. I have been good this year. For Christmas I would like to have a game boy,...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:04 AM Full Story
Volunteer opportunities
Volunteer Wayne offers opportunities to serve Wayne County for all ages. This service is provided by Volunteer Wayne and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) at Wayne Community College. Contact Joy Pearce at 735-5151 ext. 336 or at www.volunteersolutions.org/uwwc/volunteer...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:03 AM Full Story
Wayne County Superior Court
These cases have been heard in Wayne County Superior Court: *Delbert Orlando Owens, 28, West Hill Street, possession of stolen goods and carrying a concealed weapon, nine to 11 months; possession of stolen goods, nine to 11 months; possession of...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:03 AM Full Story
Student news
Washella Turner graduated from the University of Florida in Gainsville on Saturday, Dec. 17, with a PhD in African American Literature. Her dissertation was entitled "Unity or Dissension? African American Literary Perspectives on Twen-tieth-Century Interracial Or-ganizations and Relations." A recipient...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:02 AM Full Story
Responsible alcohol use theme of Commander's Call
Responsible alcohol use was the theme of this year's 4th Fighter Wing Commander's Call at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. 1st Lt. Devin Robinson was the host of Thursday's show at the base theater, which took a "Late Show" format,...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:01 AM Full Story
Mount Olive District Court
These cases have been heard in Mount Olive District Court: *Theodore Victor Faison, 27, Andrews Circle, Mount Olive, driving while impaired, 60 days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, 24 hours community service, $100 fine and costs. *Alexander Roblero Gonzalez, 23,...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:01 AM Full Story
Wayne County District Court
These cases have been heard in Wayne County District Court: *George Best, 54, Marigold Street, driving while impaired, 12 months (appealed). *Richard John Percival II, 28, Ruskin Road, Dudley, driving while license revoked, 120 days (appealed). *Linwood Earl Hardy, 47,...Published: Dec 25, 2005 2:00 AM Full Story
Friday, December 23, 2005
Consultant will examine facilities plan, budget limits
Consultants will take a look at Wayne County's school building needs and the county's ability to fund the projects after the county commissioners approved a contract with the firm this week, a first step in the process of developing a...Published: Dec 23, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Officials work on reducing jail population before holiday rush
Some Wayne County Jail inmates might be going home early for Christmas. That's the goal of the District Attorney's Office and the jail staff. The 200-bed jail had 203 inmates, including 21 women, on Tuesday. District Attorney Branny Vickory and...Published: Dec 23, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
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Six charges A 20-year-old man was arrested Thursday by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and charged with six felony offenses in connection with two break-ins. Scott Alexander Cochrane of Kevin Drive was charged with two counts each of breaking and...Published: Dec 23, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Teen wrappers raise funds for 4 student scholarships
Janelle McCabe and her adviser Laterrie Ward wrapped a gift that wiggled last year at Berkeley Mall as part of their duties at the Mayor's Youth Council's gift-wrapping booth. "We wrapped a dog," Janelle said. "We put it in the...Published: Dec 23, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Santa shares secrets before his midnight ride
I approached the office a couple of days before Christmas. Looking down at my shoes, I put the key in the door -- a steaming cup of hot chocolate in the other hand. As I pushed the door open, a...Published: Dec 23, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
More shopping? There's still hope
Waited until the last minute to do your Christmas shopping? There's still hope, local retailers say -- you just have to be a little more creative. At Hollywood Video, Melody Baker, shift leader, said gift cards are very popular purchases....Published: Dec 23, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Local organizations lend helping hand during holidays
Several Wayne County groups lent a helping hand to people in need during the holidays. *Employees at Tar Heel Home Health held a food drive in support of the Salvation Army. The food collected will be used to help the...Published: Dec 23, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Warm a child's hands for Christmas
News-Argus/Turner Walston Janet Clayton, director of the Wayne County Museum, checks items on the Warming Tree in the museum lobby. Wayne County residents are asked to donate gloves, scarves, mittens or socks to help keep a child warm this...Published: Dec 22, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
New section of U.S. 117 opens today
After nearly three years, the section of U.S. 117 near U.S. 70 will open to the public at about 3 p.m. today. "This is a very important opening because it will allow people in the Wayne County and Goldsboro area...Published: Dec 22, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Industry locating in Wayne County
Andrew Corp., a designer, supplier and manufacturer of communications services and equipment, is coming to Wayne County and bringing 204 new jobs. The Wayne County Economic Development Corp. announced the company's decision at a press conference this morning. Andrew Corp.,...Published: Dec 22, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Health Board eyes proposed legislative changes
The effects of legislative actions on public health for the coming year were discussed at the Board of Health meeting Wednesday. Health Director James Roosen said 39 proposals were made during 2005 that could potentially impact community health, although not...Published: Dec 22, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Lappin named to post with Occoneechee Council of Boy Scouts
Boy Scout executive Bill Lappin has been named director of the Occoneechee Council's capital campaign and endowment fund. Lappin has served as executive of the Tuscarora Council since 1984. His new job will take him to Raleigh. Wake County is...Published: Dec 22, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Residents take their stand for 'Merry Christmas'
Ed Allen of Goldsboro said he is tired of "holiday" parades and children getting out of school for "holiday" break. For the past two years, his answer to the debate over the proper greeting for this holiday season has been...Published: Dec 22, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
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Chief disputes report of arrest LA GRANGE -- LaGrange Police Chief John Sullivan is disputing a published report that a fourth person has been arrested and charged in the armed robbery of a LaGrange bank. Three people have been arrested...Published: Dec 22, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Law enforcement agencies to hold random traffic checkpoints during Christmas weekend
Wayne County authorities say they will hold random traffic checkpoints as needed over the long Christmas holiday weekend. But Highway Patrol, Goldsboro police and Wayne County sheriff's spokesmen say there will be no big checkpoints involving a large number of...Published: Dec 22, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Wayne 4-H members helped storm victims
Wayne County 4-H'ers joined with other 4-H'ers across North Carolina to collect and distribute supplies to youths who were victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 4-H Helping Hands began when Wayne County clubs began calling Barbara Byers, the county's 4-H...Published: Dec 22, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Trash dates changed for post-holiday week
Waste Industries trash collection will be delayed by one day during the week after Christmas. Because the business will be closed on Monday, collections in the county outside the city of Goldsboro and in Mount Olive will be picked up...Published: Dec 22, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
A helping hand from the Salvation Army
News-Argus/Bobby Williams Salvation Army volunteer Gloria Kennedy, right, assists a parent with choosing gifts from the stacks of stockings available for needy families Tuesday afternoon. More than 400 families found food, toys and Christmas treats at the organization's annual...Published: Dec 21, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Families handle holiday moving
Charles Brown and his family are changing addresses this week -- a little more than a month after finding out the apartment they were living in had been condemned, and the owner had decided to tear down the building. Moving...Published: Dec 21, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Shelter plan gets first OK from county
Wayne County's Board of Commissioners approved a site Tuesday that could soon be the home of a new county animal shelter, while local residents who called for the change cheered. The decision followed a presentation by the county's Animal Control...Published: Dec 21, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Salvation Army volunteers play Santa Claus to needy
Annie Davis isn't expecting any gifts for herself under the tree this Christmas. In fact, she would rather receive nothing at all if it means more for her little grandson, she said. Mrs. Davis has been the lone guardian of...Published: Dec 21, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
United Way adds a week to campaign
To try to make this year's goal of $1.425 million, United Way of Wayne County has extended its deadline a second time. The campaign was supposed to end the week of Thanksgiving, but it was short by $326,222, about 22...Published: Dec 21, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Base practices reaction time for deployment
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base personnel did everything but launch aircraft recently as they tested to see if base personnel are prepared to handle a deployment order. The Phase I Operational Readiness Exercise made sure 4th Fighter Wing personnel can...Published: Dec 21, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
School introduces fitness program
Students and staff are beating a path to Brogden Primary School, thanks to a program that is changing attitudes about exercise. The school has created a "Mileage Club" begun to improve students' scores on the President's Challenge Physical Fitness Test....Published: Dec 21, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
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Fugitive found An alert employee at the Boulevard Pawn Shop in Goldsboro recognized a man in the store Tuesday as a state-wanted fugitive and notified Wayne County emergency dispatchers. Sheriff's Deputies C.G. Talarico and M.K. Cox and Goldsboro police Sgt....Published: Dec 21, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Law enforcement class graduates from Wayne Community College
Wayne Community College graduated its 47th Basic Law Enforcement Training Class during ceremonies on Dec. 15. The 14 cadets who completed the college's academy received certificates to work as sworn law enforcement officers in North Carolina. Certificates were conferred on...Published: Dec 21, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Driver pinned by truck
News-Argus/Bobby Williams The driver of this New Hope Gas Co. truck was pinned after a one-vehicle accident about 12:45 p.m. Monday on Pecan Road near Case Farms. Firefighters from Mar-Mac, Dudley and Arrington volunteer departments responded. It took about...Published: Dec 20, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Counties balk at U.S. 70 plan
If the plan to improve the U.S. Highway 70 corridor is to succeed, consultants told members of the Wayne County Transportation Committee and the Highway 70 Corridor Commission Monday, all six counties have to "sing the same song." But that...Published: Dec 20, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Council targets two more houses
Goldsboro's City Council members voted to condemn a dilapidated dwelling Monday at their final meeting of the year, following through with their promise to continue efforts to clean up the city. The home, located at 214 Oak St., has been...Published: Dec 20, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
GI Joe doesn't let anything stop him
Don't think because GI Joe was born with only two legs that the little dog is anything but a healthy, happy troublemaker, his proud owners say. After all, once the Chihuahua beat the odds a year ago, surviving and adjusting...Published: Dec 20, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Patty Huffman to be new Smart Start coordinator
The new community services coordinator for Wayne Partnership for Children, which governs Smart Start, already has a history with the organization. Before Patty Huffman moved to Goldsboro when her husband, Joe, accepted the position of city manager, she had spent...Published: Dec 20, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
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Suspect identified in bank robbery LA GRANGE -- A former Mount Olive resident has been identified as a third suspect in the Sept. 6 robbery of the Wachovia Bank branch in LaGrange. Kareem Abdul Salaam was identified by authorities through...Published: Dec 20, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Shaw reappointed to pension fund board
Howard A. "Buddy" Shaw of Goldsboro has been reappointed by Gov. Mike Easley to the board of trustees of the N.C. Firemen's and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund. He will serve a four-year term on the board, which administers the...Published: Dec 20, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Monday, December 19, 2005
The Christmas rush
News-Argus/Bobby Williams Jimmy O'Neal sorts parcels at the Berkeley Postal Service station early today. Officials expected today to be one of the busiest mailing days of the year as customers scurried to get their cards and packages to their...Published: Dec 19, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
United Way could make cuts
Facing the possibility of not making its fundraising goal this year, United Way is prepared to make cuts to some of its programs if necessary to keep the charity's budget in the black. United Way is projecting missing its goal...Published: Dec 19, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Committee will present shelter plan
The Wayne County Animal Control Advisory Committee will present its findings for building a new animal shelter during the Wayne County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday. Jean Hollowell, a member of the committee, said the group will offer guidelines and...Published: Dec 19, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Mailers rush to meet deadlines for delivery
Marcus White's face was hidden this morning as he stood in line at Berkeley Station, a half-dozen cardboard boxes piled high in his arms. "Here I've got a pair of sneakers for my nephew, a doll for my niece, a...Published: Dec 19, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Duplin schools scaled back to deal with costs
KENANSVILLE -- Engineers have scaled down their projections after construction costs have driven the price tag up $8 million to build new schools in Duplin County. Under the new plan, the building project would only cost $1.5 million more if...Published: Dec 19, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
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Fleeing driver skids into police car A 58-year-old driver from Goldsboro, fleeing from Goldsboro police, was injured in a collision with a patrol car at 3:50 a.m. today in a field off Poplar Street near Newsome Street, police said. Duncan...Published: Dec 19, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Goldsboro 10-year-old makes cartoon debut
You might not have recognized Ryan Castrati of Goldsboro when he made his television debut last weekend. Unless, of course, you have seen him disguised as a mustache-twisting, horn-wearing apple before -- or recognized his voice. The 10-year-old Northwest Elementary...Published: Dec 19, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Committee to hear highway study
Wayne County Manager Lee Smith says an invigorated U.S. 70 could be the catalyst eastern North Carolina needs to attract more business, industry and tourism to the region. On Monday, Smith and other business and government leaders from the counties...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:09 AM Full Story
Presents, stockings and hugs
For 5-year-old Marisa, finding a present for herself wasn't her top priority when she stepped across the stage, wide-eyed, to take a look at all the offerings at the annual Empty Stocking Fund Christmas party. "I like Spider Man toys,"...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:09 AM Full Story
Mount Olive College has record number of graduates
MOUNT OLIVE -- The largest graduation class in Mount Olive College history was challenged Saturday not to be afraid to take risks in the business world. The speaker, Kim Quinn, a 1988 graduate of the school and president of Prima...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:08 AM Full Story
Dancing, physical education combined
Grace Delbridge, Elizabeth Amon and Stephanie Smith have taken jazz, tap and ballet lessons for years. The fifth graders also dance throughout the school year during their physical education class at Eastern Wayne Elementary School. Students at the school learn...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:07 AM Full Story
Water levels up, but residents asked to conserve
Heavy rains have saturated much of central North Carolina over the past few weeks, but local officials say water conservation is still necessary -- at least for now. After more than two months of drought conditions upstream and here in...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:06 AM Full Story
Panel box may have been cause of fire
An electrical failure in the laundry room on Saturday was believed to have been the cause of an apartment fire at 2100-E Peachtree St., the Goldsboro Fire Department reported. "There was heavy smoke showing," Fire Lt. Carlton Parks said, when...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:06 AM Full Story
Wayne considers three new school programs
By PHYLLIS MOORE Officials are considering three proposals for program enhancements in the central attendance area of the school system. At meetings earlier this week of the Board of Education and its Curriculum and Instruction Committee, members discussed offering an...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:05 AM Full Story
39 Wayne Community students inducted into Phi Theta Kappa
Thirty-nine students were accepted into Wayne Community College's Upsilon Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa during the fall semester. Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for two-year colleges. Phi Theta Kappa members represent the top 10 percent of...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:04 AM Full Story
Volunteer opportunities
Volunteer Wayne offers opportunities to serve Wayne County for all ages. This service is provided by Volunteer Wayne and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) at Wayne Community College. Contact Joy Pearce at 735-5151 ext. 336 or at www.volunteersolutions.org/uwwc/volunteer...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:04 AM Full Story
Superior Court news
These cases have been heard in Wayne County Superior Court: *Comeco M. Wright, 28, Courtyard Circle, forgery, dismissed; uttering, dismissed. *Raymond Fennell Manley, 39, Shirley Drive, Dudley, larceny (two counts), 15 to 18 months. *Raymond Larry Bodda, 24, Old Grantham,...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:03 AM Full Story
Student news
Nine area students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University won 14 scholarships for the 2005-2006 school year. Two students received the prestigious James A. Graham Endowed Scholars Program scholarship, which honors the late...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:02 AM Full Story
Mount Olive District Court
These cases have been heard in Mount Olive District Court: *Ronald McLean, 45, Patton Street, Mount Olive, larceny, 120 days (appealed). *Ymainah Vashon Battle, 29, Patton Street, Mount Olive, larceny, 45 days (appealed). *Ernest Lee Dyson, 39, South Fourth Street,...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:02 AM Full Story
News of military personnel
.Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Phillipian R. Stewart, the son of Linda and Lawyer Stewart of Dudley, and his shipmates concluded Annual Exercis 2005, while assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. The exercise is...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:01 AM Full Story
Fire damages five homes in November
A mobile home was destroyed and four other homes were damaged in fires in November, Goldsboro Fire Chief Bobby Greenfield said in his monthly report. No one was injured. Damages were estimated at $67,800. The fires were among 185 fires...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:01 AM Full Story
District Court news
These cases have been heard in Wayne County District Court: *Donald Wayne Graham Jr., 26, Flowers Road, Mount Olive, driving while impaired, 60 days suspended, 18 months unsupervised probation, 24 hours community service, $100 fine and costs; driving while impaired,...Published: Dec 18, 2005 2:00 AM Full Story
Friday, December 16, 2005
Joining forces
News-Argus/Mitch Loeber Wayne County Commission newly elected chairman Atlas Price, left, David Kornegay, chairman of the Mount Olive Committee of 100, and Charlie Gaylor, chairman of the Goldsboro Committee of 100, sign the memorandum of understanding that will unite...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:56 PM Full Story
Shelter groups will present petition
Concerned Citizens of Wayne County plan to present 10,000 petition signatures at Tuesday's county commissioners meeting from residents who think a new animal shelter should be among the county's priorities in the new year. Barrett Parker of Goldsboro, one of...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:54 PM Full Story
Joining forces, officially
A decision by the Goldsboro and Mount Olive committees of 100 to merge economic development efforts will pay off big for Wayne County, officials with the two groups said. The committees agreed Thursday to merge and create a coordinated organization...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
Students can "instant message" Santa
Wayne County students can write a letter to Santa Claus this year, if they want to do so the old-fashioned way with pen and paper. Or, they can just instant message him. This will be the sixth year the school...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
Federal Prison Camp will be empty sometime this April
The Federal Prison Camp at Seymour Johnson will be empty by the first week in April, said Rodney Tabron, prison spokesman. Inmates will be transferred to other facilities, as will most of the staff, who have found new positions within...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Shoppers have time to find the perfect gift
If you haven't bought an iPod or an Xbox 360, start making a list and checking it twice for alternatives. Local businesses say Christmas shopping is fast and furious already and could make finding that perfect gift a little harder...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
New air show team will start practices in upcoming weeks
Goldsboro residents may hear a little more jet noise over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base over the next several weeks. The 4th Fighter Wing's F-15E Strike Eagle Demonstration Team is practicing in preparation to wow air show crowds next year....Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Thompson's remarks clarified
A story in Wednesday's News-Argus regarding remarks by Joanna Thompson, president of the Wayne County Economic Development Commission, contained several errors. Ms. Thompson said she hoped the state Department of Commerce Department would visit and assess a site on Davis...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Early birds enjoy 'King Kong'
Dorothy Moore of Goldsboro may have been the only person standing outside the doors of the Premiere Theatres Wednesday afternoon who was planning to see a film other than "King Kong." But, after finding out what time "Harry Potter and...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
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Sex offense A 29-year-old man has been arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and charged with a felony sex offense. Roderic B. Thompson of New Hope Road was charged with a first-degree sex offense with a child. He was...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Booze It and Lose It campaign
Six people were charged by Goldsboro police with driving while impaired during the fourth week of the winter "Booze It and Lose It" campaign against drunken driving. The police conducted two checkpoints and 21 saturation and random patrols from from...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Diving program
Goldsboro Family Y is forming a new diving program, with an exhibition to be held Saturday at noon. A diving team will be formed and diving classes offered. Plans are for the team to meet twice a week, with diving...Published: Dec 16, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Morning accident
News-Argus/Bobby Williams Firemen and rescue workers remove Sarah Snowden of Hill Street from her car this morning after it ran off the road and flipped over into a ditch on New Hope Road. She and two passengers were treated...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:56 PM Full Story
Goldsboro and Mount Olive Committees of 100 will merge efforts
After decades of acting cooperatively but independently, Goldsboro, Mount Olive and Wayne County officially formed a unified effort to attract business and industrial investment to the county today. At 11 a.m., members of the Goldsboro Committee of 100, Mount Olive...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:55 PM Full Story
Greenwood Middle School teen is in fair condition
Students at Greenwood Middle School, encouraged by news that a classmate's condition at Pitt Memorial Hospital has been upgraded to fair, continue to keep their spirits up and lend support every way they can. The Nov. 18 accident during which...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:54 PM Full Story
More than 600 children will get Christmas party
Soft, red stockings, taller than many of the children who receive them and presents that make Christmas dreams come true will all be part of the 2005 Empty Stocking Fund holiday celebration. This weekend, more than 600 needy children will...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
She found lost ring in scrub-stack
Unlike other nurses who scrub in for surgery every day at Wayne Memorial Hospital, LPN Erlene Booth said she chooses to bring and wear her wedding bands. Although that means she must repeatedly remove them, she has a system. She...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Troops to receive boxes, notes from home for holiday
Some Wayne County residents want to make sure airmen who can't be with their families this Christmas will feel a little like they are home this holiday season. Some Seymour Johnson Air Force Base airmen who are deployed and on...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Foster children need help for Christmas
The number of foster children in Wayne County has risen by more than two dozen this year, creating concern about providing Christmas presents for them, social service workers said. Terry Harne and Lida Fultz, adoption social workers with the Department...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Committee is organizing museum trip
The Wayne County Reads Committee is organizing a bus trip to Washington, D.C., in March to visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and other attractions. The bus will leave Goldsboro at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, March 18, and the group will...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Seven Springs board to be sworn in January 11
SEVEN SPRINGS -- New members of the Seven Springs Town Board will be sworn into office Jan. 11 at Town Hall. Emma Ward and Peggy Jones will step down from the board next month and Rodolph Adams, Steven Potter and...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Public records
Sex charge A teenager was arrested Wednesday by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and charged with a felony sex offense involving a 3-year-old girl. Robert Wayne Allen, 18, of Clay Road was charged with taking indecent liberties with a child....Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
EWHS play, musical Friday
Eastern Wayne High School will hold several events before the holiday break. The Theatre Arts II class will be presenting the play, "Little Red Riding Hood" and the musical "One Magic Christmas" on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria....Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Blood donors will get gift during holiday campaign
The Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross is thanking its blood donors this holiday season in a special way. Donors who give the gift of life this holiday season will receive a special gift in return. The Red...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Wayne Community College holiday schedule
Wayne Community College will be closed for the holidays from 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21 until 8 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 2. The Wayne Community College Child Care Center will be closed Dec. 22 through 26 and Dec. 30....Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Goldsboro city services Holiday schedule
Some city services will be operating on a holiday schedule this week, as officials and residents observe Christmas. As the city observes the holiday, trash pick-up will also be affected. All sanitation collections services scheduled for Friday, Dec. 23 have...Published: Dec 15, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Even with video games, kids are still reading
News-Argus/Kaye Nesbit Zavion Beatty, 3, left, and Abby Newsome, 4, pick out books to read at the Wayne County Public Library on Tuesday afternoon. Librarian Shorlette Stephens says children are still picking up books even with all the blockbuster...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:58 PM Full Story
Counties take look at voting machines
Wayne and Duplin election officials got a look Tuesday at a variety of voting machines from which they will have to choose before the next general election. State lawmakers have ordered counties to upgrade their voting systems and to use...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:57 PM Full Story
Teen pleads guilty to drug thefts at hospital
A Wayne County teenager charged with stealing drugs from the pharmacy at Wayne Memorial Hospital pleaded guilty today in Superior Court to lesser charges as part of an agreement with prosecutors. Thomas Bradshaw II, 16, had been charged with four...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:56 PM Full Story
Next deployment set for Seymour Johnson as new year begins
About 480 airmen from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base will leave in January for southwest Asia when their numbers come up as part of the Air Expeditionary Force deployment cycle. Airmen who are part of Air Expeditionary Forces 9 and...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:55 PM Full Story
Lt. Governor will help christen new partnership
Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue will be in Goldsboro Thursday to help kick off Wayne County's new plan to draw more economic development dollars into the region and to unite the county's marketing efforts under one organization. Impact Wayne is a...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:54 PM Full Story
State asks for limits on idling outside schools
A policy designed to curb unnecessary bus idling and support fuel conservation will also spill over to parents waiting in carpool lanes, school officials say. The school board Monday night voted to support the state-issued policy, which will apply to...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
County ARC chapter not worrked about resignation
Even with the resignation of a second National Red Cross director within three years, local director Chuck Waller said he feels Wayne County will continue to support the agency here. American Red Cross President Marsha Evans announced her resignation Tuesday...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
It is not all about games
Valerie Tyler said her daughter's eyes light up when she opens a book. Wide-eyed and smiling, 5-year-old Lilly loves playing with the pages and looking at pictures - even if she isn't quite old enough to understand the words. "She...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Administration reports slow months at Wayne Memorial
October and November were slow months at Wayne Memorial Hospital, officials told the board of directors Tuesday. Historically, October, the first month of the hospital's fiscal year, has been a strong one, said Dr. Joseph McLamb, board member and head...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Teen facing murder charge back in custody
A Wayne County teenager -- accused of taking part in a murder last year and then freed from custody on a reduced bond -- has been arrested again for violating terms of his pretrial release. James Marqui Bowden, 18, of...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Seymour Johnson acknowledges sonic boom
A sonic boom was heard last night over Goldsboro as an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base inadvertently reached Mach 1 during a training mission. The incident happened about 9:30 p.m., according to a 4th Fighter...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Public record
Theater clerk robbed Amanda R. Harrison, 22, an employee of Berkeley Cinema 4 on Cashwell Drive, told police that an unknown suspect entered the theater around 11 p.m. Tuesday. The man jumped the counter, shattering the glass, and grabbed Ms....Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Princeton board approves loan for new town hall
PRINCETON -- The Princeton town board has passed a resolution for an additional $200,000 loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to pay for the construction of a new town hall. The loan will give the town $900,000 for the...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Fremont residents could see increase in electricity rates
FREMONT -- The cost of electricity may be going up next year in Fremont. Town Administrator Kerry McDuffie announced that ElectriCities, the supplier of the town's power, had recommended a 9 percent increase. The rate hike is "a nice Christmas...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Fremont leaders discuss development
FREMONT -- When economic development is mentioned in Wayne County, the phrase means more than Goldsboro and Mount Olive. It also includes Fremont. Joanna Thompson, the president of the county's Economic Development Commission, or EDC, told Tuesday night's monthly Fremont...Published: Dec 14, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Serenading the shoppers
News-Argus/Turner Walston Members of the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Brass Quintet perform Christmas carols at the Base Exchange at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base on Monday. Based at Langley Air Force Base, Va., the quintet performs at...Published: Dec 13, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Some question Paramount's cost
Danny Douglass said he fears he and his grandchildren will likely have drastically different memories of Goldsboro's Paramount Theater -- his fond, theirs tainted by its cost and impracticality. With the cost of reconstruction projected to reach as much as...Published: Dec 13, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Man cited second time for sex offense
A 58-year-old man was arrested Monday by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and charged for the second time within 14 months with a sex offense involving a child. Elijah Bryant Pate of Richfield Drive, Dudley, was charged with indecent liberties...Published: Dec 13, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
School board worried over contract wording
The Wayne County Board of Education is holding off on approving a contract to hire a consultant to study school building needs. The school board, set to approve a consultant's proposal Monday night, instead drafted a statement of its position...Published: Dec 13, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Grantham, Sims to lead school board next year
The Wayne County Board of Education has new leaders -- one of whom will have her first leadership role since 1992. John P. Grantham moved up from the vice chairman role to succeed Lehman Smith as chairman. And, for the...Published: Dec 13, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Motion for dismissal of city annexation suit continued
A motion for dismissal of a lawsuit opposing Goldsboro's plans to annex an area north of the city limits has been continued until January. At a hearing Monday in Wayne County Superior Court, City Attorney Tim Finan filed a motion...Published: Dec 13, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Public records
Correction A report in Sunday's Public Record incorrectly said Linda Jones, 59, of Mount Olive had been charged with obtaining property by false pretense. Mrs. Jones had reported to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office that someone had tried to pass...Published: Dec 13, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Tommy's Road teacher honored
Tommy's Road Elementary School teacher Cathie Hooks has been awarded the 2005 NC Technology Educator Award. She was recognized in Greensboro recently at the North Carolina Educators Technology Conference luncheon. A fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Hooks won the award for the...Published: Dec 13, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Detectives are biggest losers in challenge
A weight-loss challenge pitting five detectives from the Wayne County Sheriff's Office against five officers at the county jail ended with the detectives winning by a "slim" margin. The contest was the idea of Monika Barkley, a Wayne County woman...Published: Dec 13, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Monday, December 12, 2005
Sunday morning crash
News-Argus/Bobby Williams Rescue, fire and sheriff's personnel tend to two people who were injured in a one-car wreck at 5:30 a.m. Sunday on Rosewood Road near N.C. 581. The driver, Santos Castro Manzanares, 29, and his passenger, Ama Melendez...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
Holidays bringing more theft in county
As Wayne County citizens are rushing to buy Christmas and holiday presents and spreading good will, another group is also getting gifts -- but without paying for them. December is a busy month for shoplifters and thieves prowling the stores...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Driver identified in Saturday night crash
DUDLEY -- A driver who was killed Friday night when the car that he was driving slammed into a house at 2200 Emmaus Church Road was identified as Daniel Olvera Ruiz, 19, of 351 Ada Stroud Road, Seven Springs. Trooper...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Greenwood Middle School teen remains in serious condition
Carson Thomas, one of two Greenwood Middle School students injured Nov. 18, is in serious condition at Pitt Memorial Hospital, a spokesman said this morning. Thomas, 13, was hit by an oncoming sports utility vehicle at a crosswalk as he...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
County banks plan annual blood collection competition
Wayne County banks compete every day for business -- now they will battle for blood for the Red Cross. The second annual Bank Blood Challenge will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Red Cross offices at...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Military hurricane victims find help at Seymour Johnson AFB
Just before Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi, Daniel and Roberta Grantham were forced to evacuate. Grantham, 53, a retired techincal sergeant in the Air Force, was living in Biloxi near Keesler Air Force Base. Having been stationed at Seymour Johnson in...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Town hall move not likely until January
SEVEN SPRINGS -- There will be no decision this month about when to move Town Hall off a hill above town. A Christmas party will replace the regular meeting of the Seven Springs Town Board this month, so no decision...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Red Cross honors blood volunteers
The American Red Cross's Wayne County chapter honored individuals, businesses and institutions last week for contributing to its blood-collection efforts during the year. Donors gave 6,300 units of blood in 2005, officials said. Awards were given not only to donors...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
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Robberies A woman resident and a woman motel clerk were robbed over the weekend by armed men, according to Goldsboro police reports. Shelly Janae Flanagan, 26, told officers that three men, dressed in black, entered through an unlocked back door...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Mt. Olive Pickle will drop again
MOUNT OLIVE -- Mt. Olive Pickle Company will hold its 7th Annual New Year's Eve Pickle Drop on Dec. 31, at the stroke of 7 p.m. The event is held at that time, organizers said, because 7 p.m. Eastern Standard...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Mount Olive College will hand out 380 diplomas Saturday
MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive College will graduate 380 students at its 52nd fall commencement on Saturday. Graduation exercises are scheduled for 2 p.m. in Kornegay Arena. The commencement speaker will be Kim Quinn, president and owner of Prima Tech,...Published: Dec 12, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Convention center still possible
City and county officials say Wayne County needs a place for large gatherings and that a new convention center for the county is not out of the question -- or off the agenda. Lack of seating has already been a...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:08 AM Full Story
Seven Springs christens new veterans monument in town
SEVEN SPRINGS -- Members of the Seven Springs Historical Society honored heroes from two wars nearly 100 years apart on the town's Civil War battlesite Saturday. The stone monument will stand at Whitfield Cemetery and honor soldiers from both the...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:08 AM Full Story
Area man will face charge in '05 attack
A Dudley man has been indicted by the Wayne County Grand Jury on a charge of attempted murder and four other men have been indicted in robbery cases. Dennis Cleveland Young, 23, of Athens Drive is accused by Goldsboro police...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:07 AM Full Story
Man runs from stop, dies when car hits house
From staff reports Investigators are looking into a Friday night crash that left an unidentified Hispanic man dead after he allegedly ran from a Wayne County Sheriff's Office deputy's traffic stop. Sheriff Carey Winders said Deputy Jason Hill was traveling...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:06 AM Full Story
Trees for county's needy children have plenty of names to choose
Christopher, 5, wants toy cars and trucks, while DaShonae, 7, would love to get a Barbie doll. Zsanequia would like a sewing machine, while JaThomas, 9, is hoping for sports items. These are just a few of the wishes Wayne...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:06 AM Full Story
Program will reward farmers for using conservation techniques on their land
Many farmers and landowners in eastern Wayne County will have a chance to benefit from a new conservation program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Conservation Security Program provides financial incentives, including cash payments, to farmers who practice...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:05 AM Full Story
Red Cross honors volunteers for their work with disasters
Dora Perry received one of the Red Cross' highest honors for disaster services at a recognition ceremony Thursday at the local chapter. She was presented the Mary Norwood Award for being the Wayne County chapter's volunteer of the year. "Dora...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:05 AM Full Story
Leadership Wayne County class learns about history, agribusiness
Members of the 2005-06 Class of Leadership Wayne County have learned about everything from their county's major historical spots to the role agribusiness plays in the local economy since beginning a series of educational sessions in October. Leadership Wayne County...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:04 AM Full Story
Travelers won't be home for this holiday
Instead of staying home in eastern North Carolina for the holidays, some local residents are traveling throughout the world for Christmas. Although many individuals traveling for the holidays planned their trips in April, Eileen Conekin, a travel agent with All...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:03 AM Full Story
WAGES honors local volunteers
WAGES Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion program officials said thank you to nearly 200 volunteers for the contributions they made this year to Wayne County's seniors and children. The annual Christmas recognition luncheon was held Thursday in the O'Berry Center...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:02 AM Full Story
Kenansville board has questions about annexation proposal
KENANSVILLE -- The Kenansville Town Board wants to talk with the Duplin County commissioners about the proposed annexation of Duplin Commons. Kenansville Mayor Betty Long said the town board members want to discuss with county commissioners several issues they have...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:01 AM Full Story
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Robbery An unknown subject robbed a 50-year-old Goldsboro man at gunpoint as he was walking from his car to his house 11 p.m. Friday. Xi Fang said a black male in his 20s wearing a black jacket and gray pants...Published: Dec 11, 2005 2:00 AM Full Story
Friday, December 9, 2005
A visit with St. Nicholas
News-Argus/Kaye Nesbit Evan Kornegay, 2, shares his Christmas list with Santa Claus at the Berkeley Mall in Goldsboro. Children all across Wayne County are busy putting together their wish lists for the Jolly Old Elf as they continue making...Published: Dec 9, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
School district still looking at form
A liability release form in Wayne County Public Schools is still under review, while a revised permission slip requiring health insurance seems to have squelched complaints, officials say. The controversial form regarding off-campus field trips came under fire in October,...Published: Dec 9, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Troopers search for suspect in hit and run
MOUNT OLIVE -- Highway Patrol officials are looking for a yellow Dodge Neon they think might have been involved in the hit-and-run death of a Mount Olive area man. Adrian E. Jones, 83, was hit in the middle of the...Published: Dec 9, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Aircraft parts manufacturer plus training center added at TransPark
KINSTON -- The Global TransPark continues to grow as Workhorse Aviation Manufacturing opened its doors Wednesday. Just down the road, Lenoir Community College's Eastern Region Advanced Machining Center held an inaugural ceremony. Both facilities are part of the North Carolina...Published: Dec 9, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
FFA chapter brings coats for children at elementary school
MOUNT OLIVE -- As temperatures dropped this week, members of the Mount Olive Collegiate Chapter of the Future Farmers of America helped warm up some students at Carver Elementary School. The chapter helped spread Christmas cheer early for 58 children...Published: Dec 9, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
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Drug charges A 61-year-old Goldsboro man was arrested Thursday by authorities and charged with three drug offenses and other violations after a search of his home in the 500 block of East Mulberry Street. Willie James Bean was charged with...Published: Dec 9, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Bradshaw pleads guilty
A Goldsboro teenager charged with swiping drugs from Wayne Memorial Hospital has pleaded guilty in Wayne County District Court to misdemeanor possession of marijuana in another case. Thomas A. Bradshaw II, 16, of Bradford Place was fined $35. Judge Rose...Published: Dec 9, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Holiday events on tap this weekend and beyond
Several Wayne County historical groups are planning Christmas events and invite the public to attend. Waynesborough Christmas Waynesborough Historical Village will host "Christmas In The Village" from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Musical groups, including the Wayco Ramblers, St. Luke...Published: Dec 9, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Mount Olive sewer rates to increase
MOUNT OLIVE -- The new Mount Olive Town Board has reaffirmed the previous board's decision to raise sewer rates to help pay for a regional sewer system that also would serve residents of Calypso. Previous board members had agreed several...Published: Dec 9, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
City water service interruption scheduled
Officials announced today that water services will be interrupted for a portion of the city Monday so a water valve can be replaced. From 8 a.m. to noon Monday, residents in the 800 to 1400 blocks of George Street, 200...Published: Dec 9, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Thursday, December 8, 2005
A little Christmas cheer
News-Argus/Kaye Nesbit Members of the Goldsboro Boys and Girls Choir, from left, Quincy Cunningham, Danielle Brown, Shelby Dupree, K'Tia Hudson, Nick Cunningham and Paul Cunningham sing Christmas songs for an audience at the Wayne Public Library Tuesday evening....Published: Dec 8, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Counties 'most wanted' list
Wayne County Department of Social Services released its own "most wanted" poster this week, announcing the top 12 delinquent and absent parents being sought for non-payment of child support. A poster with information about each of the 12 was released...Published: Dec 8, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Brown will answer charges in January for '04 murders
A Goldsboro man will go on trial in January in Wayne County Superior Court in connection with the murder of a man and woman on New Year's Day in 2004. Christopher Lee Brown, 21, of Forest Knolls Road was accused...Published: Dec 8, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Ex-magistrate will serve probation on charge
Former magistrate Gilbert Owens has been placed on probation after pleading guilty in Wayne County Superior Court to possession of cocaine. Judge Jerry Braswell, who had appointed Owens to the magistrate's job, also ordered that Owens write a letter of...Published: Dec 8, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Airman's family hopes for call from Korea under tree
Sherri Madrigal alternates driving her husband's big truck and her compact car to work each week. That way, his vehicle will be in good shape when he comes home, which she hopes will be soon. Her husband, Master Sgt. Rob...Published: Dec 8, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
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House fire Unattended cooking was blamed Wednesday night for a fire that caused about $16,000 in damages to a house at 1013 Greenleaf St., a Goldsboro fire official said. Assistant Chief Gary Whaley said a resident had left a pot...Published: Dec 8, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Mount Olive Chamber will choose new chief
MOUNT OLIVE -- The Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce has bought out the new president's contract after only four months. The chamber announced Wednesday that its executive committee "exercised its option to not renew the annual contract for Kelley...Published: Dec 8, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Freezing rain, sleet different but dangerous
Ice falling in the form of freezing rain is particularly dangerous and poses a variety of problems. Freezing rain occurs when the atmosphere is right at freezing and way too warm to produce snow or sleet. Freezing rain falls as...Published: Dec 8, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
WATCH receives $41,900 grant
Wayne Action Teams for Community Health, known as WATCH, has received a $41,900 community health grant from the state for the coming year, the board of directors learned Wednesday. Sissy Lee-Elmore, WATCH director, said that the state had allocated $7...Published: Dec 8, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
A candlelight tradition in Pikeville
News-Argus/Mitch Loeber Emily Gates, left, Nathaniel Hartsell and Kayla Hartsell act out a shadow play with cardboard likenesses of farm animals during the annual Christmas candlelight tour of Charles B. Aycock's birthplace in Pikeville Tuesday night. The annual tour...Published: Dec 7, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Consultant could cost $120,000
In a first step toward resolving concerns about the state of the county's schools and the budget, the Wayne County commissioners approved a consultant's plan to conduct a financial and facilities review for the school board at a cost of...Published: Dec 7, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Second man charged in bank robbery
MOUNT OLIVE -- A second man has been arrested in connection with Friday's armed robbery at Peoples National Bank on Center Street. Charles Harvey Faison, of 118 Oak St., Dudley, was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count of robbery...Published: Dec 7, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Duplin officials say county needs more space for court proceedings
KENANSVILLE -- District Attorney Dewey Hudson will have 900 cases of traffic tickets to deal with Friday at the Duplin County Courthouse and he is a little worried. "It's not safe in a small courtroom," he said. "It's a nightmare...Published: Dec 7, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Charles B. Aycock birthplace Christmas tours
Continuing a tradition of almost 30 years, Christmas tours by Candlelight are taking place at Charles B. Aycock Birthplace. About 300 people attended Tuesday night. The tours will continue Thursday evening from 6:30 to 9. The candle-lit path will take...Published: Dec 7, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Fund set up for donations to Paramount
It has been nearly 10 months since the Paramount Theater burned down, and officials say now is the time to begin raising money for its reconstruction. Tuesday, the Downtown Goldsboro Development Corporation introduced a way to do just that, by...Published: Dec 7, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Local dealership to help family for Christmas
They might not have chubby stomachs, rosy red cheeks or long, white beards, but the employees at Frema Motors are trying hard to play Santa this year. Until Dec. 15, the dealership will give needy families countywide a shot at...Published: Dec 7, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
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Quick response by firemen stops dangerous blaze A quick response by firefighters from four departments on Tuesday night stopped a potentially dangerous blaze from spreading and causing enormous damage at the GAF plant at 400 Old Mount Olive Road. Two...Published: Dec 7, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Zettie Williams elected Duplin board chairman
KENANSVILLE -- Zettie Williams was elected chairman of the Duplin County Board of Commissioners at the board's meeting Monday. Arliss Albertson was chosen vice chairman. Both votes were unanimous. Outgoing chairman Reginald Wells said he was more than ready to...Published: Dec 7, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
More wrecks on wet city streets
Goldsboro police investigated 15 traffic collisions Monday on rain-slickened streets, but officers reported that none resulted from the weather. Four wrecks involved personal injury or high property damages. They included: *Damages were estimated at $7,250 in a four-vehicle collision at...Published: Dec 7, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Fewer people answering the bell this year
News-Argus/Kaye Nesbit Angela Lloyd rings the bell for The Salvation Army at Sam's Club on Monday afternoon. Ms. Lloyd said this is the first year she has volunteered and that she is doing so to help the victims of...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:56 PM Full Story
Police target speeders near school
After two 13-year-old eighth-graders were struck by a sport utility vehicle and critically injured, a Goldsboro police officer has been assigned to work the crosswalk between Meadow Lane Elementary and Greenwood Middle schools. Police Maj. M.D. Hopper, who supervises the...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:55 PM Full Story
Driver's identity released by lawyer
Luis Delgado Jesus, 23, is really Wilder Fidelmar Alvarado Mejia, 20, his attorney announced in a press release Monday. Mejia was arrested Nov. 18 after allegedly running a red light and hitting two boys with a sports utility vehicle outside...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:54 PM Full Story
Local Salvation Army kettles are a little bare this Christmas
The Salvation Army's kettle campaign is in trouble. "Our kettles are running behind last year," said Maj. Andrew Wiley, local Salvation Army commander. This year's kettle campaign goal is $70,000. But the Salvation Army has barely topped $12,000, Wiley said....Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
Airman receives Bronze Star for courage in battle
Military authorities say Senior Airman Justin Frewin is a hero. Frewin, 24, said he was just doing his job when he helped save a comrade's life during an ambush in Iraq last year. The Air Force recognized Frewin's actions Nov....Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Farmers say the cotton crop is good
This year's cotton harvest might not set any records, but farmers and agriculture officials say it is turning out to be a good crop. "We might not have a record year, but the fact that we're picking above-average cotton is...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Students create cards for airmen who will spend holiday at Seymour Johnson
Students in four Wayne County Public Schools started their Christmas card lists early this year, in hopes of making the holidays a little brighter for airmen at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. During the month of November, first-graders from Rosewood,...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
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Sixth teen charged in vehicle break-ins A sixth Wayne County teenager was arrested Monday by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and charged with five felony offenses in connection with vehicle break-ins in Fremont, Eureka and Rosewood. Matthew Lavonne Brantley, 18,...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Two charged during 'Booze It and Lose It'
Two motorists were charged by Goldsboro police with driving while impaired during the third reporting period of the winter "Booze It and Lose It" campaign against drunken drivers. Police held two checkpoints and eight saturation and random patrols during the...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Princeton Town Board denies rezoning requests
PRINCETON -- The Princeton town board has approved changes in its zoning ordinance to comply with state requirements. The board also refused to rezone two small parcels after hearing arguments from the landowners. Bobby Parker asked the board during Monday...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Pikeville votes to go back to twice-weekly trash collection
The Pikeville Town Board decided Monday to restart twice-weekly garbage pickup for the town. In September, commissioners voted to cut back garbage pickup to once weekly in light of fuel cost considerations. Pikeville's new sewer plant should be in operation...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Eureka parade to be held Sunday
Eureka's annual Christmas parade will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. Entries will line up, starting at 2 p.m. on Davis Street. The parade route will go down Church Street, West Main, back onto Church Street, and East Main Street....Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Calypso board members sworn in
CALYPSO -- Members of the Calypso Town Board of Commissioners took the oath of office Monday night at Town Hall. Former town board member Greg Day is mayor and newly-elected town commissioner Alan Story is mayor pro tem. Other town...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Board members sworn in
PRINCETON -- New town Commissioner Billy Sutton and incumbent David Starling were sworn in Monday night for four-year terms on the Princeton town board. Mayor Don Rains also was sworn in for a third two-year term. Johnston County Clerk of...Published: Dec 6, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Monday, December 5, 2005
New City Hall
News-Argus/Kenneth Fine The new Goldsboro City Hall is expected to be completed by February. After that, work will begin on Phase II of the project, which will involve the current City Hall annex. For more information see New City...Published: Dec 5, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
GMS student upgraded to serious at Pitt
Carson Thomas, one of two Greenwood Middle School students hospitalized Nov. 18 after being hit by a sports utility vehicle, was upgraded to serious condition Sunday, a spokesman for Pitt Memorial said. Thomas, 13, was injured when the driver of...Published: Dec 5, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
New City Hall expected to be done by February
From one of the large windows recently installed in Goldsboro's new City Hall, passers-by can catch a view of the existing facility -- right next door. Goldsboro city employees have been waiting nine months for their new offices to be...Published: Dec 5, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Mount Olive police nab robbery suspect
MOUNT OLIVE -- A suspect has been arrested in connection with the robbery of Peoples National Bank in Mount Olive, Police Chief Emmett Ballree said today. Raymond Lemuel Cheadle III, of 921 W. Oak St., Goldsboro, is being held in...Published: Dec 5, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Schools will try to find funds for raises
Gov. Mike Easley's plan to bring public school teachers' salaries up to the national average means local school systems will foot the bill for the raise. Local officials say they will have until next fall to figure out how to...Published: Dec 5, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Griffin will take on Pate for N.C. legislature
Leadership skills earned through nearly 40 years in the military would make him a good state representative, retired Brig. Gen. Ronnie Griffin says. Griffin, a Democrat, announced last week that he will run for the District 11 seat in...Published: Dec 5, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
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Man shot down; another robbed Two Goldsboro men were injured in separate weekend assault, according to Goldsboro police reports. James Lee Croom, 23, was shot several times at 8:55 p.m. as he stood outside of a convenience store at South...Published: Dec 5, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Pikeville Christmas Parade
The unseasonably warm weather could not melt the Christmas spirit Sunday at Pikeville's first Christmas parade. Hundreds of residents gathered along Main and Railroad streets to celebrate the season. Float riders representing clubs, fire departments, church youth groups and local...Published: Dec 5, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Sunday, December 4, 2005
Photographs of bank robber released
MOUNT OLIVE -- Police officials are optimistic that photographs of a robbery suspect who robbed Peoples National Bank on Thursday will expedite his arrest. As of Saturday night, Mount Olive police were investigating tips and leads from the community, said...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:11 AM Full Story
Assistance for heating bills harder to find
The cost of keeping warm has risen over the past year. Some Wayne County people will get some help with their heating bills, but for others it may mean making a choice between food, medication and heat. There are several...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:10 AM Full Story
Santa arrives for party in an F-15E
On Christmas Eve, don't be surprised if you hear a sonic boom overhead. Santa Claus is traveling in a new aircraft, one that has a few more horsepower than Rudolph and his reindeer kin. Santa arrived Saturday on Seymour Johnson...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:09 AM Full Story
Goldsboro Christmas parade held Saturday
Ricardo Owens of Goldsboro positioned his family in their own front-row seats on Center Street for Saturday afternoon's Golds-boro Christmas parade. Seated in fold-up chairs and huddled under a blanket while wearing hats, gloves, and heavy coats waiting for the...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:09 AM Full Story
Pilot recounts recounts plane crash
Only 600 feet above the ground, Kent Larsen of Pikeville could only wait for the inevitable to occur. In the distance, the New Bern Airport runway was awaiting his approach. However, after losing the engine in his Cessna aircraft, Larsen's...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:08 AM Full Story
Duplin hopes to have new superintendent by March 31
KENANSVILLE -- The Duplin County school system should have a new superintendent by March 31. Retiring superintendent Tommy Benson has agreed to stay on and help the new superintendent through the transition. Response to the search committee's advertising has been...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:08 AM Full Story
Ceremony will commemorate Battle of Whitehall
SEVEN SPRINGS -- A memorial service commemorating the 143rd anniversary of the Battle of Whitehall will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Whitfield Cemetery on River Street in Seven Springs. The Seven Springs Historical Society has renamed the...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:07 AM Full Story
Wayne Memorial Hospital wins awards
Wayne Memorial Hospital has received three gold and three silver awards for excellence in marketing and communications. The "Wallie Awards" were presented during the Carolinas Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Society annual conference in Asheville last month. The number of...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:06 AM Full Story
Volunteer opportunities
Volunteer Wayne offers opportunities to serve Wayne County for all ages. This service is provided by Volunteer Wayne and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) at Wayne Community College. Contact Joy Pearce at 735-5151 ext. 336 or at www.volunteersolutions.org/uwwc/volunteer...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:06 AM Full Story
Unattended cooking blamed for house fire
Unattended cooking was blamed Thursday night for a kitchen fire that caused about $25,000 in damages to a home at 305 Lorease Drive near Dudley, fire officials said Friday. "They had left something on the stove, went to do something...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:05 AM Full Story
Students to present Choral Showcase Tuesday, Thursday
Wayne County Public Schools' students will ring in the holidays at the annual Choral Showcase, planned for Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The annual holiday showcase began in 2003 with 12 schools participating. This year the showcase has grown to 20...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:05 AM Full Story
Student news
Katherine Roethling, a student at St. Mary Catholic School, has been accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum. She will join a select group of students in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11-17, 2006, to earn high school credit...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:04 AM Full Story
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Larceny Sidney Vernon Champion, 30, Fields Drive, Pikeville, was arrested on Friday by investigators Mike Moore and Mike Horstmann from the Goldsboro Police Department and charged with larceny by employee. He is accused of taking money from his former employer....Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:03 AM Full Story
Military news
Sgt. William Rich, formerly of Wayne County, was awarded the Purple Heart by Lt. Col. Elmontenal C. Allens during a recent ceremony at Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, Va. Sgt. Rich was injured on Aug. 23 when...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:03 AM Full Story
Lost tobacco income subject of workshop in Kenansville
KENANSVILLE -- The public is invited to attend a workshop on how to apply for a grant to help replace lost tobacco income. The workshop will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Duplin County Agricultural Service Center at...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:02 AM Full Story
Family Y program gives to families
The Goldsboro Family YMCA is doing its part to ensure families have a special Christmas this year. Since 2000, the Y's Men program has given away more than $37,000 worth of gifts and food at holiday time, said Kriquette Davis,...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:02 AM Full Story
Wayne County District Court
These cases have been heard in Wayne County District Court: *Mark William Reynolds, 34, Fayetteville, assault on a female, not guilty. *Kevin Devon Wells, 29, Garner Court, Mount Olive, driving while impaired, 24 months. *Sean Walter O'Brien, 34, Nahunta Road,...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:01 AM Full Story
Crime Watch reorganized in Elmore Street area
MOUNT OLIVE -- The Unity Heights Community Crime Watch Association is cleaning up the streets in more ways than one in the Elmore Street area of Mount Olive. Members have been cleaning up litter as part of a new beautification...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:00 AM Full Story
Board to pick chairman, vice chairman
Wayne County Commis-sioners will decide upon a new chairman and vice-chairman during Tuesday's board meeting at 9 a.m. in the Commissioner's meeting room of the Wayne County Courthouse Annex. J.D. Evans has been chairman and Atlas Price vice chairman the...Published: Dec 4, 2005 2:00 AM Full Story
Friday, December 2, 2005
AIDS Day march
News-Argus/Mitch Loeber Ann Rowe, right, marches at the front of the line followed by Rharon Richardson, left, and Rodney Wilson as they turn onto Mulberry from Center Street during the annual World AIDS Day march Thursday night. For more...Published: Dec 2, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Bank location robbed ... again
MOUNT OLIVE -- Authorities are searching for a man who robbed the Peoples National Bank on North Center Street in Mount Olive about 3 p.m. Thursday. Tellers described the suspect as a black man, 6 feet tall, wearing black pants...Published: Dec 2, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Eureka has new leaders, old issues
Eureka has a whole new slate of leaders today, even if they didn't actually put their names on a ballot or make any campaign speeches. Randy Bass handed over the gavel as Stephen Howell became the mayor of Eureka Thursday...Published: Dec 2, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Candlelight vigil pays tribute to those who live, die with AIDS
About 30 people, flickering candles in hand, walked quietly through the side streets of Goldsboro Thursday evening in honor of World AIDS Day. They had gathered at city hall, then marched down Mulberry Street, escorted by a Goldsboro police car....Published: Dec 2, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Cherry director starts job with birthday
Thursday was a big day for Jack St. Clair. The new director at Cherry Hospital started his new job and celebrated his birthday on the same day. St. Clair, the former director of Eastpointe Mental Health Services, turned 55 He...Published: Dec 2, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
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Building fire An oven caught fire Thursday night at Uchiyama America at 494 Arrington Bridge Road, causing about $30,000 in damages, a fire official said. The room was filled with smoke from burning rubber, and the building had to be...Published: Dec 2, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Ford appointed to state community college board
RALEIGH -- Jimmie E. Ford has been appointed to the state Board of Community Colleges by Gov. Mike Easley . Ford, a former member of the state House and the Wayne County Board of Commissioners, is a retired associate vice...Published: Dec 2, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Fallin takes job as 916th's new commander
The 916th Air Refueling Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base has a new vice commander. Col. Philip S. Fallin will replace outgoing Vice Commander Col. J.P. Hall, who will serve as a special assistant to the commander before retiring...Published: Dec 2, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Clarification: O'Berry parade to be held on Saturday
O'Berry Center will have its own version of a holiday parade on Saturday, featuring the Goldwings motorcycle club starting at 11 a.m. Several hundred motorcyclists from the eastern part of the state plan to attend the annual event, bringing presents...Published: Dec 2, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Thursday, December 1, 2005
Living with AIDS
News-Argus/Mitch Loeber Alton Vinson talks about what his life has been like since being diagnosed with AIDS. For more information see Putting a face on AIDS....Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:51 PM Full Story
Driver will face felony counts
Two felony counts have been filed against the man who allegedly struck two boys with a sports utility vehicle across from Greenwood Middle School Nov. 18 as questions about his identity continue. "Luis Delgado Jesus," was charged today with two...Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Ex-trooper pleads 'no contest' to DWI charge
A former supervisor of the Wayne County district of the Highway Patrol pleaded no contest Monday to a charge of driving while impaired in Wayne County Superior Court. But J. Douglas Booth contends that his arrest a year ago was...Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
Dad sentenced to prison time for child's death
A 37-year-old man from Dudley was sentenced Wednesday to about 10 to 12 years in prison for the beating death of his 5-month-old daughter. Timothy R. Carmon of Outlaw Road pleaded guilty in Wayne County Superior Court to second-degree murder....Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:49 PM Full Story
Morning fire destroys local family's home
A treasured family Bible was one of the few items left undamaged after fire nearly destroyed a house at 1002 S. Slocumb St. on Wednesday. Phyllis Warren said family members were amazed to find the book intact after firefighters extinguished...Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Putting a face on AIDS
When Alton Vinson was diagnosed with HIV, he expected he would only live two more years. That was 12 years ago. But then, five years ago, he found out what had been HIV had turned to AIDS. "It was devastating"...Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Churches mark holiday with first Advent service
Wayne County residents officially welcomed the Christmas season with the first of four community Advent services Wednesday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church on Denmark Street. About a hundred people gathered for the noon service, which was led by the Revs....Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Chick-fil-A opens a stand-alone restaurant here
The new free-standing Chick-fil-A restaurant on North Berkeley Boulevard opened for business today with more than a hundred people waiting for promotional coupons that guaranteed free meals for a year. Owner-operator Russell Wade said the crowd that began assembling outside...Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
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Trio is charged in car break-ins Three teenagers were arrested Wednesday by Goldsboro police and charged with multiple offenses in connection with numerous vehicle break-ins in the Mimosa Park and Maplewood subdivisions. Christopher Mark Tadlock, 19, of Old Black Creek...Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
O'Berry Center enters celebration mode this month
O'Berry Center is getting into the holiday spirit this month, with parties and entertainment planned through Christmas. The O'Berry staff hopes to take advantage of the holidays to encourage the public to get involved in the programs at the facility....Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story
Cherry parade correction
The Cherry Hospital Christmas Parade will be held at 3:45 p.m. Friday. On Saturday morning at O'Berry Center, the Goldwings motorcycle parade will begin at 11. The public is invited to both events....Published: Dec 1, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story