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
Public records
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