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