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Wayne officials ponder bonds for schools

Wayne County Commissioners and members of the county Board of Education are pondering the idea of selling bonds to raise money for school construction but have not commited themselves to that financing method. Commissioners have the authority to place the...

Recycling center worker robbed

A Eureka recycling center employee was robbed at gunpoint at about 1 p.m. Thursday by two men in a black Chevrolet station wagon, Wayne County Sheriff's Office Capt. George Raecher said. William Dail, the employee who was robbed, said he...

City Council to hold neighborhood meeting Tuesday

Residents in another city block will get the chance to voice their concerns Tuesday as City Council members, department heads and staff take to Teakwood and Mimosa Park for the third in a series of city-sponsored neighborhood meetings. Assistant City...

City Hall open house Monday

Now that Goldsboro's new City Hall is furnished and fully operational, officials say it is time to put their $4.7 million investment on display -- and they will, Monday. City Council members and distinguished guests will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony...

Duplin Correctional Center gets chapel

KENANSVILLE -- Going to the chapel took on a whole new meaning in Duplin County this week. In this case, it was the chapel that "got going." A funeral chapel from Rose Hill has a new home -- at the...

MOC career counselor retires

MOUNT OLIVE -- After 22 years of guiding fledgling college students toward a career, Linda Greenwood finds herself retiring from hers. Since being hired as director of counseling services at Mount Olive College in June 1984, she has had four...

Mount Olive planning big Fourth of July

From staff reports Wayne and Duplin county residents, along with those in neighboring communities, are invited to join residents of the town of Mount Olive at the town's annual Fourth of July celebration at Westbrook Park off North Breazeale Avenue....

Superior Court

Wayne County Superior Court These cases have been heard in Wayne County Superior Court: *Joshua Hopkins, 22, Washington Court, misdemeanor larceny, not guilty. *Chad Lee Daughtry, 33, Fields, Road, Pikeville, misdemeanor assault on a female, not guilty. *Ronnie Lee Hall,...

Public Record

Investigations These incidents are being investigated by Goldsboro and Wayne County law enforcement officers: *On Wednesday, agents from the U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms discovered three firearms missing from Neuse River Gun & Pawn at 2339-C U.S. 117...

District Court

Wayne County District Court These cases have been heard in Wayne County District Court: *Quenton Lamont Battle, 35, Hare Road, assault on a female, stalking and harassing phone call, not guilty. *Gloria Ann Foust, 27, West New Hope Road, assault...