Thursday, September 21, 2006
Officials react to Goldsboro comments
Wayne County School officials say they are not denying the unequal racial balance in the schools in the Goldsboro attendance area. But until the series of community meetings across the county being held by the county's master facilities plan team...Published: Sep 21, 2006 1:53 PM Full Story
Athletes speak to county teens about making good life choices
A former professional football player for the St. Louis Rams said he knows alcohol is the No. 1 killer among teens. John Earle, a former offensive lineman who once played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots,...Published: Sep 21, 2006 1:52 PM Full Story
Testimony is continuing in Telly Cox trial
The double murder trial of 23-year-old Telly Cox continued Wednesday as jurors heard testimony from at least four expert witnesses who say evidence collected at 176 Garrick Lane link Cox and his co-conspirator to the murders. North Carolina State Bureau...Published: Sep 21, 2006 1:50 PM Full Story
Battle of Goldsboro re-enactment set
More than 100 Civil War re-enactors will recreate the Battle of Goldsborough Bridge twice this weekend, at 2 p.m. Saturday and again at 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Waynesborough Historical Village. Thousands of real soldiers fought in the battle,...Published: Sep 21, 2006 1:49 PM Full Story
Man gets 12 years for 2004 shooting
A Superior Court judge ruled this week that Tavaris Kinte Woresly will spend the next 12 years behind bars for murdering a Goldsboro man in the summer of 2004. Woresly, 29, of North Jefferson Avenue, was convicted of second-degree murder...Published: Sep 21, 2006 1:48 PM Full Story
Public records
Investigations Wayne County sheriff's deputies are investigating these reports: *Wayne County Sheriff's Department are warning residents about a female con artist operating in the area. Authorities say a woman callingherself "Rose Whitley," has been taking money from residents using a...Published: Sep 21, 2006 1:47 PM Full Story
Tax preparer gets year in prison
NEW BERN -- A retired Air Force member who received the Bronze Star for wartime service in Vietnam was sentenced in federal court for preparing false income-tax refunds. Joseph Lewis was sentenced to a year in prison and a year's...Published: Sep 21, 2006 1:46 PM Full Story
Goldsboro man sentenced
RALEIGH -- A Goldsboro man pleaded guilty Monday in Wake County Superior Court to five charges of obtaining property by false pretense. Marcellus P. Johnson, 50, of 308 Wood St., was sentenced to three consecutive terms of 8-10 months in...Published: Sep 21, 2006 1:45 PM Full Story