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Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Miss Goldsboro

News-Argus/Greg Sousa Miss Goldsboro Nicki Sanderson talks about the first few months of her reign as the newly crowned pageant winner. She will use her crown to help promote skin cancer awareness. For more information see Miss Goldsboro speaks...

Woman found dead in motel

Goldsboro police are investigating the death of a woman who was found dead at a room in the Econo Lodge on New Year's Day. Taletha Rebecca Kearney, 25, of 103 Holly Road, was found unresponsive in Room 123 at the...

916th will fuel Ford flyover in Michigan

Members of the 4th Fighter Wing will not be the only airmen from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in the skies above former President Gerald Ford's funeral Wednesday. Base officials confirmed that in addition to the F-15E Strike Eagles already...

Miss Goldsboro speaks out about skin cancer and in honor of her dad

Miss Goldsboro 2007 Nicki Sanderson had no problem deciding what her platform in the pageant would be -- it would center around a defining moment for her family. Her father, Kenneth Sanderson, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma nearly a dozen...

Former photo chief at News-Argus dies at age 82

Bill Futrelle, whose photographs graced the front page of the News-Argus for 40 years, died Sunday at Wake Mem-orial Hospital in Raleigh. Futrelle, 82, had undergone heart surgery in the fall and had suffered complications since then, his wife, Ann,...

Man escapes out of window from trailer fire

A Wayne County man barely escaped through the window of a mobile home after a fire started in his home at about 6 a.m. today. The fire, which occurred at the 100 block of Covey Drive in the Quail Valley...

Man recovering from gunshot wound

A Stantonsburg man remains at a Greenville hospital recovering from a shotgun wound he received during a fight over the weekend. Timothy Glenn Whitley, 47, of N.C. 58 North, was taken to Pitt County Memorial Hospital after he was shot...

Young singer's TV performance delayed

CBS News did not air "Living Room ... Live! Kids" today. Madeline Edwards, 11, of Goldsboro was to have performed via video on the morning broadcast of The Early Show as part of the second round of competition. An opera...

Public record

Investigations Wayne County sheriff's deputies are investigating these reports: *Milton Barow, 19, of Blueridge Drive, Dudley, was injured when he was allegedly shot in the hand with a shotgun about 10:30 a.m. New Year's Day. Wayne County sheriff's officials said...