Friday, January 12, 2007
Putting their heads together
News-Argus/Matthew Whittle Wayne County Commission Chairman John Bell, seated middle, consults with fellow Commissioner Atlas Price before casting a vote at the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners legislative goals conference Thursday in Pinehurst. For more information see Wayne...Published: Jan 12, 2007 1:58 PM Full Story
Seven Springs mayor resigns, citing harassment
SEVEN SPRINGS -- Jewel Kilpatrick has resigned as the mayor of Seven Springs, citing harassment from townspeople. She has resigned before and returned, but Thursday she said, "I am through this time. I won't ever try it again. I've lost...Published: Jan 12, 2007 1:56 PM Full Story
Simmons honored at WCC King event
College officials and students celebrated Martin Luther King's life Thursday and honored a beloved security officer who died in April. Capt. Clarence Simmons worked for the Wayne Community College 24 years after retiring from a previous 26 years in the...Published: Jan 12, 2007 1:54 PM Full Story
Wayne commissioners' trio attends legislative conference
PINEHURST -- John Bell, Atlas Price and J.D. Evans weren't especially vocal at the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners legislative goals conference Thursday, but, they said, they were there making sure Wayne County's interests were represented. "We're right on...Published: Jan 12, 2007 1:53 PM Full Story
Wayne United Way honors volunteers
Forty-five minutes before he took the podium, United Way campaign chairman Geoff Hulse did not know if the community had managed to raise the $1.44 million it would have taken to make the organization's 2006 goal. But right before the...Published: Jan 12, 2007 1:51 PM Full Story
Wayne Boys & Girls Club expands to Johnston County
The Boys & Girls Club of Wayne County has added a fourth club with the opening of a unit in Johnston County. The club at Selma Elementary School opened in October and Wayne Couny club Director Mary Ann Dudley said...Published: Jan 12, 2007 1:49 PM Full Story
Wayne Three Kings Festival to be broadcast on TV tonight
The Hispanic Community Development Center's Three Kings Day Festival held on Jan. 6 at Waynesborough Historic Village will appear today at 7:30 p.m. on the University of North Carolina's Public Broadcast System television station. Organizers said more than 250 people...Published: Jan 12, 2007 1:48 PM Full Story
Tobacco payments expected soon
The Farm Service Agency expects the third round of tobacco buyout payments to begin later this month, officials said in a press release Thursday. Payments could begin arriving in farmers' mailboxes as early as next week, said Rick Tharrington, director...Published: Jan 12, 2007 1:46 PM Full Story
Public records
Investigations Wayne County sheriff's deputies are investigating these reports: *Randall Wade Rogers reported Jan. 10 someone broke into the Arrington Volunteer Fire Department and stole two DVD players, a stereo system, a Direct TV receiver and an air blower, all...Published: Jan 12, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story