Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Wayne Memorial Hospital translator
News-Argus/Greg Sousa Miss Okano talks with Gloria Wences while she sits with her newborn baby daughter, Itsel, in the Labor and Delivery ward at the hospital. She is one of five interpreters at the hospital who help Spanish-speaking patients....Published: Apr 10, 2007 1:46 PM Full Story
Officers break up local ring, rescue 30
A Wayne County man accused of smuggling illegal immigrants into the country is behind bars at the Wayne County Jail after a joint-operation with the FBI and Wayne County Sheriff's Office SWAT team. Anmer Uliser Salas Zunun, 25, of 201...Published: Apr 10, 2007 1:46 PM Full Story
Speaking their language
Alfie Okano often imagines that she is the patient waiting behind curtains and closed doors -- scared, confused and unable to communicate with the doctors and nurses at her bedside. She, too, has been that person who could not read,...Published: Apr 10, 2007 1:46 PM Full Story
Woman found in trailer after fire
The body of a 54-year-old woman was pulled from a mobile home on Stoney Creek Church Road that caught fire early Sunday. Billy Jean Ellis was inside the home as flames swept through her single-wide trailer leaving only charred metal,...Published: Apr 10, 2007 1:46 PM Full Story
Pikeville teen injured afer losing control of his vehicle
A 16-year-old teen was injured Sunday when he lost control of his car on U.S. 117 North in Pikeville, struck several objects and landed in a yard. Khiry Tayvon Reid of Sycamore Street, Fremont, was traveling north on U.S. 117...Published: Apr 10, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story
Parks chief has big plans for future of Cliffs of Neuse
SEVEN SPRINGS -- Lyndon Sutton remembers those glorious "old days." He recalls with fondness when all the campsites at Cliffs of the Neuse were filled on weekends. He remembers the campfires, the songs, the camaraderie, the people. He longs for...Published: Apr 10, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story
Duplin commission OKs events center contract
KENANSVILLE -- Nearly two years after the contract was signed, the Duplin County Board of Commissioners is finally giving Compass Facility Management Inc. the leeway its leadership team says it needs to properly run the Duplin County Events Center. Voting...Published: Apr 10, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story
McKee to address why parents kill
Author and speaker Dr. Geoffrey McKee will conduct a workshop this month to explain why some parents kill their children -- and how to spot the signs before they snap. A professor at the University of South Carolina School of...Published: Apr 10, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story
Public record
Investigations Wayne County sheriff's deputies are investigating these reports: *Edward Keith Hales reported someone stole two Yamaha four-wheelers, valued at $5,000, from his home in the 400 block of Loop Road. *Teresa Crawford Lofton reported someone broke into her home...Published: Apr 10, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story
Dr. Bhatti retains membership
Muhammad A. Bhatti, MD, MPH, FAAFP from Wayne Family Medical Center, Inc. and Bella Reneux Medical Spa in Goldsboro, has completed continuing medical education requirements for the 2004 through 2006 term to retain membership in the American Academy of Family...Published: Apr 10, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story