Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Judge Manning speaks at local rotary club
News-Argus/Mitch Loeber North Carolina Judge Howard Manning speaks to the rotary club and guests from the city, county and school board about education reforms at the Goldsboro Country Club Tuesday. For more information see Judge: Adults need to get...Published: May 30, 2007 1:46 PM Full Story
Judge: Adults need to get out of way
The judge who will determine whether Goldsboro High School remains open said for an educational system to succeed, adults will have to get out of the way -- in the classroom, in the board room and in the community. Superior...Published: May 30, 2007 1:46 PM Full Story
Fork urges clients to curb water use
Fork Township Water District officials are asking customers to cut back on the water they use. As drought conditions across the state increase, officials in more and more counties are urging people to conserve water. Johnston County already has implemented...Published: May 30, 2007 1:46 PM Full Story
Officials: No click it, so they got 51 tickets
Some obeyed the law, but more than four dozen drivers met by Goldsboro police at six checkpoints and 16 random patrols failed to wear their seat belts during the first week of the Click It or Ticket campaign. Police posted...Published: May 30, 2007 1:46 PM Full Story
Public outcry changes Duplin ambulance plans
Duplin County commissioners reconsidered a decision to reduce the number of ambulances in the county and agreed Tuesday to come up with $430,000 in additional funds for 2007-08 to keep the current level of emergency services. Commissioners had indicated a...Published: May 30, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story
Arts Council will put sculptures up for sale with auction houses
Their aluminum eyes haven't kept watch over Ash Street in close to a decade. Instead, they stare up at a ceiling. Their steel feathers feel the rust -- not the wind stirring hundreds of feet above the ground. Two metal...Published: May 30, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story
Torhunta Dustrict names Metzler scout executive
Wayne County native and Eagle Scout Mark Metzler has accepted the job of Torhunta District Boy Scout executive. "I feel very fortunate this job came open around about the time I was graduating, and it seemed like a natural fit,"...Published: May 30, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story
TV station WHFL off air next week
Local Christian TV station WHFL will be off the air briefly next week for an equipment changeover and channel realignment. Terry Johnson, general manager at the station, said that programming may be interrupted between three and seven days. Currently at...Published: May 30, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story
Public record
Assault David Dekarlo Sampson reported Tuesday he woke up in his bed in a house on West Grantham Street and found a man standing over him with a gun. He heard a gunshot and was not sure if he was...Published: May 30, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story
Groups sought to help feed young Habitat volunteers
College youth groups are returning this summer from other states to work on a house for Habitat for Humanity of Goldsboro and Wayne County. During the last two weeks of June, the local Habitat affiliate will host volunteers from Delaware...Published: May 30, 2007 1:45 PM Full Story