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Three die in north Duplin crash

News-Argus/Bobby Williams Three people were killed shortly after 6 p.m. in a one-vehicle accident on N.C. 111 South near its intersection with N.C. 903 in the Albertson community of Duplin County. Eight people were in the pickup, with five...

Man killed in Mount Olive shooting

MOUNT OLIVE -- A 34-year-old Mount Olive man died Monday afternoon from gunshot wounds he received in front of his aunt's home on Kornegay Street, police officials said. Tamorris Raynor is the town's third murder victim this year, said Chief...

Goldsboro man dies in shooting Monday

Goldsboro police say they found an unidentified man mortally wounded by gunfire in a field near Courtyard Circle about 9:30 p.m. Monday. Police said they had tentatively identified the man, but had not yet notified the victim's next of kin,...

School tobacco policy prompts debate

Wayne County Schools will comply with a state law making the school system tobacco-free by Aug. 1, 2008, but not before, several board of education members said Monday night. The tobacco-free policy, a legislative bill proposed to go into effect...

N.C. Labor Commissioner talks fair

N.C. Commissioner of Labor Cherie Berry did not talk about being the first woman to hold her post. She did not talk about politics or minimum wage. She talked to the Goldsboro Kiwanis Club about fair rides during her lunch...

Not so fast, you cowboys...

MOUNT OLIVE -- Hold your horses -- or at least clean up after them. Well, maybe. Mount Olive Town Board members are still looking to create guidelines for horseback riding within the city limits, but tabled an ordinance Monday evening...

Mount Olive town board sets sights on fire truck

MOUNT OLIVE -- When three people drowned after their car crashed into a creek off N.C. 55 Sunday, members of the Mount Olive Fire Department rushed to the scene. But Fire Chief Steve Martin told members of the town board...

WCPS lunch menu for September 17 though the 23

WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Lunch Menu Week of Sept. 17-21 Monday -- Breakfast: apple muffin; Lunch: pepperoni pizza, chicken salad w/crackers, green beans, corn on the cob, mixed fruit, orange Tuesday -- Breakfast: chicken biscuit; Lunch: turkey and noodles w/whole...