Thursday, January 10, 2008
SJAFB air show grounded for 2008
It started as an open house, an opportunity for Wayne County residents to take an up-close look at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base -- the facilities, airmen and aircraft housed there. But when air show "headliners" like the Navy Blue...Published: Jan 10, 2008 2:21 PM Full Story
Goodbye, Johnny: Goldsboro's star succumbs at age 84
LOS ANGELES -- As a young man, Wayne County native Johnny Grant sat in the Paramount Theater and watched Mickey Rooney on the screen. It was then that he decided to become a movie star. More than a half-century later,...Published: Jan 10, 2008 2:16 PM Full Story
Students caught selling ADD drug
Three Rosewood High School students face 14 drug distribution charges for selling an attention deficit disorder medication at school, authorities said. School Resource Officer Larry Mitchell found out Friday that a student went home ill on Dec. 2 after ingesting...Published: Jan 10, 2008 2:10 PM Full Story
No word yet on identity of body found near church
Authorities are still hoping to solve the mystery behind an unidentified skeleton found in November on the property of a Goldsboro city councilman. Detectives slogged through mud in waders as they logged bone fragments from a ditch behind Fellowship Baptist...Published: Jan 10, 2008 2:04 PM Full Story
Spring Creek teacher named outstanding Wayne math instructor
A fifth-grade mathematics teacher at Spring Creek Elementary School has been named Wayne County Public Schools' outstanding elementary math teacher of the year. Amy Janning, a 19-year veteran teacher, was recognized Monday night during the school board meeting. She had...Published: Jan 10, 2008 1:58 PM Full Story
Design for Seafood Festival shirt sought
The 22nd Annual North Carolina Seafood Festival will be held Oct. 3-5 in Morehead City. Designs are being sought for the official festival T-shirt. The deadline for design submissions is Feb. 7 by 2 p.m. The artist should be a...Published: Jan 10, 2008 1:52 PM Full Story
Public record
Death investigated The Wayne County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of Tony Ray Morene, who was found with a gunshot wound to the temple on Salem Church Road on Monday around 6 p.m., according to a report....Published: Jan 10, 2008 1:45 PM Full Story