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Friday, February 13, 2009

Will you be my valentine?

Carly Hooks, a student in the kindergarten class of Kim Langston at Brogden Primary School, works on a valentine Thursday. With the special day coming up this weekend, classes in schools across Wayne County celebrated the day with the...

GHS to add more specialized academies

Goldsboro High School will add two specialized academies in the fall designed to help students become more ready for the future, officials said this week. Principal Patricia Burden made the announcement during a presentation before the school board about the...

Foster Center repairs a priority

W.A. Foster Center should not be forgotten. That's what Recreation and Parks Advisory Commission members said at their meeting Tuesday evening. The building has cracks in some of the floors and walls and needs a structural evaluation, which city...

Former city manager Collings remembered as decisive

When retired Air Force Col. Kenneth Collings died Wednesday morning at the age of 87, he left many friends behind. None much closer than Goldsboro Mayor Al King. Collings served as Goldsboro's city manager from 1978 to 1986, and...

Forged computer receipt leads to charges

A Rosewood man is wanted for forging a Sam's Club receipt and trying to walk out with a touchscreen computer, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office says. Then, authorities said, Jeffery Alan Moore left the copies of his multiple attempts...

Public record

Church windows broken Four windows at Stoney Creek Church suffered about $1,000 in damages after someone threw bricks through windows on the back side of the church's fellowship hall, according to the report. A small black SUV was seen...

Man shot on Slaughter Street

A Goldsboro man suffered a minor injury after being shot while walking down Slaughter Street late Wednesday afternoon, Goldsboro police said. City police found Dominique Coleman, 21, of Slocumb Street, at the intersection of Slaughter and Elm streets moments around...