Sunday, April 12, 2009
Four-day weeks for WCC this summer
Wayne Community College will go to a four-day week for faculty and students this summer, officials have announced. The 10-week summer school will feature the abbreviated schedule, said Dr. Peggy Teague, vice president for academic services. Other employees and...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Air show officials ready for weekend
The Navy Blue Angels will soon rip through Wayne County skies -- and the Army Golden Knights will fall from them. But local officials said Seymour Johnson Air Force Base's two-day open house and air show has the potential...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
An egg-cellent Easter
Children reveled in an Easter egg hunt put on by the members of Gateway Community Church in Pikeville on Saturday....Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Mayor: Cut council salaries
Faced with a potential budget shortfall this year of more than $2 million and the possibility of cuts next year, Goldsboro Mayor Al King says he will propose that the City Council -- and himself -- cut their salaries...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Greene County has two fatalities in 24 hours
An 80-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man died less than 24 hours and one mile apart in separate traffic accidents last week in Greene County. They were the third and fourth traffic fatalities respectively thus far this year in...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Council to discuss changing city pools
The Goldsboro Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission is exploring options for the city's swimming pool operations this summer, including potentially raising rates and cutting service hours at the Goldsboro Family Y's request. Closing the Mina Weil and Peacock pools...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Schools get $5 million in lottery funds
The lottery funds are in, and on Thursday the school board voted to accept a bid and release funds for construction projects at Brogden Primary, Greenwood Middle and Mount Olive Middle schools. School officials received notification earlier in the...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
County remains out of drought
Wayne County has received enough rain in the last few weeks to keep off of the drought scale altogether. The last time the county was on the U.S. Drought Monitor scale was a month ago when it was listed as...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Open mic teen poetry cafe scheduled for Friday
The Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will sponsor an open mic teen poetry cafe in the H.V. Brown Hall Cafeteria on Friday from 7 until 9 p.m. The event is open to teens in grades...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Grant helping pay for new Foster Center equipment
Children visiting the W.A. Foster Center will have new playground equipment in the coming months, following City Council approval of an informal bid for the work. "Hopefully we'll be started May 1," said Gail Charles, interim Parks and Recreation...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Library book sale runs Friday through Sunday
The Wayne County Public Library is going to sell books in the Gertrude Weil Auditorium at the main branch on Ash Street Friday through Sunday The sale is being held by the Friends of the Library. The Friends is...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Goldsboro Fire Department still improving
Since taking over the Goldsboro Fire Department about six months ago, interim Fire Chief Gary Whaley said last week that the situation is improving and that he expects that to continue. Whaley explained that when he took over after...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Family Y holding free Healthy Kids Day event Saturday
The Family Y will sponsor a Healthy Kids Day on Saturday as part of a national effort to encourage healthy activities. The free event will be held at the Family Y on Parkway Drive. The event will include games and...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Clothing donations sought for fire victims
Two families lost their home and most of their possessions in a Goldsboro-area mobile home fire early Thursday morning. Two couples and their children are in need of clothing. Needed are men's pants size 38x32, men's shirts size 2XL,...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
New airport height rules adopted by Duplin board
KENANSVILLE -- The Duplin Board of Commissioners took a possible first step toward zoning last week by passing a land use ordinance with an updated airport height restriction. Airport Manager George Futrelle said the land use ordinance and the...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Rodeo helps others ride
PIKEVILLE -- They might have been competing Saturday for bragging rights as Wayne County's Toughest Cowgirl, but in the end it was the handicapped children who ride at the Stepping Stone therapeutic horse riding stables who were the real...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Public record
Stolen car Mary Hardy, 37, of Taylor Street, reported the theft of her gray four-door sedan. According to police, someone had taken the keys from Ms. Taylor's pocketbook. Armed robbery Claude Eugene Artis, 48, of South Slocumb Street told...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story
Girls continue family tradition at Eastern Wayne High blood drive
Seventeen-year-old Mary Margaret Davenport took a slow deep breath forcing herself to relax Tuesday as she joined the ranks of 48 first-time blood donors in the Eastern Wayne High gym. Afterward she said it wasn't that bad -- that...Published: Apr 12, 2009 2:00 AM Full Story