Thursday, May 6, 2010
Commissioners set hearing on rezoning in base noise area
Wayne County Commissioners on Tuesday did everything but say outright that a rezoning request for a lot off U.S. 117 South was all but dead on arrival before finally agreeing to schedule a public hearing on the issue anyway....Published: May 6, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Planners consider rules for streets
The Wayne County Planning Board committee charged with ferreting out a way to ensure subdivision streets are maintained spent nearly two hours Wednesday night chasing possible solutions only to end the meeting the way it had started -- with...Published: May 6, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Retiring the colors
Tommy's Road Elementary School fifth-graders Conrad Tubbs folds the North Carolina flag with Mueen Muharram holding its end while David Dickens lowers the American flag in the background at the end of the school day. The students raise and...Published: May 6, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Working on the CSS Neuse
Spring Creek High School FFA students fixed up the replica of the CSS Neuse gunboat that sits in the Seven Springs Public Park in advance of the Ole Timey Days Festival to be held in the town on Saturday. From...Published: May 6, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Nelson's band's drug case hits court
KENANSVILLE -- Members of country singer Willie Nelson's band were sentenced Wednesday to pay a $25 fine for their actions following a canceled concert at the Duplin County Events Center in January. Musicians Thomas Ray Hawkins, Dudley Prewitt and Kenneth...Published: May 6, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Dog fighting suspect remains in Duplin County jail
KENANSVILLE -- A Mount Olive man, Harry Lewis Hargrove, 76, of 306 Buck Hill Road who was arrested last month on felony dog-fighting charges remains in the Duplin County Jail under a $308,000 bond, Duplin County Sheriff Blake Wallace...Published: May 6, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story
Chamber board will vote on new plan
Members of the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce board of directors had planned to vote on a new direction for the organization at Wednesday's special meeting, but not enough of them showed up. The revelation of the new strategic...Published: May 6, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story