Superstar start

There was a good guy, a bad guy and plenty of "pows," wows and spirit as the United Way of Wayne County kicked off its 2010-11 campaign Thursday at the Paramount Theater. Campaign chairman Lynn Williams, as known as...

Published: Sep 10, 2010 1:46 PM Full Story

Seven Springs show to benefit handicapped

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Miss Seven Springs Annie Snodgrass doesn't wear her crown when she's volunteering at the Rocking Horse Ranch in Greenville, but the East Carolina University student still feels like a winner every time one of her therapeutic riding...

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Officials seek tips on death at local Bojangles

LAGRANGE -- The Lenoir County Sheriff's Office has released video surveillance of Bojangles in LaGrange to help it identify a murder suspect from a June shooting. Kenneth Leefe, the manager of the Bojangles restaurant on U.S. 70 in LaGrange, was...

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Ground broken for $900 million power plant

Preliminary site work is expected to begin next month on a project that will pump almost a billion-dollar investment into Wayne County. Local, state and national officials gathered Thursday morning at an overgrown field off Black Jack Church Road...

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