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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Huffman takes job as city manager in Mississippi

A city council unanimously agreed Tuesday that Joe Huffman should be its next city manager. But it wasn't Goldsboro's board. More than a month after announcing his retirement from city government, Huffman has accepted the same position in Pascagoula, Miss.,...

29-year-old charged in sex case

Andra Edwards, a 29-year-old man, has been charged by Goldsboro police in the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl with whom he shared a residence on the 800 block of Rudolph Street. Two families, a total of four people,...

Window twin

Dandre Faison takes advantage of spring-like temperatures to get the windows clean at his father's church, the House of Deliverance on Mulberry Street in Goldsboro. Temperatures have been unseasonably warm in North Carolina this week as much of the rest...

AT&T, workers raise $50K for United Way

Donations totaling almost $51,000 from AT&T and employees at its Goldsboro Call Center were presented Wednesday morning to United Way of Wayne County. Employees at the call center, as well as other AT&T employees who live in Goldsboro, raised $40,093...

Motivational rally tonight

Unity Baptist Church will host a rally featuring Bob Holmes, "The One Man Volleyball Team," 6:30 p.m. today at Mount Olive College. Holmes has been to several area schools, playing the students and faculty, and then giving a speech about...

Habitat seeking home bids

Habitat for Humanity of Goldsboro-Wayne is looking for companies to bid on work for the nonprofit agency's next set of homes. Expecting to build eight to 10 homes during the 2011-12 fiscal year, Habitat for Humanity of Goldsboro-Wayne is looking...

Butterfield says Congress is working to build bipartisan relationships

It was not by accident that Charlotte was chosen to host the 2012 National Democratic Convention, 1st District U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield said during a Wednesday morning stop in Wayne County. "There is a purpose behind it, and it...