Hospital on the rise

Construction on the new state-of-the-art Cherry Hospital is ahead of schedule, as officials say they are, meanwhile, using the time to create a "new Cherry" internally. Projected completion date for the psychiatric facility is late November 2012, with patients moved...

Published: Mar 7, 2011 1:46 PM Full Story

Two face drug charges after weekend raid

MOUNT OLIVE -- Two men, one from Mount Olive and the other from Faison, are facing a combined total a 13 drug-related charges following a weekend raid. Didymus Jamar-Burl Pearsall, 34, of Beems Street in Mount Olive was arrested...

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Goldsboro City Council will discuss House deannexation bill

The Goldsboro City Council will hear from a representative of the North Carolina League of Municipalities today on a bill pending in the Legislature that would rescind the annexation of the Salem Church Road area. The discussion will take...

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ABC board targets alcohol sales to minors

An early Sunday morning raid last month at Lamar's Mexican Restaurant in the 700 block of South George Street was developed after law enforcement, including local ABC officials, received complaints about the restaurant. It is that kind of information that...

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