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Air show parking on council agenda

Two issues involving the Air Force are expected to be discussed at length during Monday's Goldsboro City Council meeting, and while one isn't expected to impact the city for quite some time, the other, officials said, is a far...

Neighborhood was already dangerous

Renada McLamb knows a type of pain she wouldn't wish on anyone, a type of pain nobody should ever have to endure. She is a mother who has lost a child -- her 3-year-old baby who fell victim to...

Man dies in crash early Saturday morning

A Goldsboro man died early Saturday morning after the driver of the car he was riding in -- who was allegedly intoxicated at the time of the wreck -- lost control of the vehicle and hit a utility pole. Stephen...

Best was trying to change his life

For nearly three weeks Derrick Raymont Best was on the run, law enforcement officials unable to find him. But for the last three days before his arrest on Wednesday, one person knew where he was, his girlfriend Keshona Baker....

Wayne Country Day comes in second in state writing contest

Wayne Country Day School recently captured second place in a statewide writing contest under the umbrella of the newly formed N.C. Association for Scholastic Activities, with one student from the group earning first place for creative writing. NCASA promotes...

'To Arms! To Arms!': Bentonville history

Youth from across eastern North Carolina stand ready for drill by the Sixth North Carolina Company I on Saturday at Bentonville Battlefield's 146th anniversary event, "To Arms! To Arms! The Union is Dissolved: Mustering Soldiers Off to War."...

Five to compete in Miss Goldsboro Scholarship Pageant Saturday

Five young women will compete Saturday, March 26 for the title of Miss Goldsboro. The Miss Goldsboro Scholarship Pageant is a preliminary to the Miss North Carolina and Miss America Scholarship pageants. The event will be held at Wayne...

Diabetes mall walk set for Tuesday

Members of the Epsilon Phi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority are inviting people to join them in the "Million Challenge," on Tuesday for Diabetes Alert Day. The walk will be held at Berkeley Mall from 5:30 to...

Public record

Crime not a game, most of the time Two men alledgedly stole 43 DVDs and six Playstation 2 games from the Rosewood WalMart Thursday. A store employee told Goldsboro police that two males took the merchandise into the garden...