Scratching pays off for lottery winner

Wayne County resident Richard Daveler isn't in trouble anymore for making stops at four or five gas stations to buy lottery tickets every day after work. Not since one of those tickets won his family $1 million. "The wife...

Published: Jan 6, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story

Bus driver charged in Thursday afternoon accident

A middle school bus driver has been charged following a three-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon near the school grounds. The incident occurred shortly after school was dismissed at Eastern Wayne Middle School, said Ken Derksen, public information officer for the...

Published: Jan 6, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story

Four city men charged in drug investigation

Four Goldsboro men have been charged in connection with an investigation by the Goldsboro-Wayne County Drug Task Force and the Wayne County Sheriff's Office ACE team. Rashad Jaquan Burt, 22, and Antonio Donquell Braswell, 21, both of 103 Tiffany...

Published: Jan 6, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story

Public record

High-powered firearms, electronics taken in area break-ins *Rance Swicord reported a break-in at his home in the 200 block of Brewington Drive in Dudley that occurred Wednesday. The suspect(s) gained entry by prying open a side door. Once inside, the...

Published: Jan 6, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story

UNC planetarium makes stops at local schools

Dillard Middle School students visited Morehead Planetarium Thursday without leaving school grounds. Thanks to PLANETS -- Portable Learning for All North Carolina's Elementary Teachers and Students -- a 20-foot inflatable dome was set up in the school gymnasium, allowing two...

Published: Jan 6, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story