Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Pikeville seeks help with move
PIKEVILLE -- Expediting the move of the Pikeville Town Hall to its previous location was one of the issues discussed by the town board Monday night. Mayor Johnny Weaver and Town Administrator Kathie Fields are taking steps to acquire a...Published: Apr 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Security Forces personnel return from Afghanistan
There were no children waving American flags -- no community leaders waiting with hands extended. For more than a dozen members of the 4th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron, theirs was a more modest homecoming than those that have unfolded...Published: Apr 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
New class rules: Video learning
BEULAVILLE -- It's Wednesday night, and Tiavonni Wooten is home watching YouTube. The East Duplin sophomore is not looking for just any video. She is is watching her biology teacher's lecture on allele frequencies and evolution. She takes notes, rewinding...Published: Apr 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Officials to weigh incentive package
Wayne County commissioners this morning decided to take up an item that might soon be good news for the local economy. During the board's work session, members voted to add consideration of a public hearing for an economic development incentive...Published: Apr 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
City OKs $163,500 for planner
Work on the city's Air Force museum master plan should begin soon after the Goldsboro City Council approved a contract with a Boston-based museum consultation group at Monday's meeting. The council's approval entered the city into a $163,500 contract with...Published: Apr 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Board approves four academies for local schools
The Board of Education Monday night agreed to continue supporting vocational academies at three high schools and to add a new transportation academy on the Wayne Community College campus in the fall. The memorandum of agreement between Wayne County Public...Published: Apr 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
21-year-old dies after 1-car crash
A 21-year-old Goldsboro man died in a single-car accident late Saturday night on South Beston Road. Santos Vazquez, of Peachtree Drive, was killed after his 1998 Nissan SUV ran off the roadway about 10:28 p.m., First Sgt. Jerry Burton of...Published: Apr 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story