So cool

Children play under the cooling spray of a sprinkler Thursday at Cornerstone Commons. The large sprinkler was provided by the Goldsboro Fire Department, and the event was sponsored by the Downtown Goldsboro Development Corp....

Published: Jun 22, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story

Golden LEAF proposals in

Thursday was the deadline for applications from groups seeking a share of the $2 million available to Wayne County through the Golden LEAF Foundation's Community Assistance Initiative. On Tuesday, Foundation President Dan Gerlach will be in Goldsboro to review the...

Published: Jun 22, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story

Commissioners OK county budget

"It's just politics. You have got to love it." With that comment by Commissioner Steve Keen, county commissioners Thursday afternoon closed out what had turned into a raucous debate about the budget for 2012-13 -- most of which came...

Published: Jun 22, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story

Banquet celebrates Relay

Ethel Barnes smiled as she unfolded a large piece of paper -- revealing, to the dozens who gathered in the Wayne Memorial Hospital cafeteria Thursday evening, a six-figure sum. "Thank you Wayne County," she said, looking down at the number....

Published: Jun 22, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story