Edwards charged with murder

Word circulating throughout the city of Goldsboro, police say, led 24-year-old suspected murderer Jamel Rashon Edwards to turn himself in voluntarily to police Thursday, just after 7:45 p.m. Edwards was charged with an open count of murder for the Dec....

Published: Dec 28, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story

WCC instructor in top 10 for teacher of year

A beloved history instructor at Wayne Community College has been named one of 10 semi-finalists for the N.C. community college system's teacher of the year award. Charlotte Brow was among 58 candidates for the annual honor. And while she may...

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'Til next year

Ashley Lanier takes down holiday decorations with the help of Scott Smith at Barnes Jewelers. "It's kind of sad, we work really hard to make the store beautifully decorated and it takes no time to take it down," Ms....

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Bartlett retiring from city

A lot has changed since Neil Bartlett began his career with the city in 1978. Only days from his Dec. 31 retirement, he said when he started out as the athletics supervisor for Parks and Recreation fresh out of...

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Animal shelter hours to change

Changes in operating hours at the Wayne County Adoption and Education Center, a voucher program to encourage spaying and neutering, and using an outside cleaning contractor for non-kennel areas were approved recently by the county's Animal Control Advisory Committee. The...

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Friday fire

Firefighters from Dudley, Arrington and Mar-Mac volunteer fire departments responded to a working structure fire around 1:40 a.m. this morning at 1574 Old Mount Olive Highway. No one was home at the time of the blaze, and Dudley fire...

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