Filing period set for next round of municipal elections

The filing period has been announced for the Nov. 5 municipal and sanitary district elections in Wayne County. Filing will begin at noon on Friday, July 5, and end at noon on Friday, July 19, for five of the...

Published: Feb 11, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story

Money available to pay heat bills

Applications opened Feb. 1 to more households across the county seeking help with heating bills through the Low Income Energy Assistance Program. The application period runs through March 29 or until the funds are exhausted. There are no automatic approvals....

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Getting ready to dance

The website is live, posters are going up around town and voting has officially begun for this year's Dancing Stars of Wayne County. The third annual community fundraiser for education will be held Friday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m. at...

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Suspect arrested in thefts

A suspect in the Jan. 29 break-in at the EZ-Bait and Tackle was arrested Friday, facing charges in Wayne and Cumberland counties. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office has in custody 30-year-old Jodie Lee Steele Jr., who is charged with breaking...

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Woman in fair condition after Sunday accident

Officials at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh said today that a Greenville woman is in fair condition after being flown in Sunday following a vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 13 S. near Herring Road. Terika Jenise Albritton, 28, of 524...

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Two men to face cocaine charges

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office Drug Squad, working with the Duplin County Sheriff's Office, the Greenville Drug Task Force, the SBI and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, stopped and arrested two Greenville men suspected of transporting cocaine through Wayne County...

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