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Man, 22, will face assault charge

A 22-year-old Liberty man was arrested and charged Sunday by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office in connection with a March 6 sexual assault. Justin Bryce Griffin, of 10958 N.C. Highway 49 S., Liberty, has been charged with two counts...

All-County Band

The All-County Middle School band performs under the direction of Marty Spitzer at the All-County Band Festival in the Goldsboro High School auditorium. More than 100 students from 15 Wayne County public schools took part in the annual event...

News-Argus takes home NCPA honors

Staff Writer Kenneth Fine earned five more awards and Editor Renee Carey was, again, honored for her editorial writing -- Fine has now been honored 15 times since he joined the paper in 2005. This year's winners, judges said, stood...

Kasell named North Carolinian of the Year

CHAPEL HILL -- Goldsboro native and National Public Radio broadcasting legend Carl Kasell was named North Carolinian of the Year on Thursday night by the state Press Association. The award was presented by News-Argus publisher Hal Tanner III, the...

Sandbox 'escape' Saturday

MOUNT OLIVE -- Five Mount Olive area residents will help in the form of donations this Saturday to escape from the sandboxes that they will be "trapped." And those donations will help the Mount Olive Friends of the Parks...

Local Red Cross kicks off annual Heroes Campaign

Like most people, Dave Sanderson never dreamed he'd ever need the Red Cross -- until the day he almost died in a plane crash. The last person off of USAirways flight 1549, now known as the Miracle on the...

Nurse aide testing offered

Wayne Community College Continuing Education Services will perform Nurse Aide II competency testing. The college has been approved by the N.C. Board of Nursing to do the testing. "We are receiving a high demand for this service, therefore new...