Officials: County won't lose Rural Center incentive grants

Wayne County has been assured that it will still receive $425,000 in economic-incentive grants promised by the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center despite the state's freezing of the Center's funding. Nor is the closing of the state's Biofuels Center...

Published: Aug 5, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story

Firefighters plan to eye study

The study that examined the operations of the county's volunteer fire departments provides a mixed bag of findings for the departments to consider, said Delbert Edwards, president of the Wayne County Firemen's Association. Wayne County commissioners last month declined...

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Library plan on county agenda

The Wayne County Commissioners Facilities Committee will reconvene Tuesday at 7 a.m. to make its decision on a design/build team to construct the new Steele Memorial Library in Mount Olive. The full Board of Commissioners could give final approval...

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Woman on bail charged in armed robbery

A Dudley woman awaiting trial on armed robbery and first-degree kidnapping charges is back in jail after being charged with armed robbery again. Regina Speight, 37, of 122 Heather-Ann Lane, is back in the Wayne County Jail under a...

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