District will eye toy gun incident

No laws were broken and no school district policies violated in last Friday's "enrichment lesson" involving a staff member and a toy gun at Eastern Wayne Middle School, a spokesman for the Wayne County Public Schools said Wednesday. The...

Published: Oct 17, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story

Housing Authority gets $462K grant

The Goldsboro Housing Authority is hitting the ground running following the news that it has been chosen to receive $462,000 in grant funding to develop its programs in Goldsboro Section 8 housing areas. The grant is funded through the...

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Witness helps GPD solve case

A witness to a residential break-in in progress led Goldsboro police officers to the arrest of two suspects at about noon Wednesday. An unidentified third suspect remains free. Emmanuel Pigford IV and Takel Miller, both 21, are charged with...

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Salmonella tops communicable disease list in Wayne

Keeping track of communicable diseases is an intense job, the director of the program told the Wayne County Board of Health. "Communicable disease is a core public health function and public health provides education, prevention surveillance and outbreak investigation,"...

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Bentonville Battlefield to hold festival Saturday

FOUR OAKS -- The rustle of leaves and the crackle of the open hearth will greet visitors to Bentonville Battlefield for the historic site's civilian living history program and fall festival on Saturday, Oct. 19. The program will include...

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