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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

BCBS, hospital head back to table

A meeting Monday between Wayne Memorial Hospital CEO Bill Paugh and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina CEO Brad Wilson did not bring an end to the current impasse over the future of their relationship, but it...

Group aims to help veterans

A small nonprofit group with a mission to help heal America's war wounded is working locally to ease the transition from battlefield to homefield. Operation Second Chance was formed in 2004 to assist wounded, injured and ill combat veterans...

Commission takes on request to change residential zoning

The Goldsboro Planning Commission voted on a batch of planning issues, including a controversial rezoning, at its meeting Monday night. The Planning Commission will present its recommendations to the City Council at its next meeting. A request to rezone residential...

At the park

With the Wayne County Public Schools being out Monday for a teacher workday, children  flocked to Herman Park to take advantage of their day off and the near 70 degree weather. Here, Ryan Hall, 3, of Goldsboro, climbs out...

County targets mobile homes

Wayne County officials say they don't know how many abandoned mobile homes dot the countryside. "I can just tell you that it seems they are around every corner, and it is not always a case where we can take...

Police hunt for shooting suspect

Two weeks after a Goldsboro man was shot to death as he got up to answer a knock at the door at 1000 Devereaux St., no arrests have been made. Investigators are following up on leads, Goldsboro Police Chief...

Man jailed for home invasion arrested in West Virginia

A Goldsboro man wanted by police in connection with a home invasion on North Claiborne Street in September is being held in the Wayne County Jail under a $100,000 secured bond after he was extradited from West Virginia back...