Saturday, November 23, 2013
Local congregation provides Thanksgiving dinner for 350 families
People began lining up by 10:30 a.m. Saturday for the Thanksgiving food basket giveaway at Goldsboro Worship Center, even though the baskets were not scheduled to be handed out until 1 p.m. "They knew there was going to be...Published: Nov 23, 2013 10:53 PM Full Story
Thanksgiving brings closures
The city of Goldsboro will be closed for Thanksgiving this Thursday, and Friday. All sanitation services scheduled for Thanksgiving Day will be serviced on Wednesday. All sanitation services for Friday will be serviced on Saturday. Customers of Carolina Southern...Published: Nov 23, 2013 10:53 PM Full Story
SJAFB's Angel Tree program brings hope to needy children
4th Fighter Wing Commander Col. Jeannie Leavitt might have been the first to pull an angel off the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base "Angel Tree," but organizers of the program designed to ensure needy military children have a Christmas...Published: Nov 23, 2013 10:53 PM Full Story
Seven Springs Christmas Parade kicks off holiday season
SEVEN SPRINGS -- Santa and Mrs. Claus were perched high atop a Seven Springs fire truck with an elf hanging onto the back as they helped the county's oldest town kick off Wayne County's Christmas parade season. Nearly 100...Published: Nov 23, 2013 10:53 PM Full Story
Livestock positions will be filled
Wayne County commissioners and local agricultural leaders are hopeful that filling two vacant livestock positions in the Cooperative Extension Service Office will ensure that the county will be able to provide the level of service needed to match its...Published: Nov 23, 2013 10:53 PM Full Story
One dead in Saturday evening crash
A head-on collision Saturday evening just north of Mount Olive claimed the life of one person and injured several others. The extent of the injuries and the names of those involved were not available prior to press time Saturday...Published: Nov 23, 2013 10:53 PM Full Story
Dillard Middle School student injured by fallen light fixture
A 12- or 13-year-old female student at Dillard Middle School, 1101 S. Devereaux St., was injured by glass from a falling light fixture inside the school's gym before 10 a.m. Friday, the Goldsboro Police Department said. Due to her...Published: Nov 23, 2013 10:53 PM Full Story
Goldsboro, Mount Olive parades on tap
The Goldsboro Christmas Parade, led by the Young Professionals for the first time this year, is back on track following slow registration earlier this month. As of Friday morning, 95 floats were entered into the Dec. 7 parade The...Published: Nov 23, 2013 10:53 PM Full Story
Blue Cross and Blue Shield makes 'final offer'
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina officials announced Friday afternoon that they have given Wayne Memorial Hospital their "final offer." "We delivered to them yesterday (Thursday) our final offer," BCBS spokeswoman Michelle Douglas said. "It is a...Published: Nov 23, 2013 10:53 PM Full Story