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Friday, December 20, 2013

A project from the heart

The "quietest Santa ever" made his entrance at Herman Park Center on Thursday morning, where more than 100 middle and high school Life Skills students gathered for the third annual Winter Dance, sponsored by Rosewood High School DECA Club...

Police looking for rape suspect

The Goldsboro Police Department is searching for a suspect in the wake of an alleged first-degree rape, kidnapping and robbery with a gun that took place at a Hugh Street apartment just after 11 p.m. Wednesday. A known suspect,...

Pikeville man sentenced

GREENVILLE -- A Pikeville man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for the armed robbery of banks in Roanoke Rapids and Myrtle Beach, S.C., and for the attempted robbery of a Fremont bank. Brian Garland Lancaster,...

Man charged with assault

A Goldsboro man is in the Wayne County Jail today, held without bond, after he allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend with a hammer. Goldsboro police charged Kenneth Preston Sutton, 35, 1903-B E. Holly St., with assault with a deadly weapon...

City debuts new reporting system

After going live earlier this month, the city's new public service request reporting system, 311GIS, is allowing the city Public Works Department to respond to service calls faster and with less paper waste. The software is available over the...

Man charged in attack on girlfriend

A Hugh Street woman was held against her will and beaten inside the vehicle of her assailant just before 11 a.m. Thursday, according to a Goldsboro police report. The woman's sister was able to rescue her and call police....

Police Department offers safety tips for the holiday season

Cpl. Marissa Davis and the Goldsboro Police Department would like to wish the city of Goldsboro and Wayne County a Merry Christmas and happy-yet-safe holiday season. Cpl. Davis, of the Crime Prevention Unit, offers these safety tips to holiday...