Sunday, December 22, 2013
County offices to close for most of next two weeks
For many Wayne County government employees, the Christmas season is a slow time with most offices only open for four days over the next two weeks, thanks to the Christmas and New Year's holidays, as well as the county's...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
Salvation Army, with help, makes Christmas possible
Jamesse Edmundson is a parent struggling to support her children. Being a low-income mother doesn't allow her any extras for Christmas. "But I wanted my children to have Christmas like any other child," she said. So she went to...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
On a last-minute mission
Lynley Lancaster, 6, and Colleen Lancaster, 3, had front-row seats to a Christmas music serenade by Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra in Berkeley Mall on Saturday morning. The siblings watched the animated characters on-stage with rapt attention and smiles on...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
Food, clothing giveaway grows in second year
Hundreds turned out Saturday morning for Christmas in the City, a free food and clothing distribution at St. Paul United Methodist Church. This is the second year for the pre-holiday giveaway, launched last year by a Goldsboro college student...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
County makes new ag center a priority
The committee originally formed to study the feasibility of building a $12 million Wayne County Regional Agricultural Center has expanded its scope to include the county's agriculture and agri-business community as a whole. The group, now known as the...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
Rape suspect apprehended
A man police say raped a 20-year-old Goldsboro woman in the midst of an armed robbery in an apartment in the 900 block of Hugh Street late Wednesday is in custody. Christopher McKinney Barrett, 20, of 901 Sycamore St., is...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
Power plant smokestacks imploded on Friday
The sound of explosions followed moments later by loud thuds echoed through the Old Smithfield Road area Friday morning as a demolition specialist for Duke Energy Progress imploded the smokestacks at the retired H.F. Lee power plant. The smokestacks...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
Goldsboro reported man missing
The Goldsboro Police department is asking for help from the community to locate a missing person. Ivory Terrell Yelverton, 27, left for work Thursday morning around 5 a.m., according to a Goldsboro Police Department press release. He has not...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
Former teacher facing sex charges
The Goldsboro Police Department charged former Wayne School of Engineering teacher Benjamin Randall Strickland, 28, 110 N. John St. Apt. D, with one count of indecent liberties with a student. Strickland, free on $2,000 unsecured bond, is scheduled for...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
Former deputy sentenced
Former Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy Randy Avon Thompson, 34, of 4709 Indian Springs Road, has been sentenced in Wayne County Superior Court for stealing from the office. Thompson, charged by the State Bureau of Investigation with four counts each...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
Man, 21, killed in wreck Friday
A Wayne County man was killed Friday when the vehicle he was driving ran off the road near Fremont, struck a tree and overturned. Kyle Casey, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the North Carolina Highway...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story
Municipalities also closing for Christmas
Federal offices will be closed Wednesday for the Christmas holiday, as well as on New Year's Day, Jan. 1. Post offices also will be closed those days. State offices will be closed from Tuesday through Thursday and on New Year's...Published: Dec 22, 2013 1:50 AM Full Story