Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Ready to drop
The 15th annual New Year's Eve Pickle Drop will usher in the New Year tonight at the corner of Cucumber and Vine streets at the Mt. Olive Pickle Co. R.L. Grady, a maintenance technician specialist at the plant, and...Published: Dec 31, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Ringing in 2014 with parties, resolutions
The start of a new year has traditionally led people to set goals for themselves, whether to stop a bad habit, lose weight or simply improve their performance at work. And Wayne County residents are no different, with many...Published: Dec 31, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Driver killed in Monday accident
A Wayne County man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on U.S. 13 South between Dobbersville and Bentonville roads before 7 p.m. Monday. Deloit Cotton Best, 28, 1108 Grantham School Road, died after his vehicle, which was traveling at...Published: Dec 31, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Two charged in shooting
The Goldsboro Police Department made two arrests Monday in Goldsboro's fifth homicide of the year. Tony Jermaine Lewis, 42, 802 W. Grantham St., was gunned down in the 700 block of North Virginia Street just after noon Friday. At...Published: Dec 31, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Woman presses wrong pedal
A Goldsboro woman was injured Monday when her car struck a support pillar in front of the Rite Aid at 806 E. Ash St. just before 1 p.m. Frances Tyndall Wood, 75, 1313 N. Carolina St., dropped her grandson...Published: Dec 31, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Closings planned on holiday
Federal, state and local offices, banks and Postal Service offices will be closed Wednesday in observance of the New Year's Day holiday. Wayne County offices, the county landfill and convenience sites will be closed. Town halls in Mount Olive,...Published: Dec 31, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Open the new year with a hike
Leave the hustle and bustle of 2013 behind and walk into 2014 Wednesday with the First Day Hike at the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park. A tradition for the last four years at Cliffs of the Neuse, the...Published: Dec 31, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story