Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Deal: Hospital, BCBS now have an agreement
After more than 18 months of active negotiations and nearly two months with no contract, officials with Wayne Memorial Hospital and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina finally reached an agreement on a new, three-year contract. The...Published: Feb 4, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Teacher dies in one-car crash
MOUNT OLIVE -- A Mount Olive resident and Duplin County Schools employee, Stephanie Hardy Alphin, 45, died today in a single-vehicle accident just after 7 a.m. on Garner Chapel Road in Duplin County, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol....Published: Feb 4, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Arrest is made in shootings
The shooting of two Goldsboro women Friday evening outside the Brookside Mart at 2000 S. Slocumb St. was not a random act of violence, the Goldsboro Police Department said Monday. A suspect is in custody. James Nathan Crawford Jr.,...Published: Feb 4, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Pierce picked for next sheriff
A Wayne County Republican Party executive committee voted unanimously Monday to nominate Larry Pierce, Mount Olive resident and head of Nahunta Pork Center, as the next sheriff of Wayne County. This morning, the Wayne County Board of Commissioners also...Published: Feb 4, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Council approves bond items; will wait on park plan
The Goldsboro City Council approved two resolutions to allow the city to seek an $18.9 million parks and recreation bond referendum in May, but chose not to accept a proposed master plan for Herman Park along with the resolutions....Published: Feb 4, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Board of Education OKs resource officers for schools
The Wayne County Board of Education approved funding of four school resource officers at 21 schools in the district and paid tribute to the late Sheriff Carey Winders, who had championed the addition. "We applied to the (N.C.) Department...Published: Feb 4, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Historian to speak on Black History Month at UMO
Dr. Freddie L. Parker will be the 2014 Black History Month speaker at the University of Mount Olive. The event will take place in Rodgers Chapel at 11 a.m. Thursday. The theme of Black History Month nationally this year...Published: Feb 4, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story