State rests

The state has rested its case against Leonard Eugene Joyner, one of four men charged in the alleged Sept. 9, 2012 kidnapping and murder of 16-year-old Goldsboro High School student Kennedy McLaurin Jr. For complete coverage of what transpired in...

Published: Mar 25, 2014 4:01 PM Full Story

The witnesses

State witness No. 13: Goldsboro Police Department Det. Dwayne Bevell (continued from Friday) -- Bevell, by answering the questions posed by Assistant District Attorney Matthew Delbridge, reminded the jury that when his testimony was halted Friday afternoon, he was talking...

Published: Mar 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

School board OKs contract

At a special called meeting Monday afternoon, the Wayne County Board of Education approved a contract with Moseley Architects of Morrisville to proceed on renovations and small projects at five district schools. The school board had announced in October...

Published: Mar 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

'He was still alive'

The witnesses agreed that Kennedy McLaurin Jr. was still alive after a gunshot rang out on Bain Street Sept. 9, 2012 -- that the 16-year-old continued to struggle with both the driver and a passenger of the car he was...

Published: Mar 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

All-County Band Festival to be held Thursday

More than 110 band students from 15 middle and high schools will showcase their instrumental talents on Thursday, as Wayne County Public Schools' annual All-County Band Festival is held at Dillard Middle School at 7 p.m. Accomplished professionals are...

Published: Mar 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

Live from the courtroom -- Joyner on trial

Follow all the action unfolding in Courtroom No. 1, as the state attempts to convince a Wayne County jury that Leonard Eugene Joyner is guilty of first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping in connection with the 2012 death of 16-year-old Kennedy...

Published: Mar 25, 2014 9:26 AM Full Story