Monday, March 31, 2014
Fighting cancer with clippers
Rosalie and Chad Cobb have helped raise more than $100,000 in the five years they have been organizing the local St. Baldrick's Foundation fundraiser for children's cancer research. They would not be deterred by rain Saturday. Tents erected outside...Published: Mar 31, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Music makers
Wayne County Public Schools' All-County Band Fest 2014 was held Thursday at Dillard Middle School....Published: Mar 31, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Longtime professor dies at 97
MOUNT OLIVE -- Lorelle Franck Martin, the much-beloved and founding member of the Mount Olive College faculty, died early Sunday following a period of declining health. She was 97. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 to 8...Published: Mar 31, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
County will add to loan request
Wayne County commissioners not only will apply for up to an additional $1 million through North Carolina's Eastern Region, they will consider setting aside some of the funds for county projects. Earlier this month commissioners applied for, and received...Published: Mar 31, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Joyner found guilty
Guilty of first-degree murder. After nearly five hours of deliberations that began Thursday afternoon and resumed, after a three-day break, this morning, a jury returned a guilty verdict for Leonard Joyner, 23, in connection with the 2012 murder of...Published: Mar 31, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Commission to take look at department mergers
Wayne County commissioners Tuesday morning will hold a public hearing on the proposed consolidation of four of the county's volunteer fire service districts. Under the proposal, New Hope and East Wayne fire service districts would merge to become New...Published: Mar 31, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Driver killed in car crash
MOUNT OLIVE -- A 23-year-old Mount Olive woman died in a one-vehicle wreck early Sunday morning just north of town. Crystal L. Grant of Jurney Street was pronounced dead at the scene on U.S. 117 Alternate about three-tenths of...Published: Mar 31, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Guilty
Leonard Eugene Joyner has been found guilty of first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping for his role in the Sept. 9, 2012, death of 16-year-old Kennedy McLaurin Jr. For complete details, see today's News-Argus....Published: Mar 31, 2014 11:13 AM 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 31, 2014 9:30 AM Full Story