Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Blackbeard's 'loot'
Artifacts from Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge will be on display at the Gov. Charles B. Aycock Birthplace in Fremont through May 24. Visitors will see cannonballs, platters, a gun flint and other objects that were recovered from the wreck...Published: Apr 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Junior Livestock Show
The Junior Livestock Show weigh-in will begin today at 3 p.m. at the Wayne County Agricultural Fairgrounds with the show to follow on Thursday. The show is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Thursday with the goat show followed...Published: Apr 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
One-stop voting begins Thursday
One-stop early voting for the May 6 primary starts Thursday at the Wayne County Board of Elections office, 209 S. William St., and at First Congregational Church, 215 Sleepy Creek Road, Dudley. It will continue on Friday, then all...Published: Apr 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Goldsboro police officer assaulted by suspect
A Goldsboro police officer assaulted in the 900 block of South Slocumb Street during the apprehension of a suspect Tuesday night suffered only scrapes and bruises. Jonathan Junior Oneal, 24, of 808 Heather Ann Lane, is charged with resisting,...Published: Apr 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Police: No new leads in shooting
Goldsboro police have no new leads in the shooting of a 51-year-old woman at The Reserve at Bradbury Place Saturday afternoon. The suspect remains unidentified. Lori Ruth Pate is recovering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen after a...Published: Apr 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Democrats gather
For a while Tuesday night, Goldsboro's $18.9 million recreation bond referendum threatened to turn a forum to showcase Democratic candidates into a debate on the bond's merits. Questions about the bond, and a brief exchange between District 5 state...Published: Apr 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
SJAFB airmen defuse 'threat'
A suspicious package making "an alarm sound" in the parking lot of the Rite Aid at 100 S. Berkeley Blvd. prompted an evacuation of the surrounding area Tuesday evening. Bomb disposal experts from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base dismantled...Published: Apr 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Two Wayne students will attend Governor's School
Two Wayne County Public Schools students have accepted invitations to attend the 2014 Governor's School of North Carolina session this summer. Governor's School is the oldest statewide summer residential program for academically and intellectually gifted high school students in...Published: Apr 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
University of Mount Olive seeks fine arts series
MOUNT OLIVE -- The University of Mount Olive is looking for interested supporters of the arts who want to see more fine arts events in southern Wayne County. Mary Kerstetter, volunteer chair of the newly created Fine Arts Circle,...Published: Apr 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Crime of the Week
On Tuesday, April 15, Stanley Bowers reported that an unknown black male approached him in the parking lot of J.C. Penney. After asking Mr. Bowers for a cigarette, the unknown male snatched an envelope of money from his shirt...Published: Apr 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story