Thursday, April 24, 2014
County sets meeting to eye school funding
Wayne County commissioners have called a special session for 10 a.m. Friday "to discuss and act upon" the construction and financing method for new Grantham and Spring Creek middle schools. School board Chairman John Grantham said this morning his...Published: Apr 24, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Loss of tax money would hurt city coffers
The North Carolina General Assembly is tossing around a proposal to limit the municipal privilege tax to $100 per business, a move that could cost the city of Goldsboro $430,000 in 2015. The draft proposal for the bill, approved by...Published: Apr 24, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Cornhole competitors
Arthur Herring, right, throws a beanbag while Bob Whitaker gets ready for his turn Wednesday morning at Herman Park Center. Both of them, along with other members of the Fifty Plus Group, meet twice a month to play cornhole...Published: Apr 24, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Lawmen arrest another meth 'dealer'
PIKEVILLE -- The Goldsboro/Wayne County Interagency Drug Task Force and SBI raided another methamphetamine manufacturing operation Tuesday, this time in Pikeville. Marc Alan Kearney, 41, of 135 Kent Lane, is charged with seven counts of possession and distribution of...Published: Apr 24, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Local youths showing off livestock today
DUDLEY -- Moxy wasn't exactly cooperating during his practice runs -- and there wasn't a whole lot his 12-year-old handler could do about it. "You can manhandle a goat, but you can't manhandle a cow," John Avery Sasser said....Published: Apr 24, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Battle against heroin lands another in jail
The Goldsboro/Wayne County Interagency Drug Task Force is continuing its crackdown on heroin distribution in and around Wayne County. As a result of a search warrant executed on a residence in Goldsboro Wednesday, the task force has made an...Published: Apr 24, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story