Friday, April 25, 2014
Survivors all
Roy Mason received his diagnosis just two months ago -- prostate cancer. He will undergo three dozen radiation treatments. So far, he has had five. "I'm feeling all right," he said Thursday night. "I'm just wrung out. I don't...Published: Apr 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Ride offer ends with robbery
A Dudley man who offered to give a woman a ride instead found himself the victim of a kidnapping and armed robbery Thursday, according to a Goldsboro police report. Harry Thomas Oates, 46, of 372 Emmaus Church Road, told...Published: Apr 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Final checks being made for pickle festival
The streets of Mount Olive will be filled with thousands of people Saturday as the North Carolina Pickle Festival returns for its 28th year. The all-day event will have an abundance of special events in store for the whole...Published: Apr 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Ballots cast on first day of early voting
Nearly 200 people voted in Wayne County on Thursday during the first day of one-stop early voting for the May 6 primary. Of the 197 votes cast, 177 were at the Board of Elections Office at 209 S. William...Published: Apr 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Man dies in one-car wreck
A single-vehicle accident on Tear Shirt Road in Duplin County Thursday claimed the life of a Mount Olive man, the N.C. State Highway Patrol said. The accident took place just before 9:30 p.m. Jimmy Dean Williamson, 50, 184 Jim...Published: Apr 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Military spouse among those taking citizenship oath Saturday
Mei Parker left her home in Malaysia at 21, when she married her military husband. They initially lived in California before settling in Fayetteville. After 25 years in the U.S., she has been in this country longer than her homeland....Published: Apr 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Youth compete for livestock honors
DUDLEY -- If Hank had known that winning Grand Champion Beef Calf of the Wayne County Junior Livestock Show and Sale would get him a blue ribbon, he might not have given his handler such a hard time in...Published: Apr 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Leadercast set to return to University of Mount Olive on May 9
Leadercast, an all-day leader development broadcast, will return to Mount Olive this year May 9. Featuring speeches from international leaders, the actual conference is held in Atlanta, Ga., and then broadcast to hundreds of different sites through the nation....Published: Apr 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Fremont STEP program drawing businesses' attention
FREMONT -- The Fremont Small Town Economic Prosperity team is gaining attention from area businesses for the work it is trying to do to improve Fremont. At its meeting Tuesday night, new local business owner, Shelia May, owner of A...Published: Apr 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Commissioner resigns
Republican Wayne County Commissioner Steve Keen gives up his post to work with Gov. Pat McCrory's staff....Published: Apr 25, 2014 12:13 PM Full Story