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Team helps stranded boaters with stalled craft

The Arr-Mac Water Response Team launched its craft into the Neuse River Sunday afternoon to rescue a pair of stranded boaters. Bradley Knapp and Corey Fletcher, both of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, found themselves in trouble on the...

Officers searching for alleged trafficker

The Goldsboro/Wayne County Interagency Drug Task Force is searching for an alleged Florida-based drug trafficker whom they say has taken up residence in Wayne County. Authorities so far have released only a name. No photos or descriptions of the...

Target: Graduation

The barriers to graduation might have some common themes, but the county schools' success coaches have to do more than stick to an academic script to encourage students in their schools to set their sights on a diploma. And...

Suspect will face three drug charges

A federal investigation conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and the Goldsboro-Wayne County Drug Squad resulted in an arrest Friday. Brandon Wayne Woodruff, 32, of 423 Hinnant Road in Pikeville, is in...

Military spouses get 'thank-yous'

Tucking a child carrier under one arm and holding the hands of her two daughters with the other, Sarah Trosclair added a fourth bundle to her full armload -- one shoe box. Despite adding to her juggling act, the...

County weighs 911 call center

Wayne County commissioners for years have discussed the need not only to expand the county's E911 Call Center, but to add a backup center as well. The process had been moving along until February 2011 when plans for a...

Optimist Club offers summer computer camp

The Optimist Club of Goldsboro's second annual Computers4Kids Summer Camp will be held in July. The camp will provide students with the skills necessary to refurbish and to build their own functional computer systems from parts obtained from used...