Vehicle tax rules helping collection

It will be several more months before Wayne County tax officials have a clearer picture of how much of the nearly $6 million in vehicle taxes billed annually will be collected. In prior years, the county was lucky if...

Published: Jul 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

United Way chairman: It's about people

There are no limits to what the United Way of Wayne County and its partners, recipients and supporters can accomplish if they remember the core reason that they raise money, start programs and create a better community, the organization's...

Published: Jul 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

School supply drive being planned for early August

The more visible effort, a big yellow school bus parked in the newspaper office parking lot, will take place on Friday, Aug. 1, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. for ease of dropping off donations. All items will be turned...

Published: Jul 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

Say Aaaahhhhhh

Dr. Kevin Buchholtz, left, Wayne Community College's on-site dentist, shows Sydney Singleton, 4, her teeth during pre-kindergarten dental screening held at the college on Tuesday morning. Along with dental check-ups, children also received vision and hearing tests to make...

Published: Jul 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

Health Department meets standard

The Wayne County Health Department has been re-accredited by the North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation Board. The status must be renewed every four years. The local department received its first accreditation in 2009. Prior to 2008, it was...

Published: Jul 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

Four-wheel connection

Jerry Cazeault knew the day Zephyr was born he could never let anything happen to her. "She only weighed a pound when she got here," Cazeault said. "In 19 weeks, she weighed three and a half pounds." She was...

Published: Jul 23, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story