Officials break ground on new middle schools

Wayne County officials broke ground Thursday for two new middle schools residents have hoped for -- for years. Mark Hood has been part of the Grantham community for 71 years. Now, he is finally going to see a new Grantham...

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Banquet honors county's Purple Heart recipients

The First Church of Goldsboro is a starkly different setting than Chu Lai, Vietnam. But for Ken Quakenbush, both places have one thing in common: the Purple Heart. The Goldsboro/Wayne Purple Heart Foundation held its annual ceremony Thursday night...

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Two men get jail time for murders

The state accepted guilty pleas in two separate murder cases in Wayne County Superior Court Wednesday. One of the cases dates back six years. Herman Philip Best, 51, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the June 2008 beating death...

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Legislators share their thoughts on budget, Medicaid

Medicaid is a broken system in North Carolina -- broken so badly that state legislators won't have time during what remains of their short session to effectively tackle it, state Sen. Louis Pate said Thursday. While Medicaid reform was the...

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