Thursday, August 21, 2014
County seeks U.S. 117 status change
Wayne County commissioners are worried that U.S. 117 between Goldsboro and Interstate 40 is not included in proposed federal legislation designating Interstate status to two other highways in the area. Commissioners on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling on Sen....Published: Aug 21, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
County tax bills are in the mail this week
Wayne County residents have begun receiving their property tax bills. And by the end of the month, all of the 71,000 tax notices being mailed out by the county tax office should have been delivered. Taxpayers who do not...Published: Aug 21, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Shooting victim dropped at Wayne Memorial Hospital
A man who arrived at Wayne Memorial Hospital at 3:10 a.m. today with an apparent gunshot wound declined to cooperate with Goldsboro police. Adrian Devonta Warren, 21, of Woodrow Street, did not say who shot him or why. Investigators...Published: Aug 21, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Teenager robbed at gunpoint at store
A man with a handgun robbed a Rosewood teenager who was in a parked car outside the Walmart on U.S. 70 West Wednesday, Goldsboro police said. The robbery took place at 10:30 p.m. Gregory Kenneth Moser, 17, was in...Published: Aug 21, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Open houses begin
The new school year officially kicks off Monday for Wayne County Public Schools, but open house offers students the chance to find classes and to meet teachers. Open houses were held at middle and high schools on Wednesday evening. Today...Published: Aug 21, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
City to get new housing project
A Raleigh development company has been awarded $660,000 in federal tax credits to build Lochstone, an 84-unit affordable apartment complex on West Lockhaven Drive. Pendergraph Development LLC will construct the complex. Another $461,966 in tax credits went to Brookwood...Published: Aug 21, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Fremont updates its nuisance ordinance
FREMONT -- At Fremont's Board of Aldermen meeting on Tuesday night, the board voted to update its nuisance ordinance to quicken the process of abatement on any given nuisance violation. An abatement means the removal of a problem that...Published: Aug 21, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story