Man charged after airgun 'holdup' in lot

jjoyce@newsargus.com As Goldsboro police officers walked Marcus Montrell McLean to the back of a police cruiser in the rain outside a South Slocumb Street convenience store Wednesday morning, friends asked if there was anyone he wanted them to call. McLean,...

Published: Sep 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

Search results in heroin arrest

jjoyce@newsargus.com A search warrant executed on a residence along Daw Pate Road resulted in the seizure of more than $9,000 in heroin, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office reported Wednesday. Johnny Bea Artis Jr., 1886 Rosewood Road, is charged with trafficking...

Published: Sep 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

Exhibitors bring entries to fairgrounds

kballard@newsargus.com It started with a mother and daughter -- and the idea to make a quilt with the 50 official state birds embroidered on it. But after her mother passed away, Peggy Parks was forced to complete it on her...

Published: Sep 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

Grand jurors hand up 30 cases to court

jjoyce@newsargus.com A Wayne County grand jury has found sufficient evidence to charge a Goldsboro man with murder. Taurus R. Davis will face first-degree murder and armed robbery charges in connection with the Jan. 23 beating death of Robert Lee Davis,...

Published: Sep 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story

Residents living near ash pits get letters from Duke Energy

esmith@newsargus.com Residents living near the H.F. Lee power plant are receiving letters from Duke Energy after several activist groups filed lawsuits against the power company over groundwater contamination at various sites around North Carolina. The letter addresses how coal ash...

Published: Sep 25, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story