Sunday, September 28, 2014
Pikeville group plans to place wreaths
PIKEVILLE -- American Legion Post 541 Commander James Carter is hoping for a repeat of the post's successful participation last year in the Wreaths Across America program. Thanks to the community's response, the post was able to purchase and to...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
She's the queen
A 14-year-old with aspirations of becoming a neo-natal nurse was named 2014 Queen of the Fair Friday night. The annual contest, which helps kick off the 10-day Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair, was held in the entertainment arena with eight...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Murder trial slated for early October
For six days in August 2011, Goldsboro police searched for a Goldsboro News-Argus employee who failed to show up for work one Friday. More than three years later, one of the people charged in connection with her murder is set...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
GATEWAY ridership gets look
GATEWAY's board of directors spent Thursday afternoon's meeting analyzing ridership numbers and the cost of implementing an automated tracking system for rural route vehicles. Ridership numbers, detailed by GATEWAY director Alfred Fontana in his director's update, revealed that the...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Interstate status being sought for U.S. 70 and 117
A bipartisan bill to designate the U.S. 70 and U.S. 117 highway corridors as future interstates has been filed by U.S. Reps. G.K. Butterfield and Walter B. Jones. Sens. Kay Hagan and Richard Burr also are expected to file...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Southern Bank announces new positions
Southern Bank and Trust Co. officials have announced that Lemuel D. Uzzell has joined the bank's Goldsboro office as vice president/commercial lender, and that Jane P. Thomas has joined the LaGrange office as a loan officer assistant. A native...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Operation Christmas Child is gearing up
Once again this year, hundreds of Wayne County residents will gather up shoe boxes and stuff them with holiday gifts for children overseas who might not otherwise have a holiday. Operation Christmas Child sends thousands of such boxes around...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
New method of treating hog waste developed
In 1992, Don Lloyd saw his first hog farm. He was astounded by the lagoon system, the smell and the waste. North Carolina is second in the nation for hog production. Lloyd says hog waste is 27 times stronger than...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Couple faces meth charges
A Dudley couple face charges of purchasing pseudoephedrine for the manufacture of methamphetamine, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said. Christopher Edward Ward, 33, and Ashley Widener, 25, are charged with a single count each of possession and distribution of...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Health chief: No cases of enterovirus in Wayne
While no cases of the enterovirus D68, or EV-D68, have been reported locally, the county health director said education and prevention are still important. The state Department of Health and Human Services confirmed six cases of the virus earlier...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Community comes out to support literacy effort
More than 60 people gathered at the home of Dave Ham and Betty Duncan on Park Avenue Saturday to enjoy the works and stories of two famous authors -- and to support literacy efforts in their community. The annual...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Youths show lambs at fair Saturday
Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. Anna Brooke Taylor's little lamb has a blue ribbon. The 10-year-old competed in the Junior Lamb Show Saturday at the Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair. It is her third...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Fair competition results
FRIDAY Open Junior Meat Goat Show Grand champion: Haylie Williams, Halifax Reserve grand champion: Rachel Murphy, Four Oaks Showmanship: Age 5-8: Kinsey Bagley, Angier Age 9-13: Stacie Winner, Battleboro Age 14-19: Alan Johnson, Mount Olive Queen of the Fair Pageant...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
She really has been behind the same desk for 41 years
Charlotte Jenkins knows a little something about conservation. She has sat behind the same desk in the same location since she started working with the Wayne County Soil and Water office on April 13, 1973. She has outlasted the...Published: Sep 28, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story