Sunday, October 12, 2014
Mmm, Mmm good ... and a good cause, too
"Unbelievable," Ed Cogdell said as he watched the long line of people moving through the serving line for Ed's Southern Food & Spirits. He was particularly excited with the response since his new restaurant will not open until Oct....Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Business as usual, County Registrar Lois Mooring says
It should be business as usual when the Wayne County Register of Deeds office opens Monday despite a federal judge's ruling late Friday that overturned the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. At least that is what Wayne County...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Metzger trial resumes Monday
After a jury was selected in the first-degree murder trial of a man charged in the 2011 death of his sister, the defendant, for a second time since proceedings began, spoke to Wayne County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Restaurant robbed at gunpoint on Friday
A lone gunman pointed a handgun at a cashier and four customers in a restaurant Friday night before making off with $175.90 in cash in one of two Friday armed robberies being investigated by Goldsboro police. No one was...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Two victims identified in fatal crash
The N.C. Highway Patrol has released the names of the two people killed in a head-on collision early Friday morning. Robert Arthur McKenzie, 34, of Walstonburg, and Caycee Lyn Smith, 43, of Farm Club Road, Goldsboro, died when their...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Seminar planned for WCPS parents
Wayne County Public Schools will host its 18th annual districtwide parent seminar this week, featuring one of the original "Freedom Writers" as keynote speaker. The Title I program will hold "Empowering Parents for Student Success" on Thursday at 9...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Unpaid lunch bills are costing local schools
Parents not sending in lunch money is contributing to larger cafeteria write-offs, to the tune of more than $170,000 last year, officials said. Beverly Boltinhouse, finance officer for Wayne County Public Schools, shared the concern with both the district...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
GATEWAY will apply for grant to help balance its budget
GATEWAY Director Fred Fontana Tuesday is looking for ways to tweak his budget so that cuts in transportation funding won't result in higher costs for riders. A joint venture of the county and city, GATEWAY is expected to lose...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Deputies catch man inside a county home
Wayne County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to a suspicious person report in Princeton Thursday night found a man dressed in all black inside a residence. The homeowner was not home. Joseph Lee Braswell, 22, of 210 Dennis Drive, Princeton,...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
University to offer degree in leadership
MOUNT OLIVE -- A new leadership degree is being offered at the University of Mount Olive. Designed and developed for adults, this program provides students with the ability to determine the appropriate situations to effectively apply leadership models, university...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Meet the princess
After receiving the Miss Congeniality Award at Saturday night's 40th annual Wayne County Fire Princess Pageant, Haley Cannon was content. "I got Miss Congeniality and I said, 'I am set. I am ecstatic for whoever wins,'" she said. "It...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Wayne School of Engineering honored for graduation rate
Wayne School of Engineering has been recognized as one of 43 schools in North Carolina to have a 100 percent graduation rate for the 2013-14 school year. The N.C. Department of Public Instruction honored 12 school districts and 43...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Watergate investigator to speak Monday at college
On the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal, the Foundation of Wayne Community College is bringing one of its lead investigators to Goldsboro to speak Monday night. Raleigh attorney G. Eugene "Gene" Boyce will reflect on his role with...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Children learn how to stay safe, have fun
The sun turned out and so did Wayne County families, eager to see what all the fun was about at the 20th Annual KidsFest and Family Safety Day at Berkeley Mall Saturday. Fire trucks and emergency response vehicles lined...Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story
Taxi driver says he was robbed
A Webb Town Taxi driver told Goldsboro police he was assaulted and robbed by two women last week. Jerry Lofton, 65, said he was standing outside of the taxi service, located at 616 E. Elm St., at 6:30 p.m....Published: Oct 12, 2014 1:50 AM Full Story