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A Halloween treat

Dressed as Superman, Heath Taylor, 4, waves to students in the upper school during the annual costume parade at Wayne Country Day earlier this morning. Students from the lower grades show off their costumes to family and schoolmates by...

Police investigate murder

The Goldsboro Police Department is investigating the death of an unidentified woman found in a van on Humphrey Street this morning. The vehicle was peppered with bullet holes. Maj. Al King said the cause of death will not be known...

Carver Heights awarded grant for students' iPads

Christmas is coming early to Carver Heights Elementary School. The school learned this week that it is one of 114 schools in 29 states named the recipient of a ConnectED grant -- with each student to receive an iPad,...

BCBS letters confuse customers

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina sent letters to everyone who will be affected by the 2015 rate increases this week, but about 42,000 customers received information with erroneous premium amounts. The error only affected customers who were...

Wayne Arts Council helps pumpkin carvers create ghouls from gourds

Alora Stanton grimaced as she plopped a pile of pumpkin guts onto the table. "It feels gross," she said. It was her first time carving a pumpkin. Alora is a huge fan of pumpkin pie, but she less than impressed...

Breast cancer diagnosis served as wake-up call for local woman

A debilitating case of vertigo and nausea led to Rosalyn Lomax being diagnosed with breast cancer. "One physician had apparently noticed some lymph nodes and had inquired about the date of my next mammogram, so my own doctor scheduled...

Fremont STEP meeting held Tuesday

FREMONT -- Fremont's Small Town Economic Prosperity committee met Tuesday night to discuss what Fremont has to offer for retirees. There is more than meets the eye in Fremont, Mayor Darron Flowers said, who compiled the list of Fremont's...

Six-time cancer survivor says she has the will to keep up fight

Jennifer Lucas is a cancer survivor -- not once, but six times. The 70-year-old battled her first round with cancer in 1976 when she discovered a lump in her left breast. Her doctor removed the lumps and some lymph nodes....