Wednesday, November 5, 2014
West will keep seat on board
Chris West Tuesday handily won his second term as the District 1 representative on the Wayne County Board of Education defeating newcomer Phillip Sexton. West had 3,399 votes, or 62.64 percent of the vote, to 1,191, or 36.69 percent,...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Wayne voters didn't decide to stay home
Nearly 45 percent, or 33,096, of Wayne County's 73,779 eligible voters, cast ballots in Tuesday's mid-term election. The total includes one-stop and absentee by mail. However, that number could edge up some by next week as supplement absentee and...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Pikeville alcohol vote still too close to call
The unofficial vote count is too close to determine whether beer will be allowed to be sold within the town limits of Pikeville. Wayne County Board of Elections Director Rosemary Blizzard said the initial vote tally indicates that the...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Louis Pate will stay in N.C. Senate seat
State Sen. Louis Pate, a Republican, easily defeated Democratic challenger Erik Anderson on Tuesday to retain his District 7 seat in the state Senate. Pate carried Wayne, Pitt and Lenoir counties, winning by 15,471 to 5,163 in his home county...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
It's official: He's sheriff
Lane Tree Golf Club was packed full Tuesday night as well-wishers waited for Sheriff Larry Pierce to arrive. As the night wore on, questions about Pierce's whereabouts began to ripple through the crowd. "When's he coming?" Some felt the...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Strickland edges out Grantham
Jennifer Smith Strickland was ahead in the polls for the District 4 school board seat from the moment results starting pouring in after 8 p.m. Tuesday. That held steady for the next 90 minutes, when the race was called and...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Delbridge is new district attorney
Republican Matt Delbridge defeated Democrat Terry Light by a narrow margin Tuesday to become the district attorney for Wayne, Lenoir and Greene counties. Light carried both Lenoir and Greene but it was not enough to offset the margin of...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
School board adopts $167 million plan
The Wayne County Board of Education adopted a $167.1 million budget at its meeting Monday night. The 2014-15 budget includes $21.3 million in local appropriations, $4.3 million in restricted local funds, $113.9 million in state funds, $15.8 million in...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Pikeville hires new official
PIKEVILLE -- Pikeville's town board named Michael Hunt as the new town administrator during the regular board meeting Monday night. Hunt said he looks forward to working with the residents of Pikeville -- where he will begin in roughly...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Keeping the faith
Takesha Greene would never walk again. She would never live alone. She would never own a home. A shocking diagnosis -- and the partial paralysis that resulted in it -- took those things from her. But the muscular disorder never...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Crime of the Week
On Friday, Oct. 24, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office responded to the H & H Internet Café at 2339 U.S. 117 South regarding an armed robbery that occurred at approximately 1:45 a.m. An employee of the business reported that as...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story
Cardboard City project coming to park
Cardboard City is moving to the lawn outside the Herman Park Center. Community members are invited to sleep in a cardboard box to experience -- if only for a night -- what it is like to not have a warm...Published: Nov 5, 2014 1:46 PM Full Story