Saturday, November 15, 2014
Murder suspect surrenders
A day after three men were arrested and charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old mother, a fourth suspect turned himself in to police. Anthony Graham, 30, surrendered at the Goldsboro Police Department Friday afternoon and...Published: Nov 15, 2014 10:38 PM Full Story
Notorious heroin trafficker dies
A former soldier and convicted drug trafficker who was believed to have played a significant role in smuggling heroin to the United States during the Vietnam War died Tuesday. Leslie "Ike" Atkinson, 88, was convicted of orchestrating the transport of...Published: Nov 15, 2014 10:38 PM Full Story
'Holiday Cards for Heroes' event draws crowd
Many enlisted servicemen and women will not get to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with their families. So Friday, the Red Cross teamed up with Seymour Johnson Air Force Base to make that separation slightly more bearable. All it takes...Published: Nov 15, 2014 10:38 PM Full Story
Woman trapped in Mustang after wreck
Traffic on Highway 70 East near Rosewood was halted by a wreck Saturday night when Leslie Anne Lewis, of 423A Riverbend Road, pulled out into traffic, causing a Toyota Symphony van to crash into her Ford Mustang. The van's occupants,...Published: Nov 15, 2014 10:38 PM Full Story
Duplin lawmen hunt for killer
KENANSVILLE -- A Wilmington man who was under electronic house arrest for his alleged involvement in a first-degree murder is being sought in connection with a Wednesday night shooting death near Wallace. Duplin County Sheriff Blake Wallace said Friday...Published: Nov 15, 2014 10:38 PM Full Story
County allocates funds to fight Ebola
Despite the fact that the last known Ebola patient in the United States was declared clear of the virus on Nov. 11, the Wayne County Commissioners have allocated $30,000 for Ebola training and equipment in the county. "I'd like...Published: Nov 15, 2014 10:38 PM Full Story
Commissioners could approve jail design Tuesday
The design for a 217-bed misdemeanant jail could be approved by Wayne County commissioners when they meet Tuesday morning. The jail would the first phase of a larger judicial center project that would be built on county-owned property on...Published: Nov 15, 2014 10:38 PM Full Story
Council to eye demolitions
If an item on the Goldsboro City Council's consent agenda for Monday night is voted through with the rest of the agenda, the Inspections Department will begin the informal bid process for the demolition of 22 properties in the...Published: Nov 15, 2014 10:38 PM Full Story
Searching for Capt. Jarman
In a way, Sean Jarman has always been searching for his father -- an Air Force aviator who was killed in a training exercise Oct. 1, 1969. And Friday, he finally -- some 45 years later -- got many of...Published: Nov 15, 2014 10:38 PM Full Story
Police: Man solicited 12-year-old girl on Facebook
A man police say solicited a 12-year-old girl on Facebook and then engaged in sexual intercourse with her faces criminal charges, according to a Goldsboro police report. Darren Ray Howery Jr., 23, of 4704 Fields Station Road in LaGrange,...Published: Nov 15, 2014 10:38 PM Full Story