Local schoolchildren celebrate the holiday

Students in Toni McCance's first-grade class at Brogden Primary School were on a mission. A turkey-saving mission. Their assignment was simple -- enlist the help of their families to come up with a clever disguise for the popular Thanksgiving...

Published: Nov 27, 2014 1:34 AM Full Story

More than a meal

Doricia Benton will not close the door. "I won't turn anyone away," she said. It's a philosophy that has left her making sandwiches during business meetings for people at her door. "To utter those words, 'We're closed,' I cannot...

Published: Nov 27, 2014 1:34 AM Full Story

'Downtown Lights Up!' rescheduled for Dec. 2

Rain, warmth and snow do not mix well. To that end, the Downtown Goldsboro Development Corp. rescheduled the annual Downtown Lights Up! that was scheduled to unfold Tuesday evening. The event will now take place Dec. 2. But other than...

Published: Nov 27, 2014 1:34 AM Full Story

Duplin eyes sex offenders

KENANSVILLE -- More than 50 law enforcement officers from the Duplin County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Marshal Service and the Department of Public Safety Division of Community Correction swept across the county early Tuesday to verify the registration compliance...

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SJAFB airmen provide holiday meal at city Boys and Girls Club

For some, Thanksgiving has many meanings. But for 7-year-old Travon Moore, explaining the holiday is pretty simple. "It was when the Pilgrims and the Indians met each other and hung out," he said. Laimear Lofton, 7, sees it differently....

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