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Schools to open on time

New middle schools under construction in the Grantham and Spring Creek communities will open on time next August despite rain delays that have all but erased early construction gains. Both sites are muddy, particularly Grantham, said Ryan Carter of...

Crews salt; ice skips

State road crews dumped 50 tons of salt on Wayne County's bridges and overpasses overnight and into this morning as the area braced for the possibility of freezing rain. "I think we dodged it," Luther Thompson, Wayne County Department...

Pikeville town board splits on new commissioner

PIKEVILLE -- Town commissioners appointed Jay Hare to serve the remainder of the position held by the late Al Greene, but not without a debate. Greene, 77, died Jan. 9 while he was still serving as a town commissioner....

Another eatery coming

Goldsboro residents will soon have another deli to choose from for lunch or dinner. McAlister's Deli, owned by Southern Deli holdings out of Matthews, will take over the old Schlotzsky's Deli location at 431 N. Berkeley Blvd. It is set...

Application process begins for SJSCSC scholarships

Throughout the year, volunteers have been selling items at Seymour Johnson's Air Force Base's thrift shop to fund the annual Seymour Johnson Spouses' Club Scholarship Committee Scholarship. And this year, the SJSCSC says any United States Air Force dependents...

Wayne County Arts Council to welcome guest to concert

Singer Mavis Poole will be the guest artist at the PNC Presents Wayne County Jazz Showcase Friday from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Arts Council of Wayne County. Ms. Poole was born and raised in Durham to musical parents....

Two men arrested on marijuana charges

The Goldsboro-Wayne County Interagency Drug Task Force and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force seized 12 pounds of marijuana and a sawed off shotgun during what it called a "quick action response" to...

Pikeville resident charged with felonies

Pikeville business owner Joseph Wayne Blizzard, also known as "Doodle," has been charged with two felony counts of possession of stolen property, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. Blizzard, 38, of 1273 Nahunta Road in Pikeville, was found...

Crime of the week

On Monday, Jan. 5 at approximately 3:15 a.m. an unknown, white male wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt broke into the Pizza Inn, located at 110 S. Goldsboro St. in Pikeville, and stole a safe containing currency. The Pikeville Police Department...