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Forum engages officers, community

Speaking to a gathering of mostly middle-aged and older black residents at Rebuilding Broken Places Saturday, Goldsboro police Chief Jeff Stewart said if the community wants to talk about race relations, the wrong people were in the room. It...

After-school meal

It all started with a phone call and a question. But sometimes that's all it takes to make a difference. Jo Heidenreich, development director at Boys & Girls Club of Wayne County, is used to people asking about the...

Traffic stop leads to arrest for marijuana

A traffic stop led Wayne County Sheriff's Office Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team deputies to search a house on Frankie's Lane in Goldsboro Friday. Marijuana and cash were seized during the search. Kameron Dawson Howard, 20, 116 Frankie's Lane,...

City, county high in crashes

Goldsboro and Wayne County rank high on a report of traffic accidents in municipalities and counties across the state. Goldsboro was rated by the Governor's Highway Safety Commission as the city with the fifth highest number of traffic accidents....

Thoroughfare VFD receives grant from Georgia-Pacific Co.

The Thoroughfare Volunteer Fire Department is among 50 grant recipients of Georgia-Pacific's Bucket Brigade program this year. The department was awarded $5,000 to help fund equipment needs. "We're proud to have the opportunity to meet the significant needs of...

Superintendents create guide for school goals

School superintendents across the state, including Wayne County Public Schools' interim, Dr. Sandra McCullen, "made history" recently by creating a guide to enhance K-12 education in North Carolina. At a Jan. 13 gathering at the Raleigh Convention Center, Mrs....

Judge's wife's car broken into at event

An Apple iPad stolen from a vehicle parked outside the Goldsboro-Raleigh District Assembly Hall at 211 W. Hooks River Road Monday morning during the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration has the owner's name engraved under the...