Pikeville starts search for new chief

PIKEVILLE -- Town commissioners will be interviewing five candidates to fill the vacant police chief position Friday. The board will meet in a closed session to speak with each of the five potential hires. Mayor Glenn Hartman said he...

Published: Jan 22, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story

Tractor-trailer tumbles

Traffic toward U.S. 117 was rerouted from A Street to North George Street for more than an hour Wednesday afternoon after a tractor-trailer overturned at the corner of A Street and Florida Street. Goldsboro police Sgt. Doug Bethea said...

Published: Jan 22, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story

WCC takes over site

The lights and water are already on, and work will begin next week on the first phase of a Wayne Community College project that will turn the former Cooper Bussmann building into the college's Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence....

Published: Jan 22, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story

Goldsboro pilot crashes plane in Grantham field

GRANTHAM -- A Goldsboro pilot escaped injury Wednesday afternoon around 5:30 p.m. when a mechanical problem forced him to attempt an emergency landing of his one-seat ultra-light aircraft in a field near Grantham. The aircraft, piloted by Ronnie Allen,...

Published: Jan 22, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story