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Monday, January 26, 2015

WCC to sponsor Praxis Film Festival

The fifth annual Praxis Film Festival, begun at Wayne Community College and since adding another venue at the Paramount Theatre, will feature 41 short and full-length films from around the world. This year's event will take place Friday and...

Land bought for school

Wayne County will spend $145,250 to purchase slightly more than eight additional acres of land to be used as a septic system drain (leach) field for the new Grantham Middle School. Wayne County commissioners Tuesday balked at paying $17,500 per...

Gang-tervention

Criminal gangs operating in Wayne County will soon have more to worry about than rival gangs, enemy graffiti or drive-by shootings on their home turf. The biggest threat to the criminal enterprises will be a locally based FBI task...

Man robbed near ATM on Saturday

A Snow Hill man could not provide a description of the two men he said threw him to the ground and robbed him as he completed at transaction at an ATM in Goldsboro, Saturday. The robbery took place at...

Internet business robbed in city

At least four people were present when two armed men burst into an Internet sweepstakes establishment Saturday and robbed the business. The robbery took place at the Longhorn's Business Center at 1716 U.S. Highway 117 S., at 8:20 p.m....