Commissioners approve school change order

Wayne County commissioners approved nearly $160,000 Tuesday to begin construction of wet wells at the new Spring Creek and Grantham middle school sites. A wet well is a holding area for gravity-flow sewer systems. When a certain level is...

Published: Apr 23, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story

WATCH wants meeting

The WATCH medical director enlisted the support of the program's board of directors Wednesday to seek a meeting with County Manager George Wood to discuss next year's funding. Non-profits like WATCH, or Wayne Action Teams for Community Health, have...

Published: Apr 23, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story

Mount Olive getting ready for annual pickle festivities

MOUNT OLIVE -- The 29th annual North Carolina Pickle Festival begins Friday night with a concert and carnival rides and continues all day Saturday with free entertainment, displays, activities, games and food. The festival is sponsored by the Mount...

Published: Apr 23, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story

Watch how their garden grows

Mindy Lane's class celebrated Earth Day on Wednesday by planting a garden -- a kindergarden. The Northwest Elementary kindergarten class measured and laid the bricks to fence in the small vegetable and flower garden outside of Principal Theresa Cox's...

Published: Apr 23, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story