Sunday, April 26, 2015
A peck of pickle fun
MOUNT OLIVE -- One question finally answered after nearly three decades is whether rain would stop the annual North Carolina Pickle Festival. For nearly 30 years, the festival has enjoyed fair weather. When it did rain, it rained only...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Hospital CEO to retire
Bill Paugh, who for the past 15 years has been at Wayne Memorial Hospital's helm, has announced his plans to retire at the end of the calendar year. A search committee is expected to be appointed to look for...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
County planning to gather in prayer
Organizers for the National Day of Prayer hope more than a few Wayne County residents will join them as they gather for the annual event May 7. And they have a Bible verse chosen to support their invitation --...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Love, support ... in all colors
It took her a lot longer than most of the others on the track Saturday, but 88-year-old Olga Markowitsch persevered. When she was finished, she had walked a mile -- all to help those who are battling cancer. She...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Volunteers create beauty downtown
Nearly 30 volunteers flocked to downtown alleyways and parking lots Saturday to participate in the Downtown Goldsboro Development Corp.'s Community Action Day. Beginning at 9 a.m., volunteers set out to to clean and to beautify the alleyway beside the...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Program to share stories of Vietnam War nurses
It all seemed so simple to the nursing student who decided to enlist in the Army while still in college. Martha Roed Bell wanted to serve her country and help her parents after overhearing them talking about taking out...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Cooperative plans golf tournament for scholarships
DUDLEY -- Tri-County Electric Corp. employees will host their fifth annual Scholarship Golf Tournament Thursday, May 28, with 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. shotgun starts at Southern Wayne Country Club in Mount Olive. The tourney will benefit the employee-funded...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Council divided on new grant match
The Goldsboro City Council gave the Downtown Goldsboro Development Corp. permission to apply for a TIGER VII grant at its most recent meeting. But the authorization came on a 4-3 vote, with council members Gene Aycock, William Goodman and...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
NCHP targets unsafe drivers
The N.C. Highway Patrol launched its annual prom season safe driving campaign Monday. Operation: Drive to Live is the yearly crackdown on speeding, seat belt violations and drunken driving. In 2014, 48,711 motor vehicle collisions involving teens ages 15...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Annual river cleanup
Volunteers picked up more than 558 pounds of trash along the Neuse River on Saturday during R.A. Jeffreys' annual Neuse River Cleanup, bettering last year's effort despite high water and threatening rain. This the fifth year Jeffreys has sponsored the...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Commission joins effort to reduce number of flounder caught off coast
Wayne County commissioners joined a number of other local government bodies in supporting a reduction in the number of flounder caught in coastal waters. Commissioners last week unanimously approved a resolution calling on the state to reduce the number...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Man facing charges for tractor theft
A Eureka man is being held in the Wayne County Detention Center under a $75,000 bond on charges of stealing and trying to sell tractors. Michael Lee Mooring, 33, 110 E. Main St., is charged with felony larceny, possession...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Continental Society holds 31st annual meeting in Goldsboro
The 31st annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Region of Continental Societies Inc. was held recently in Goldsboro. The Goldsboro Love Connection Committee -- Comatha B. Johnson, chair, Miranda Haskins, Rochelle Hobbs, Dionne Johnson and Belinda Royall, all members of...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Children get close-up look at adult world at career fair
The Wayne County Sheriff's office jail trailer made a stop at the 20th annual Career Hobby Fair Thursday at Meadow Lane Elementary School. More than 40 volunteers from the community stopped by the school to teach young children more...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Pikeville man accidentally shoots himself
A Pikeville man accidentally shot himself in the left hand while cleaning his gun Wednesday, according to a Wayne County Sheriff's Office report. The incident took place at 2:15 p.m. According to the report, Trevor Kent Laskaris, 38, 131...Published: Apr 26, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story