Monday, May 18, 2015
Wayne Community Concerts is folding
After almost 80 years of bringing musicians, comedians and dancers from all over the world to Goldsboro, Wayne Community Concerts has folded. The nonprofit organization had been providing four to five performances each year, shows that people in Goldsboro...Published: May 18, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Man, woman face charges in break-ins
A man and a woman charged by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office Friday in connection with a pair of motor vehicle break-ins reported May 11 might also be responsible for break-ins in the city. Since March, dozens of motor...Published: May 18, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Attendance for Wings Over Wayne Air Show weekend: 205,000
1st Lt. Zach Purser and 1st Lt. Josh Wilson sit atop a 4th Fighter Wing F-15E Strike Eagle while watching the Combined Arms Demonstration at the Wings Over Wayne Air Show Sunday afternoon. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base officials...Published: May 18, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
New director tapped for Board of Elections
Rosemary Blizzard is stepping down May 27 after serving just over two and a half years as director of the Wayne County Board of Elections. Dane Beavers, 57, an election technician with the county since September 2012, has been...Published: May 18, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Board to eye budget, salaries
Wayne County commissioners will get their first look Tuesday at the second part of a new employee classification and pay plan. On May 5, the board by a 6-1 vote adopted a merit-based pay plan based on employee evaluations....Published: May 18, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Jerry's Memorial Ride to raise money for sarcoidosis research
Tim Tucker of Goldsboro and the late Jerry Grimes were not only friends, they were neighbors. And in an ironic twist of fate, Tucker has been suffering for 14 years from the disease that claimed his friend's life just...Published: May 18, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story