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Veterans can get benefit information

JACKSONVILLE -- The American Legion, Department of North Carolina, Veterans Assistance and Rehabilitation Division will hold a Veterans Benefits Action Center from June 16-18 at American Legion Post 265, 146 Broadhurst Road. The event is for veterans and their...

Former senator dies

John H. Kerr III, who championed eastern North Carolina causes during more than two decades in the state General Assembly, died Sunday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. He was 79. Funeral arrangements will be announced later this week by...

Honoring the fallen

MOUNT OLIVE -- Memorial Day was not established to mark the start of summer, and any nation that forgets those who have served and died defending it will be forgotten itself. That was the message Sunday afternoon of Marine...

Groups ask city to keep funding

With word out that Goldsboro City Council is considering cutting certain allotments to several local charitable organizations, local leaders came to the budget discussions to plead their cases. Literacy Connections director Pat Yates gave a lengthy presentation to the...