Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Early college planned at University of Mount Olive
Wayne County Public Schools is pursuing adding another early college high school at the southern end of the county, possibly by the fall of 2016, on the University of Mount Olive campus. The school board's curriculum and instruction committee...Published: Jun 10, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Jail date eyed
Construction could begin as early as mid-to-late July on Wayne County's new $10 million detention center, and inmates could be moved in by July or August of 2016. The deadline for the project bids is June 23, County Manager...Published: Jun 10, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
A little help from friends
At 5:15 a.m. on May 22, Kayla King got a phone call. Her boyfriend of two years, A.J. Underwood, had been in a car wreck. He was at Wayne Memorial Hospital, and rescue workers were airlifting him to Vidant...Published: Jun 10, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Mount Olive girl improving after crash
The condition of an 11-year-old girl who was struck by a car last week while riding her bicycle has been upgraded from critical to stable at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Emily Craft of Mount Olive was riding her...Published: Jun 10, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Walk-a-thon to help offenders re-entering society
More than 100 people and 15 businesses have already registered for Saturday's Chosen One Reentry Program Walk-a-Thon, scheduled for 7:45 a.m. The 5-K fundraiser is intended to raise money for operating costs for the non-profit that helps non-violent offenders...Published: Jun 10, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Have you seen this local man?
On June 3, employees of the Longhorn Business Center located at 1716 U.S. 117 South reported a male entered the business on the same date at approximately 11:10 p.m., he held the door open and allowed two unidentified males to...Published: Jun 10, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story