Sunday, June 28, 2015
Statistics released on school district's graduates
The numbers are in for the Class of 2015. Wayne County Public Schools graduated 1,199 students from its eight public high schools this year. Those planning a post-secondary education earned approximately $6 million in one-time and annual grants, scholarships...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
City close to sports complex lease
The city is in the process of finalizing a lease agreement for the use of a land to build a multi-sports complex on Oak Forest Road, officials announced this week. The complex will share property with Seymour Johnson Air Force...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Panera Bread opening its doors Monday
The wait is almost over. Panera Bread will open its Goldsboro location Monday at 6 a.m. at 802 N. Berkeley Blvd. Construction on the cafe and bakery-style restaurant began in early 2015. "We are thrilled to open our newest...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
NC Music Day blends styles and technology
The threat of rain forced Friday night's free concert celebrating the youth voice of the African American Music Trail inside, but that didn't stop the music. Organizers quickly moved the show from the gazebo of Herman Park to the...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
How a garden grows
Shatara and Shatonia Oliver go together like peas and carrots, like funnel cake and powdered sugar and like eggs and bacon. The two sisters, ages 10 and 12 respectively, sat next to each other at Thursday's reading of "You...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Hwy 55 opens in Denmark
MOUNT OLIVE -- The photo of young people camped out waiting for the opening of a new Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes and Fries could have been taken anywhere in the United States. But it wasn't. Hwy 55 president and...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Fourth of July closings
Most local, state and federal offices will be closed Friday for the Fourth of July holiday. Goldsboro's City Hall will be closed on Friday, July 3, for the July 4 holiday. All city sanitation services scheduled for Friday will...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
A little history on the Confederate flag
What is commonly considered to be the Confederate flag is actually just one version used by the South during the Civil War. The familiar Stars and Bars that has caused so much controversy over the years was only used as...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
After 43 years, Dr. McCullen says her final goodbye
Dr. Sandra Raiford McCullen is the epitome of her own mantra -- a lifelong learner. She proved it by her choice of a career in education and has continued to demonstrate it through each role she performed in the...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
The Confederate flag: Should it go?
Since its creation, the Confederate flag has represented division. It divided a nation, representing a schism of beliefs between Southerners and Northerners. And more than 150 years after the last time it was carried into battle, it continues to...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Arrest made in northern Wayne break-ins
The Wayne County Sheriff's Office arrested a man believed to be responsible for several break-ins reported in northern Wayne County, according to a press release issued Friday. Joshua Ryan Outlaw, 19, 2104 Oberry Road, is charged with three counts...Published: Jun 28, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story