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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Dillard to operate on new schedule

Dillard Middle School students can sleep an hour later in the fall, while staff will use that time for additional professional development. Wayne School of Engineering Principal Gary Hales and Dillard Principal Sonja Emerson partnered on the change-up that...

Bird is the word

There is a special nest at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park. It's a family-sized nest -- one that was painstakingly assembled with large sticks, branches, leaves and grass. But birds did not build the home, Park Ranger Autumn Kahl...

Filing period opens for Nov. 3 races

Filing began Monday at 8 a.m. for municipal and sanitary district board seats to be decided during the Nov. 3 election. The filing period ends July 17 at noon. Elections will be held in all seven of the county's...

New superintendent attends his first school board meeting

The new Wayne County Public Schools superintendent was initiated into the role by the school board Monday night in grand style -- a three-hour closed session followed by a two hours-plus meeting. Dr. Michael Dunsmore took it all in...

Patrol reports no fatal wrecks in Wayne County over the weekend

The N.C. State Highway Patrol reported 10 fatal wrecks statewide over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, none of which took place in Wayne County. Two people died in separate incidents in Rockingham County, while a single death each...

City Council approves solar farm

The Goldsboro City Council approved its consent agenda unanimously Monday night, which will allow the construction of another solar farm in Wayne County and the placing of a U.S. Cellular antenna on top of the Harris Street water tower....