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Former school board leader, 80, dies

RALEIGH -- The first minority female to serve as chairman of the Wayne County Board of Education -- a woman who devoted nearly her entire life to the communities in which she lived -- died Saturday at Rex Healthcare...

In their corner: Guardian ad Litem program needs more volunteers

The Guardian ad Litem program maintains a staff of 137 -- only 137 for the entire state. Everything else is done by volunteers. But despite a seemingly small team, the program -- one that advocates for children who either...

Dunsmore ready for challenge

Dr. Michael Dunsmore says he knew he wanted to be superintendent of the Wayne County Public Schools two years ago, when his predecessor first announced plans to retire. A few months afterward, though, then-superintendent Dr. Steven Taylor withdrew his...

Death row inmate back in Wayne County court

Convicted murderer Eric Glenn Lane, 43, will not appear in Wayne County Superior Court the next time his defense team returns to Goldsboro. Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Arnold O. Jones said Thursday that Lane did need to be...

Dancin' in the streets

Friends Riley Stewart, 15, left, and Jordan Sweet, 12, dance along to "The Wobble" during an intermission at the Blake Kearney Band concert at Center Street Jam on Thursday evening....

First Friday

Josiah King paints a rendering of Center Street while looking out the window at Carolina Pine Country Store during the First Friday Art Walk events....

Filing period will end Friday

Filing for municipal and sanitary district elections began Monday and will end Friday at noon. Between Wednesday and Thursday, all of the members of the Fremont Town Board filed for re-election and include: Darron Flowers, mayor; Alvester Lewis, District...

School board delays vote

The Wayne County School Board Friday morning postponed appointing a new human resources director and other staff after two of its members questioned the propriety of voting before the application deadline had passed. And comments made during the meeting...

Suspect accepts plea deal

A man who spent nine months on the run after the shooting and killing of two men outside an alleged Devereaux Street liquor house in September 2012 will spend up to 16 years in prison following a plea deal...

Inn owners: 'No occupancy tax'

MOUNT OLIVE -- The owners of the Sleep Inn in Mount Olive say they were unaware that a plan to increase Goldsboro's hotel occupancy tax had been ditched in favor of a countywide tax to help support a planned...