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Testimony begins in '10 murder case

Testimony began Tuesday in the first-degree murder trial of Henry Calvin Jones. Jones, 35, faces charges in connection with the 2010 shooting death of Charles Ray Morgan III. Four witnesses have testified so far, including the first police officer...

Skate park construction begins on Ash Street

Little more than six months after Josh Lancaster and Kevin Gillespe petitioned the Goldsboro City Council for a skate park, construction on a site for the park recently began beside O'Reilly's Auto Parts on East Ash Street. And the...

Dudley man captured in meth lab raid

A Dudley man is being held in the Wayne County Detention Center under a $200,000 secured bond this morning on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine, according to a Wayne County Sheriff's Office press release. Justin Lee Blizzard, 31, is charged...

Bar to seek nominees for vacant judge's seat

No nomination has yet to be made to fill the unexpired term of District Court Judge Tim Finan, who died on June 30. It will be mid-August before the 8th District judicial bar submits its nominations to complete the...

Police arrest NCIS fugitive

A fugitive from the U.S. Navy is in the custody of the Goldsboro Police Department today.Tiffani Danielle Bass-Armstrong, 23, 102 Oxford Blvd., is being held on a fugitive warrant at the request of Naval Criminal Investigative Services. "We got...

Dance and dolls

Saige had pink ribbons around her ankles instead of ballet slippers. Her owner, Anna Gordon Gardner, decided it was too difficult to put on the American Girl doll's shoes. But with a little imagination, the satin bows around the...

Staff member charged in textbook theft

A Pikeville resident and adjunct professor for Wesleyan College Goldsboro Campus is under arrest this morning on charges of felony larceny by employee. Versiera Miller, 44, 602 Planters Ridge Drive, is being held in the Wayne County Detention Center...