Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Thinking pink
Andrea Burnette has had a tough year. In July, she lost her dad, Davey Harris. Still reeling from that, she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer that has since spread. "It didn't show up in the mammogram," she says....Published: Oct 14, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Father, teenager killed in crash
A former Goldsboro man and his daughter were killed Friday when their plane crashed in the mountains of Tennessee. William S. Gibbons Jr. and his daughter, Abbey, 15, of Bloomington, Ind., died in the crash near Johnson City. A...Published: Oct 14, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
District 4 ballot will not change
Following Tuesday morning's vote recount held by the Wayne County Board of Elections for the District 4 seat on the Goldsboro City Council, there is no change in the outcome of the primary election. After recounting the votes by...Published: Oct 14, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Wayne School of Engineering honored for 100 percent graduation rate
Wayne School of Engineering was recently recognized by the state for having a 100 percent graduation rate. At ceremonies in Durham on Tuesday, the school was one of 53 in North Carolina honored for having the highest four-year cohort...Published: Oct 14, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Counts in from two weeks of fair
A record-breaking crowd of an estimated 18,000 people packed the Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair on Friday night, but overall attendance at this year's rain-soaked fair was down by half. And Friday night, while some people were enjoying the 67th...Published: Oct 14, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Crime of the week
On Tuesday, Oct. 13 at approximately 12:10 a.m. officers responded to the area of 300 West Spruce Street while responding to shots fired in the area and located Abdullah Ali Whitaker, 32, who was found deceased in a vehicle from...Published: Oct 14, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
University of Mount Olive receives $75,000 donation
MOUNT OLIVE -- The Cannon Foundation has donated $75,000 to the University of Mount Olive to be used for continued modernization of Grantham Hall, the men's residence hall first occupied in 1970. "The Cannon Foundation has for many years...Published: Oct 14, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story