Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Albertson announces retirement
Wayne Community College President Dr. Kay Albertson will retire Aug. 1, 2016, she told the board of trustees Tuesday night. Mrs. Albertson became the fifth president of the college, and its first female administrator, in July 2007, succeeding retiring...Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Thousands attend annual Downtown Lights Up event
Goldsboro is a far cry from the North Pole, but you might have been fooled into thinking they had switched locations on the map for a night at Tuesday night's Downtown Lights Up event on Center Street. Thousands of people...Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
City signs recreation agreement with schools
The city of Goldsboro has entered into an agreement with Wayne County Public Schools that will allow the city to use indoor and outdoor facilities at several schools in exchange for routine maintenance of school grounds. WCPS will also be...Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
15-year-old boy found shot to death
A 15-year-old boy is dead and investigators are looking at area gangs to try to find out why, Wayne County Sheriff Larry Pierce said. Homicide investigators secured the scene around 300 Rollingwood Drive after a shooting incident late Monday...Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Jones nominated for U.S. Presidential Scholars
Carter Jones, a Southern Wayne High School senior, has been named one of five North Carolina nominees for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education, or CTE. Jones has been an office of FFA, or Future Farmers of...Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Suspect sought in Tuesday shooting
A Goldsboro man is recovering at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville with a gunshot wound to the face and another man is wanted for attempted murder following a shooting Tuesday night, according to a Goldsboro Police Department press release....Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Pizza delivery person robbed at gunpoint
Two men, one of them armed, robbed a Pizza Hut delivery person at gunpoint in the Fairview housing community late Tuesday night, according to a Goldsboro police report. The incident took place at about 10:20 p.m. Samuel Darnell Cutler, 27,...Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
City gets $300,000 grant for pathway
The city has received $300,000 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation to ensure the completion of the multi-use path being constructed along the south side of New Hope Road from New Hare Road to Wayne Memorial Drive. This...Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Crime of the week
On Nov. 20 at around 6 p.m. an armed black male entered Dukes Beauty Supply located at 513 E Ash St. and demanded money. The black male was described as wearing a black hoodie with a face mask on. The...Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Goldsboro police encourage safe shopping, travel
The Goldsboro Police Department wishes everyone a happy and safe holiday season, but cautions citizens not to neglect safe practices while shopping and when going out of town. Cpl. Marissa Davis, of the police department's Crime Prevention Office, said the...Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story
Arrest made in multiple break-ins
The Goldsboro Police Department now has in custody one of the suspects believed to be responsible for a series of break-ins at the Sterling Pointe Apartments in Goldsboro that occurred between Oct. 23 and Nov. 13. Calvin Jovan Coley, 20,...Published: Nov 25, 2015 1:46 PM Full Story