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Thursday, November 26, 2015

Soup Kitchen always busy during the holidays

The Community Soup Kitchen of Goldsboro is expecting to feed more than 200 people today, as those without homes, without money for food or whose families are too far away travel to, turn out for a hot Thanksgiving Day...

Lessons in giving thanks

"You just tell them about other people that don't have very many things, but they're very thankful for what they have," said Zachary Lulay, a fourth-grader. Kindergartner Madison Warren said it is important to share with somebody who doesn't have...

Fire destroys home

Annie Bonner should have been off Wednesday. Instead, she was called in to work. Had she been home, she might have taken a nap, which would have meant she would have been asleep as her home burned around her....

Davis will seek another term in state Senate

State Sen. Don Davis of Snow Hill has announced he will seek re-election to the District 5 state Senate seat that includes portions of Wayne, Pitt, Lenoir and Greene counties. Davis, 44, a Democrat, is the former mayor of...

Vacancies on boards, commissions

Goldsboro's city government has multiple vacancies on 10 of its boards and commissions, and is actively seeking applicants for the total 40 positions that are either already or are becoming vacant this year. There are seven vacancies on the Goldsboro...

Man charged in attempted murder; woman faces accessory charge

Goldsboro police were able to locate and arrest a local man Wednesday they had earlier in the day described to the public as "armed and dangerous," and who was wanted for attempted murder. Travonte Na'Quan Coley, 30, of 611 Isler...

Recent Empty Stocking Fund donations

* Thursday Afternoon Social Club, $50 * N.C. State Retirees & Friends, $50 * United Methodist Women, $300, in honor of Kay Allen and Bethany Perry * United Methodist Women, $350 * The Dail Family, $100, in loving memory of...