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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Police probe two city shootings

The Goldsboro Police Department is investigating two shootings that took place in the city Monday night. Neither victim suffered life threatening injury, nor are the two cases related, investigators said. Police first responded to the 2000 block of Day...

Patrol looking for safe holiday

The state Highway Patrol in Wayne County counted zero fatalities over the Christmas holiday, a trend First Sgt. Jerry Burton would like to see continued through the new year. For the remainder of the year, and especially on New...

Demolish

Starting in January, 20 properties throughout the city will begin being demolished in an effort to clean up blight in Goldsboro. A.K. Grading was awarded the contract by the city for the demolition work, which is expected to cost more...

Aycock High teacher wins supplies for students

An English teacher at Charles B. Aycock High School shared a post on Facebook and netted his students $1,000 worth of school supplies. Tony Coggins, who teaches ninth- and 10th-grade English at his alma mater, actually forgot about the...

Top stories of 2015

JANUARY * Jan. 15 - A meth lab was found in local hotel room and four people were charged after the lab was discovered in Room 218 of the Irish Inn at 1104 Sunburst Drive. * Jan. 18 - Officers...

Crime of the week

On Dec. 25, Lionel Cordova reported that while he was walking in the 400 block of Ash Street in Goldsboro an unknown subject assaulted him by punching him in the face, causing a laceration to his eye. While Cordova was...

Local offices close for holiday

Local, state and federal offices, banks and the post office will be closed Friday, Jan. 1, for the New Year's Day holiday. Town halls in Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Walnut Creek, Fremont, Pikeville and Eureka will be closed on New...