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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Letter is reminder of friendship and service

Jack Kannan gingerly pulled out a weathered, yellowing piece of paper with fading print and a smattering of typos -- it was, after all, dated June 13, 1966, long before self-correcting typewriters and computers. The letter was in an...

Jury returns a verdict of guilty

A Wayne County jury deliberated less than two hours before returning a guilty verdict Monday in the murder trial of James Howard. Convicted in the 2009 double murder of two Goldsboro hotel workers, Howard will serve two consecutive life...

Rezoning request raises concern among residents

A public hearing at Monday night's Goldsboro City Council meeting saw citizens come out to both support and resist a proposed rezoning on the east side of Leslie Street between Mulberry Street and Walnut Street. Supporters of the measure...