Group passes motion to deny request

The Goldsboro Planning Commission unanimously recommended denying a rezoning request on Monday night that would allow the applicant, Patrick Gallagher, to operate an events center at his private residence on the east side of Leslie Street between Mulberry Street...

Published: Mar 1, 2016 1:46 PM Full Story

Foster's charges are dismissed

Charges brought against District 4 council member Bevan Foster in late October 2015 for allegedly communicating threats to harm his uncle were dismissed on Friday. Foster maintained his innocence on the charges from the outset, denying that he ever...

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Local family responds to urgent call to help orphan from China

One good deed deserves another. When Carla Wicks responded to an urgent plea to help a Chinese orphan, she soon realized she might need some additional support. The mother of three -- two grown sons and a 9-year-old daughter,...

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Writing the wrongs

Some men's spirits are harder to kill than others. In rarer cases, so is the man. When a 2013 accusation of rape failed to effectively end Goldsboro native Richard Taylor's life by sending him to jail for the rest...

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