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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Celebrating completion

Members of the Charles B. Aycock High School Student Advisory Council, staff and representatives from Wayne County Public Schools cut a ribbon to celebrate the completion of the school's new construction Monday....

Suspect charged in arson case

A Goldsboro man was arrested Tuesday in connection to a suspicious fire at 710 N. Virginia St. that occurred on April 16. Stephen Leon Williams, 34, of 602 W. Mulberry St. was arrested on charges of second-degree arson and...

Board remains split on support

Even with the elimination of offending wording that hinted at the use of eminent domain, Wayne County commissioners Tuesday still split on a resolution supporting CSX's planned massive intermodal terminal in Johnston County. Commissioners Joe Gurley and Wayne Aycock,...

Towns disagree on library location

A new library in northern Wayne County is among the goals being considered by Wayne County commissioners. But County Manager George Wood told the board Tuesday morning that progress has been hampered by Fremont's and Pikeville's inability to agree...

Choral festival

Members of the Wayne County Public Schools Middle School Chorus sing "Shine On Me" under the direction of clinician Susan Townsend on Tuesday during the Wayne County Public Schools All County Choral Festival at Goldsboro High School. A standing...

Military support plan is unveiled

RALEIGH -- The North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans and the North Carolina Military Affairs Commission have unveiled the state's new Strategic Plan for Supporting and Enhancing North Carolina Military Missions and Installations. The Strategic Plan builds on...

Morgan Yelverton elected as district governor for Key Club

A rising senior at Wayne School of Engineering has been elected District Governor of Carolinas Key Club for the 2016-2017 school year. Morgan Yelverton had been a lieutenant governor this year. Key Club International is the largest high school...

Hulse co-hosting policing program

Diana Hulse, formerly of Goldsboro, is currently co-hosting a groundbreaking pilot program on interpersonal skills for Connecticut police officers at Fairfield University. The professor and chair in counselor education in the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions of...

Crime of the week

On April 12 at approximately 7:30 p.m., an employee of the Handy Mart at 2495 U.S. 13 North reported being robbed at gunpoint by two black men. The suspects were described as wearing all black clothing and face masks. Witnesses...

Ceremony welcomes children, raises awareness about abuse

Children from the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Child Development Center crowded onto the top three steps of City Hall Tuesday morning, absorbed in the blue and silver pinwheels each had been given. Some enacted virtual sword fights with...