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Women build for Habitat

Habitat for Humanity of Goldsboro-Wayne welcomed approximately 22 volunteers to a construction site at 707 National Drive Thursday to kick off the annual Women Build Week. The event is designed to promote the inclusion of women in the construction...

Celebrating milestones: Students honored for coming back to finish

Sam Singleton dropped out of high school at age 16. He didn't give up on education, though, attending classes at Wayne Community College for two years. "I thought I knew everything, you know how that story goes," he said. "Back...

Celebrating milestones

The University of Mount Olive welcomed hundreds of students and family members to Kornegay Arena Saturday afternoon for the class of 2016 graduation ceremony. After Vice President of Academic Affairs David Hines recognized the graduating students who were or had...

murder

MOUNT OLIVE -- Wayne County Sheriff's deputies are in search of a man wanted for a murder that took place Saturday on Zion Church Road about 1 p.m. Maj. Tom Effler of the Sheriff's Office said lawmen are in...

Memorial to four men that died during the Spanish-American War dedicated

One-hundred and seventeen years ago, T.H. Bain, the captain of the Goldsboro Rifles, made a public plea for a monument to be raised in memory of the four members of his unit who died during the Spanish-American War. On...

Countywide survey will decide need for broadband

Wayne County residents and businesses can have a say in whether there is a need for increased high-speed broadband Internet access across the county. And all it takes is responding to 11 survey questions. The county is partnering with...

Schools honor two CTE teachers

Wayne County Public Schools announced its 2015-2016 Career and Technical Education, or CTE, Teacher of the Year for the high school and middle school levels. Both were recognized at Monday night's school board meeting by board member Eddie Radford....

GHS to become 'Reform Model'

Goldsboro High School will become a "Reform Model" school. The State Board of Education on Thursday approved an application from Wayne County Public Schools, giving the district flexibility to make changes in such areas as calendar and instructional programs....

City to talk about budget

The Goldsboro City Council will convene at 4 p.m. Monday to begin budget discussions for the 2016-17 fiscal year. This proposed budget represents a more than $3 million increase from the 2015-16 fiscal year budget, totaling $57,723,174. This number partially...