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Friday, May 20, 2016

Transfer policy under discussion

Nearly 1,500 of the county's approximately 19,000 public schools students are attending schools outside of their home district this year. Five schools account for 768 of the 1,495 out-of-district students: Greenwood Middle School, 207; Eastern Wayne High School, 177;...

Relay for Life begins today

Relay for Life for Wayne County kicks off today, with activities planned throughout the evening into Saturday at the Wayne County fairgrounds. The annual fundraiser for cancer research has been a staple in the community since 1990. Churches and...

Jamming on Center Street

Center Street Jam, a free concert series, is held every other Thursday in the John Street parking lot in downtown Goldsboro and is sponsored by the Downtown Goldsboro Development Corp. The next jam, to be held on June 2...

Wayne County Museum presents tales of murder

Close to 60 people sat in a dimly lit room at the Wayne County Museum Thursday listening to a murder tale as part of a two-part series on notorious Wayne County murders. The story, told by local writer and...

Two men resist arrest after traffic stops, charged for drug possession

Two Goldsboro men were arrested early this morning during separate traffic stops for resisting officers and possessing drugs and firearms. The two separate incidents involving two different men happened only an hour apart. Tacarous Monquez Peterson, 23, of 1104...