Sunday, May 22, 2016
Southern Wayne senior honored
Southern Wayne High senior Carter Jones was recently named a 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholar. He is one of only 160 outstanding American high school seniors selected nationwide for this honor, and the only one in North Carolina to receive...Published: May 22, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Keeping up the fight: Despite weather, Relay for Life is deemed a success by organizers
Despite intermittent rain showers throughout Friday night, organizers of Relay for Life of Wayne County called this year's event a success. "We said rain or shine we were going to Relay -- cancer doesn't stop because it rains and we...Published: May 22, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Keeping up the fight
Amanda McMurray was diagnosed with leukemia at age 6 1/2. She is now 34 and in her 11th year teaching marketing and business at Southern Wayne High School. As a child, she said, she was reticent to talk about her...Published: May 22, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Calendar at GHS to change in August
Goldsboro High School will operate on a new calendar when it opens for the 2016-17 school year, with classes beginning Monday, Aug. 8, and ending on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Bell times to start and end the school day...Published: May 22, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Grateful goodbye
Kenneth Matthews has a lot of good memories of his five years at Faith Christian Academy. But the one that he will cherish the most is as a new student at orientation. "My classmates accepted me when I first came...Published: May 22, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Cliffs of the Neuse swim lake season to open Saturday
Summer is almost here and thoughts are turning to cooling off in the water. Close by is the swim lake at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park in Seven Springs. It will open May 28 and remain open through...Published: May 22, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
U.S. 70 bypass to open Friday
The new U.S. 70 Goldsboro Bypass will open to traffic Friday following an 11 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony for the highway's final section -- some 20 years ahead of when the road had been expected to be completed. The ceremony...Published: May 22, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Student charged for having weapon
A Charles B. Aycock High School student was charged Thursday with having a firearm on campus. Goliath Wendell, 18, was charged with possession of a firearm on school property, and with assault, said Wayne County Sheriff Larry Pierce. Pierce...Published: May 22, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story