Sunday, June 12, 2016
Spring Creek graduation held
MOUNT OLIVE -- Cassie Alphin has always hated endings -- be it a book, camp or even summer. Graduation could also fall into that category, the salutatorian and student body president at Spring Creek High School admitted during commencement...Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
North Duplin graduates 72
MOUNT OLIVE -- North Duplin Jr./Sr. High awarded diplomas to 72 seniors Saturday afternoon during the school's 61st commencement exercise held at Kornegay Arena on the University of Mount Olive campus. Family members stood as the soon-to-be graduate's name...Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Budget workshops this week
Wayne County commissioners will hold two budget workshops this week. The meetings will be held in the commissioners' meeting room on the fourth floor of the Wayne County Courthouse Annex and are open to the public. The first workshop,...Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
244 turn tassels at Eastern Wayne
When he turned his tassel at his graduation ceremony, Rodney Perry didn't feel like it was real. "I knew I would make it here," he said, "But it just came so soon." He was one of 244 students who...Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Run for Life
More than 100 people took part in the second annual Run for Life sponsored by the Wayne Pregnancy Care Center on Saturday at Walnut Creek. The event raised nearly $32,000. Jordan Phillips raised the most money for a youth, $1,500;...Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Police searching for armed robber
Goldsboro police are searching for an unknown suspect who robbed a woman at gunpoint, who was walking near 1002 S. Slocumb St. on Thursday. The victim described the suspect as a 5-foot-5-inch black man, weighing 150 pounds carrying a...Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Saturday accident
Officers with the Goldsboro Police Department discuss the scene of a wreck involving a motorcycle and a Honda Civic that happened Saturday evening in front of Outback Steakhouse. The driver of the motorcycle was traveling west on North Park...Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Unusual cabbage
Bill Lee of Goldsboro displays his pointed head cabbage which has four heads on Thursday at the Goldsboro News-Argus. Lee pulled it from his garden on Wednesday and said he's never grown one with four heads before....Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Free legal aid clinics Tuesday, Thursday
Legal Aid of North Carolina is holding a free self-help legal clinic on custody on Tuesday and simple divorce on Thursday at the Legal Aid office at 102-A S. William St. The clinics educate participants about their legal rights and...Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Homes still being sought for exchange students
Homes are still being sought for several French students who are visiting the United States this month through the Terre des Langues/Terra Lingua program out of East Carolina University. Five high school students -- three boys and two girls...Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Couple looking for help in bringing dogs overseas
Jasmine and Daisy need help. And so do their owners, Daryl and Brianna McCarthy. On Monday, the McCarthys leave for Great Britain -- without Jasmine, a Labrador-beagle mix, and Daisy, a husky-shepherd mix. McCarthy, who is a crew chief at...Published: Jun 12, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story