Sunday, July 3, 2016
Nearly 100 attend memorial breakfast to remember District Court Judge Finan
Family and friends of the late District Court Judge Timothy Finan held a memorial breakfast in his honor early Thursday morning at St. Paul United Methodist Church. Nearly 100 people attended the breakfast on the one year anniversary of...Published: Jul 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Relay for Life continues to accept donations
Donations for the 2016 Relay for Life event will be accepted through the month of August, with organizers hoping to reach the $285,000 goal. "We have around $220,000, but money is still coming in," said Brenda Robinson, community manager...Published: Jul 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Man evades shark attack
Aaron White's not getting back in the ocean any time soon. The 32-year-old Dudley resident and his 11-year-old nephew, Ryan, took a trip to Carolina Beach last weekend, but the fun ended when a 3-foot tiger shark rushed at...Published: Jul 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Plans for station move forward
Plans to add a Harris Teeter gas station along Wayne Memorial Drive will move forward following a site plan approval by the Goldsboro Planning Commission Monday. The commission voted to recommend the project to the Goldsboro City Council, which will...Published: Jul 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Dudley man is shot Friday on Carolina Street
A Goldsboro man has been arrested and placed under a $750,000 secured bond in connections with a Friday afternoon shooting that injured a Dudley man. It was the second shooting that police had been called to in a less-than-12-hour...Published: Jul 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Board to accept $150,000 in donations
Wayne County commissioners Tuesday are expected to accept another $150,000 in donations for the Maxwell Regional Agricultural and Convention Center. They included a $100,000 pledge from the Mt. Olive Pickle Co. Foundation. As part of the pledge, the lobby of...Published: Jul 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Council talks director position
Goldsboro officials plan to move forward with a proposed communication director post that would be shared with Wayne County. The Goldsboro City Council discussed the shared position Monday during a work session. No vote was taken, but the council didn't...Published: Jul 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Celebrating Carver
MOUNT OLIVE -- Eula Williams Bennett was busily making the rounds in the gymnasium of the former Carver High School shortly after noontime on Saturday, moments before the Carver High School Alumni Association and Friends held its annual picnic....Published: Jul 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Camp Liberty to begin July 21
Jesse Lee Peterson, a conservative activist, will visit Goldsboro July 22 to speak at Camp Liberty, an annual constitutional seminar held by Tea Party group Citizens for Constitutional Liberties. Peterson is the president of Brotherhood Organization for a New...Published: Jul 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story
Ivey graduates from West Point
Cade Ivey may not have been born on the Fourth of July, but when it comes to patriotic ties, he has plenty. He was born 22 years ago, on July 2, a date with just as much historical significance as...Published: Jul 3, 2016 1:45 AM Full Story