Friday, July 8, 2016
Lightning causes fire that destroys church
MOUNT OLIVE -- Lightning is being blamed for a Thursday night fire that destroyed Cricket Ridge Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, 386 Cricket Ridge Road just northwest of town. The thunderstorm that generated the lightning strike that apparently sparked...Published: Jul 8, 2016 1:46 PM Full Story
Hot ... and getting hotter
A week-long stretch of high temperatures is expected to continue today and Saturday in Wayne County during what has become the hottest week of the year. Temperatures, which have remained at or above 94 degrees most of the week,...Published: Jul 8, 2016 1:46 PM Full Story
Grandfather charged in shooting
The grandfather of 29-year-old Steven Brian Perkins has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury in a July 4 shooting that left Perkins wounded in the neck. Silas Henry Perkins, 86, of...Published: Jul 8, 2016 1:46 PM Full Story
Vendors sought for Beak Week
The Arts Council of Wayne County is accepting vendor applications for the third annual Beak Week Festival to be held Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Center Street. Vendors who make handmade goods and have homegrown/locally grown...Published: Jul 8, 2016 1:46 PM Full Story
Theft reported
A Goldsboro man and woman have been accused of stealing from Tractor Supply at 1308 W. Grantham St. Matthew Cameron Coley, 24, of 515 Parkwood Lane, was charged with larceny, possession of stolen goods and possession of drug paraphernalia after...Published: Jul 8, 2016 1:46 PM Full Story
Naked man wanders into home
A naked man wandered into a person's home Wednesday afternoon and asked if he could take a shower. Johnnie Lee Medlin III allegedly entered the home of Annie Bynum, 81, Wednesday around 12:15 p.m. through an unsecured rear door to...Published: Jul 8, 2016 1:46 PM Full Story
Car fire closes Salem Church Road
A woman's car caught on fire while she was driving and shut down traffic going both ways on Salem Church Road for roughly 45 minutes late Thursday morning. Jerrie Barbato was driving her 1999 Buick Century when she noticed it...Published: Jul 8, 2016 1:46 PM Full Story
ATV stolen
Someone stole an all-terrain vehicle from a man's trailer parked at Walmart at 1002 N. Spence Ave. Wednesday evening. Bob Garlitz of Chesterfield, Va., told police he parked his vehicle and trailer in the Walmart parking lot and that someone...Published: Jul 8, 2016 1:46 PM Full Story