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Friday, August 19, 2016

Board approves street assessment

A neighborhood meeting is being credited with helping to spur residents in the Canterbury Village and North Creek subdivisions to support efforts to secure a special tax assessment to make street improvements in their neighborhood. Tuesday morning Wayne County...

Goldsboro receives $6.27 million for sewer

The city of Goldsboro is set to receive nearly $6.27 million in Clean Water State Revolving funds as part of a $127 million funding package for communities across the state. The city plans to use the funding for sewer...

DMV to close for two days

The Goldsboro driver's license office of the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles will be closed Aug. 23 and 24 for equipment installation and renovations. The office, off U.S. 70 at 701 W. Grantham St., will reopen to the public...

B-52 crash survivor celebrates 83rd birthday

JACKSONVILLE -- Former Lt. Adam Mattocks was lucky to survive Wayne County's B-52 crash in 1961, and he is fortunate to be the last remaining survivor at age 83. Mattocks celebrates his birthday today, but his wife, Ann, says...

Wreck on N.C. 111 causes injuries

A two-car wreck on N.C. 111 South just before Dollardtown Road sent three people to the hospital Wednesday night. A small, four-door Saturn sedan stopped on the side of the road just after 9 p.m. to pick up someone...

18-year-old is accused of stealing another teen's car

An 18-year-old has been accused of stealing another teenager's vehicle Tuesday afternoon. A student told police that Maurice Stokes Jr., 18, of 1403 E. Elm St., had allegedly taken his car keys from a locker at Goldsboro High School and...

Budd earns principal award

Valerie Budd, principal at Speight Middle School, received the David Simon Excellence in Education Award for Principal of the Year Wilson County Schools 2016-2017. She is a graduate of Southern Wayne High School in Dudley. She received her BS...

Book bag giveaway

During Goldsboro Housing Authority's backpack giveaway Thursday at Oak Street in Goldsboro children received backpacks with school supplies, while Sybil the Clown painted faces. Aaron's Inc. donated the truck used for the event and their mascot participated in the giveaway....