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Friday, August 26, 2016

Summer's last jam

Goldsboro local favorites The Malpass Brothers perform their unique version of country styles during the Center Street Jam on Thursday evening in downtown Goldsboro....

Workforce focus of Hot Topic

Innovative new programs designed to introduce students and educators to the world of industry and to the possibilities industry holds for the next generation of workers were the centerpiece of a Thursday panel discussion. The panel that focused on the...

School open houses held

Luis Zarate could hardly wait to get to open house Thursday afternoon at Grantham Elementary School, his mother said. "He was really excited about first grade," Crystal Zarate said. Meeting his teacher. Seeing his classroom. Locating the "cubbie" with his...

Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce fundraiser Sept. 8

MOUNT OLIVE -- The Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual reverse raffle fundraiser dinner at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Wayne Shrine Club in Dudley. In addition, the third annual "Cake Boss" competition...

U.S. 117 upgrade in transportation plan

Upgrading U.S. 117 from north of Country Club Road at Mount Olive to south of Genoa Road near the Wayne County Fairgrounds -- the future Interstate 795 South corridor -- is included in the state's next draft 10-year transportation...

Wreck snarls traffic

A wreck at the intersection of N.C. 581 and U.S. 70 in Rosewood around 12:30 p.m. Thursday temporarily blocked west bound traffic in one lane on U.S. 70 for roughly half an hour. No one was injured. According to...

Teen charged with larceny

A Goldsboro teenager has been accused of stealing shorts valued at $28 from Belk in Berkeley Mall on Monday. A Belk employee told police he saw 16-year-old Jaymias Trevel Yelverton, of 306 Kennon Court, conceal the shorts in his pants...

Damage from BB guns reported in Central Heights

Four reports were filed with the Goldsboro Police Department Wednesday about BB guns being used to damage cars and fences in the city some time between Sunday and Wednesday morning, and each incident happened within a mile radius of the...