Thursday, October 13, 2016
Outages starting to dwindle
According to a Duke Energy Progress map of outages, as of Thursday at 2 p.m. there are 1,610 outages remaining in Wayne County. Additionally, press release from Bob Kornegay, manager of marketing and member services for Tri-County Electric, said crews...Published: Oct 13, 2016 2:46 PM Full Story
Repairs underway at H.F. Lee plant cooling pond
UPDATE -- Duke Energy officials said today that plans are in place, and are being validated by outside engineers, to make necessary repairs to a breach in the earthen cooling pond wall at the H.F. Lee Plant. Work will proceed...Published: Oct 13, 2016 1:14 PM Full Story
Chiefs return home after combat mission
Six months ago, around 20 airmen from the 335th Fighter Squadron deployed to southwest Asia to join the fight against Islamic State. On Wednesday, friends and family welcomed those airmen home. A large group gathered at the Seymour Johnson...Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
United Way delivers meals to areas in need
United Way is helping with hurricane relief efforts by getting food out to first responders stationed throughout the county. "Part of United Way's desire to be a member of the community is finding out what the needs are in...Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Grantham family loses home
GRANTHAM -- Renee Hinson's home on Hood Drive had been through Hurricane Floyd back in 1999, so she wasn't too worried when rumblings about Hurricane Matthew started. "All week we had been tracking the storm watch, tracking its progress,"...Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Victims wait for water to recede
Thomas Waters stands at the edge of the high waters at Bunche Drive and Simpson Street. His hands are in his pockets; his toes near the floodwaters brought in from Hurricane Matthew and its aftermath. He's lived here for...Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
County sets up disaster relief center
Wayne County employees set up a disaster relief center inside the Wayne Center Wednesday, and they plan to open it to the public at the start of next week, said Department of Social Services Director Debra Jones. Jones, walking...Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
H.F. Lee basin breach minimal
Flooding along the Neuse River has receded just enough that floodwaters are no longer overflowing the earthen basin wall surrounding the cooling pond at the H.F. Lee Plant. However, water continues to enter over the spillway. But, that, too,...Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Taste of Wayne is canceled
For the first time in its 26 years, the Taste of Wayne County has been canceled. "We canceled the 2016 Taste of Wayne because following Hurricane Matthew, a lot of our participants' personal home or business had suffered some...Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Papa John's delivers to people at Herman Park
Papa John's delivered free pizzas to more than 1,500 people within two hours Wednesday at the Herman Park Center. Four days after Hurricane Matthew hit Wayne County, a long line of people who have no power or food waited at...Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Missed school days might not have to be made up
Students in counties hit hardest by Hurricane Matthew, and the subsequent flooding, could potentially miss weeks of school that under normal circumstances would have to be made up. However, state Rep. Jimmy Dixon of Mount Olive Wednesday afternoon said...Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Curfew is lifted
A mandatory curfew set for Wayne County and Goldsboro of 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the wake of Hurricane Matthew has been lifted as of 6 p.m. today. Restaurants, taverns and other businesses are now allowed to sell alcohol...Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Free water
J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home will be giving away 500 cases of water Friday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home on Wayne Memorial Drive....Published: Oct 13, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
No collapse at H.F. Lee plant
Flooding along the Neuse River has receded just enough that flood waters are no longer overflowing the earthen basin wall surrounding the cooling pond at the H.F. Lee Plant. However, water continues to enter over the spillway. But, that, too,...Published: Oct 13, 2016 9:16 AM Full Story