Thursday, December 8, 2016
Fire burns through family home
A father and daughter lost a home that had been in their family for generations Thursday evening after a small heater caused the building at 202 Claridge Nursery Road to catch fire, fire fighters said. Hubert Daynor, 88, was spending time...Published: Dec 8, 2016 5:18 PM Full Story
Mount Olive lights up
MOUNT OLIVE -- Hundreds gathered Friday night to watch as the 3,200 Christmas lights on the town's radio tower blazed into life for the first time this season. They stayed to listen to a performance by the Mount Olive Middle...Published: Dec 8, 2016 10:36 AM Full Story
Hooping it up
MOUNT OLIVE -- They ran. They passed basketballs. They dribbled and took shots at the basket. Some even tried to go one on one with University of Mount Olive basketball players. And they did it all within a wide range...Published: Dec 8, 2016 10:36 AM Full Story
Wayne County man charged with rape of a child
Authorities arrested a man Wednesday accused of raping a child over a three-year period.Matthew Gordon Williams, 30, of 4220 Stevens Mill Road, is charged with first-degree sexual offense of a child, indecent liberties with a child, three counts of incest...Published: Dec 8, 2016 10:18 AM Full Story
Top education leaders hold panel discussion
Wayne County's top three education leaders Wednesday were questioned about issues ranging from cooperation and collaboration, the state budget and coping with rapidly changing technologies. Dr. Michael Dunsmore, Wayne County Public Schools superintendent; Dr. Philip Kerstetter, University of Mount Olive...Published: Dec 8, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Library commemoration inspires local recollections of Pearl Harbor
An 11-year-old William Teague didn't really know what to make of what he had just heard on the radio. But as he and his brother sat in the back seat of the family car on the way home that...Published: Dec 8, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Empty Stocking Fund
* Bobbie H. Jacobs, $25, in memory of William H. Jacobs * Bobbie H. Jacobs, $25, in memory of Roland and Geraldine Hunter * Kellie and Steve West, $50, in loving memory of Jack Weir, Rudolph West, Brent West and...Published: Dec 8, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Racial makeup of schools not a new point of concern
The Wayne County public school system remains under review by the United States Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights over a 2009 NAACP Title VI complaint alleging that racial disparities across 26 of the 33 schools in the...Published: Dec 8, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Disparity at issue in schools
Wayne County Public Schools is moving forward with a new application process in the lottery system used to select students at Wayne School of Engineering and Wayne Early/Middle College High School. The method whereby students are chosen to attend...Published: Dec 8, 2016 10:00 AM Full Story
Hardee's robbed at gunpoint
The Goldsboro Police Department is investigating an early morning armed robbery at a fast food restaurant off of Wayne Memorial Drive. The incident took place around 6:50 a.m. at the Hardee's at 1109 11th St., where officers are collecting evidence...Published: Dec 8, 2016 8:15 AM Full Story
Colder weather coming
Temperatures in the Wayne County area are expected to plunge into the upper 20s tonight after a week of relatively mild weather. Those same temperatures are predicted to drop even further, into the lower 20s, on Friday night, according to...Published: Dec 8, 2016 6:00 AM Full Story