Sunday, January 8, 2017
90 days later: Part II Property owners in city sustain $15.7 million in hurricane damage
Property owners in the city of Goldsboro sustained close to $15.7 million in flood and storm-related damage from Hurricane Matthew in October. The city of Goldsboro also experienced a cost -- estimated near $2.4 million -- for its preparation, response...Published: Jan 8, 2017 2:29 AM Full Story
90 days later: Part I Condemned in recovery
Rudolph Jennings lugs a 10-gallon container of gasoline under his carport; fuel for a generator acting as the only source of electricity to his Brock Street home. Jennings has been without electricity since Hurricane Matthew hit the area hard on...Published: Jan 8, 2017 2:29 AM Full Story
READ Wayne continues to make strides
READ Wayne is continuing efforts to improve school readiness and literacy skills, developing a plan to be submitted to the state to position Wayne County as a member of the National Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. Allison Pridgen was recently...Published: Jan 8, 2017 2:29 AM Full Story
Shots strike house while family at home
Shots fired at 12:01 a.m. New Year's Day in celebration of the calendar change entered a home on Pleasant Pines Drive, according to a report filed Thursday with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office. Aydee Pacheco, 23, who lives at 202...Published: Jan 8, 2017 2:29 AM Full Story
Goldsboro native joins Gov. Cooper's Cabinet
A Goldsboro native has been tapped to join Gov. Roy Cooper's Cabinet. Michael Regan, Cooper's nominee for secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality, grew up in Goldsboro. He attended Goldsboro High School, and his parents, other family and friends...Published: Jan 8, 2017 2:29 AM Full Story
Home renovations a small ordeal, all things considered
Mary Lindsey Edwards, after a 25-week stint in a Florida rehab facility being treated for mold toxicity, is home. But not in her house. That is being completely overhauled -- knocking out walls, painting, even getting rid of furniture to...Published: Jan 8, 2017 2:29 AM Full Story
City human resources director takes Raleigh post
Goldsboro Human Resources Director Faye Caviness has accepted a position with the city of Raleigh and will step down from her post on Jan. 27. Caviness, a city employee of 16 years, will start as a human resources business...Published: Jan 8, 2017 2:29 AM Full Story
Twins share 90 years of service
A willingness to do the job turned into a 45-year-long career for twin brothers Albert and Allen Jones who, by the time their surprise retirement party rolled around Tuesday, said working for four-and-a-half decades as first responders was their calling...Published: Jan 8, 2017 2:29 AM Full Story