Police: Nearly 30 vehicle break-ins in one night

Police are investigating nearly 30 motor vehicle break-ins reported over the weekend. The bulk of the reported break-ins took place between Saturday night and Sunday morning on the west side of the city in a roughly one-mile radius, spanning from...

Published: Jan 16, 2017 10:45 AM Full Story

Home invasion robbery

Goldsboro police are investigating an armed robbery that took place Saturday night on Rose Street. Aarion Nichelle Coley, 25, reported to police that she was sitting on her couch eating dinner around 8:30 p.m. Saturday when two black men kicked...

Published: Jan 16, 2017 10:35 AM Full Story

WCC to offer interactive talk on MLK's 'I Have a Dream'

Wayne Community College is taking a different approach to Martin Luther King Day this year -- through an interactive discussion of how we as a country can move toward accomplishing the "dream of the dreamer." Dr. King's prolific "I...

Published: Jan 16, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story

Sanderson Farms opens new processing plant in St. Pauls

Sanderson Farms recently opened a new $155 million processing plant and wastewater treatment facility in St. Pauls, N.C. The new 180,000-square-foot plant will accompany the existing 65,000-square-foot hatchery located in Lumberton as well as a feed mill in Kinston, making...

Published: Jan 16, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story

Board to talk junk vehicle ordinance

The public Tuesday morning will have the opportunity to comment on proposed changes to Wayne County's abandoned and junk vehicle ordinance and its mobile home park ordinance. Wayne County commissioners will hold public hearings on the changes at 9:30...

Published: Jan 16, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story

Honoring King's legacy

MOUNT OLIVE -- Judge Carl Fox remembers the large Ku Klux Klan billboards that used to stand at Smithfield and praying that his car would not breakdown anywhere between them. Years later after being appointed to the Superior Court bench,...

Published: Jan 16, 2017 8:58 AM Full Story