Monday, January 23, 2017
Police: Surveillance of local businesses leads to drug arrest
A local teen is facing drug charges after allegedly being seen selling marijuana to someone in front of a local business Friday, according to a press release. Darius Jermaine White, of 315 Randall Lane Apt. C, whose date of birth...Published: Jan 23, 2017 2:39 PM Full Story
Local group seeks to hold Duke Energy accountable, energize community movement
The Down East Coal Ash Coalition will be planting a red dogwood tree and holding a prayer vigil at 5:30 this evening across the street from the H.F. Lee Plant entrance. The event is being hosting in collaboration with a...Published: Jan 23, 2017 11:59 AM Full Story
Woman robbed at gunpoint Saturday
Police are investigating an armed robbery that took place Saturday night while a woman was waiting in her car to pick up a friend. According to an incident report, Shantel Charese Atkinson, 26, was waiting in her car in the...Published: Jan 23, 2017 10:46 AM Full Story
Grand jury indicts man for murder, woman charged in plea deal
A Goldsboro man has been indicted by the Wayne County grand jury on a charge of first-degree murder. Billy Renaldo Hamm, 44, of 912 N. John St., was arrested in April in Silver Spring, Maryland, for the Jan. 9, 2016,...Published: Jan 23, 2017 10:26 AM Full Story
City begins work to reconnect power to homes
City of Goldsboro inspectors plan to start working to get electricity reconnected to homes that sustained water damage following Hurricane Matthew in October. In an effort to get residents back into their homes, the Goldsboro City Council decided last...Published: Jan 23, 2017 10:09 AM Full Story
Pikeville man is charged in larceny
The Wayne County Sheriff's Office charged a man Sunday for allegedly breaking into a Goldsboro residence that same day. Michael Christopher Fields, 31, of 109 Clifton Ridge Drive, Pikeville, is charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and...Published: Jan 23, 2017 10:09 AM Full Story
Man shoots self in leg accidentally
A man allegedly shot himself in the leg when he was putting on his work boots. According to a report from the Goldsboro Police Department, Jonathan Sean Davis, 24, of the 1000 block of Slaughter Street, arrived at Wayne Memorial...Published: Jan 23, 2017 10:09 AM Full Story
Scholarship application deadline is March 1
High school seniors in Wayne, Duplin and Lenoir counties are invited to apply for one of 215 Golden LEAF college scholarships available for the 2017-2018 school year. The awards, valued at $12,000, or $3,000 per year for up to...Published: Jan 23, 2017 10:09 AM Full Story
Teaching the arts: Rosewood art in Raleigh
Amy Kennedy grew up wanting to be an art teacher. She chose a different direction after someone offhandedly mentioned she'd have to take a test. "I did not know that with every degree you get, there's an end-of-whatever test," she...Published: Jan 23, 2017 8:12 AM Full Story
Wet weather lingers another day
Rain will continue throughout the morning following a weekend of torrential storms that moved northward across the Southeast. Most of the wind and rain is now passing through the Northeast as a nor'easter, but the storm pattern spawned several tornadoes...Published: Jan 23, 2017 6:46 AM Full Story