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Police: Mother and son with shotgun threaten woman's life

Goldsboro police arrested a teenager and his mother Saturday after the two allegedly went to a woman's apartment and pointed a .410 shotgun at her and threatened to kill her. Cody Glenn Best, 17, of 1175 Tram Road, Mount Olive,...

Lucama man charged after contact with two girls

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office charged a man with indecent liberties with a child today after learning he was acting inappropriately with two nine-year-old girls, according to a press release. Corey Lee Kerr, 22, of Lucama, was arrested and placed...

Sheriff's Office: Florida woman smokes meth, cuts boyfriend

A Florida woman cut a man she has been dating for a week after she started smoking methamphetamine in a car parked near Buckhorne Road and Old Grantham Road Sunday evening, a report filed with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office...

Two charged in drug activity

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office arrested two people on various drug charges after serving a search warrant at their residence Saturday. Quinton Edwin Moye, 26, of 131 Woodside Circle, is charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver...

Barbara Price sets up scholarship to remember late daughter's legacy

MOUNT OLIVE -- The late Suzanna H. Weil had a passion to help others. As a tribute to that passion, and to keep alive Mrs. Weil's memory, her mother, Barbara Price, established the Suzanna Bel Hinson Weil Endowed Scholarship...

County to discuss hazard mitigation

Applications are still being accepted from Wayne County residents for assistance under the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management Hurricane Matthew Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Nearly 300 applications have been received thus far, and county planner Chip Crumpler will...

Printing a path to learning

Walking into the STEM lab at Norwayne Middle School, it's difficult to tell who is having more fun -- the teacher or the students. Paul Casey, technology education instructor there for the past eight years, enthuses about the "new toys"...