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WCC students earn continuing education scholarship

Three Wayne Community College students were awarded State Employees' Credit Union (SECU) Continuing Education Scholarships for the fall 2016 semester. Recipients and their courses of study are Brittany Dawn Morgan of Selma and Deontre Jymel Gray of Goldsboro, both...

Hinson honored by United Way

Mackenzie Hinson, 12, was not only the keynote speaker at the United Way of Wayne County's annual meeting on Wednesday, she took home its most prestigious award. Hinson is the president and founder of Make a difference Food Pantry...

Police confirm details of Soler case

Former 4th Security Forces Squadron Manager Chief Master Sgt. Hector Soler left Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and was headed home the night he allegedly drove drunk and killed 17-year-old Johny Robert Watson, the Goldsboro Police Department confirmed this...

Road to close for repairs

A portion of Raynor Mill Road near Newton Grove will be closed starting Monday, Feb. 27, to complete repairs from Hurricane Matthew. The pipe that carries water under the road was damaged during the hurricane and is being replaced...

Polio walk fares well with warm weather

The thinking had been that Saturday morning's 5K Walk to Wipe Out Polio was going to be the hot chocolate walk. Instead, spring-like weather had the nearly two dozen walkers in shorts and short sleeves as they made eight circuits...

Shopping center, gaming sites planned

A new multi-tenant shopping center may be added along North Berkeley Boulevard near the Berkeley Mall, pending review by the Goldsboro Planning Commission Monday. The commission is also set to review permit requests for the possible opening of a video...

Ole Timey Days nixed

SEVEN SPRINGS -- The Ole Timey Days celebration normally held on the second Saturday in May has been canceled. What would have been the 17th annual event is the latest victim of Hurricane Matthew -- four months after the storm...

Celebrating Black History Month

MOUNT OLIVE -- Khloe Young, 2, couldn't take her eyes off Smokey the Bear as he rode past her on a float. She nodded her head and said yes when asked if Smokey was her favorite part of the Mount...

Christianity, Islam share similarities

Two local clergymen will share both the common threads and the differences between Christianity and Islam in a free programs Thursday, March 9 and Thursday, March 16. "Meeting of the Faiths: Conversations from the Holy Bible and the Holy Quran,"...

Kitty Askins raises more than $100,000

The 10th annual Mardi Gras Gala, 3HC and Kitty Askins Hospice Center's annual fundraiser, raised $141,684 of which $92,638 was raised by the six couples vying for the title of Mardi Gras King and Queen. Neal and Donna Hill,...

Human relations award banquet to honor students

The 43rd annual Human Relations Award Banquet will recognize the talent of students and honor individuals and organizations making a difference in the community Tuesday. The banquet will be held at the Goldsboro Event Center at 1501 S. Slocumb St.,...

Overall crime rate drops

esmith@newsargus.com Goldsboro experienced a 10 percent drop in its overall crime rate in 2016 compared to 2015, according to the Goldsboro Police Department's most recent Uniform Crime Report. This downward trend marks the lowest crime rate in Goldsboro in at...

Cigar store 'Tobacco and Hops' opens on Chestnut St.

Dustin Pike remembers his first cigar -- it was Cuban. Most people remember their first stogie -- half the joy of smoking a cigar is the experience that surrounds it, after all. And now, there's a spot in downtown Goldsboro...

Leading with integrity: Remembering the first black police chief

When Chester Hill, the first African-American police chief in Goldsboro, set out to do something, there was no "easy way." Only the right way. This is how his wife, Delores Artis Hill, remembers him now, nearly eight years since...

Man arrested after two and half hour standoff

DUDLEY -- A Wayne County man has been charged with domestic assault and kidnapping following a two and half hour standoff law enforcement including the Wayne and Johnston county SWAT teams. Children were in the home at the time of...

Old Calypso Fire Department building burns

A fire broke out in an abandoned building in Calypso today. The structure, at the corner of Center and Trade streets, used to house the Calypso Hardware Store and the Calypso Fire Department. Calypso and Mount Olive fire departments responded,...