Monday, March 6, 2017
Suspicious fire consumes vacant home
Authorities are investigating a suspicious fire that gutted a vacant house on North Kornegay Street early Sunday morning. According to a police report, the fire started around 12:10 a.m. inside the house at 109 N. Kornegay St. Assistant Goldsboro Fire...Published: Mar 6, 2017 12:44 PM Full Story
W.A. Foster proposals submitted
Groups interested in preserving the former W.A. Foster Center would like to use the building for a community outreach location, an educational site or a boxing facility. Three groups recently submitted ownership proposals, including detailed plans of how the...Published: Mar 6, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
Board to approve call center design
The final design for a new $3.8 million 911 call center could be approved by Wayne County commissioners when they meet Tuesday morning. The board approved the schematic design last month, but wanted more information on cost associated with...Published: Mar 6, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
Pulitzer Prize winner with ties to Grantham to speak on book about ISIS
Before there was an ISIS -- or at least before Americans had any awareness -- a Washington Post reporter who spent part of his childhood in Grantham wrote a book on the subject, hoping it might be relevant. It was....Published: Mar 6, 2017 8:30 AM Full Story
Children seriously injured in wreck Sunday
A wreck Sunday afternoon on Ditchbank Road ejected two children from a car, according to the N.C. State Highway Patrol. Trooper Justin Arnette said 33-year-old April Casey, of Deep Run, was driving on Ditchbank Road around 3:10 p.m. with her...Published: Mar 6, 2017 6:48 AM Full Story