Friday, April 21, 2017
Jury selection starts, stops in Stancil first-degree murder trial
Jury selection began today in the first-degree murder trial of 22-year-old Kenneth Morgan Stancil III. Stancil is accused of shooting and killing Wayne Community College print shop technician Ron Lane on April 13, 2015, on the school's campus. He is...Published: Apr 21, 2017 6:00 PM Full Story
Jury convicts Alquan Hill in 2014 murder of mother of three
Update ---- 2:42 p.m. Alquan De-Shawn Hill will serve life in prison without parole after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder in Wayne County Superior Court today. Hill was also convicted of assault with a deadly weapon with intent...Published: Apr 21, 2017 2:11 PM Full Story
16-year-old charged in shooting of a family member
Wayne County Sheriff's Office deputies called to a Dudley home Thursday night said they found a man shot in the leg by a family member. According to the report, deputies saw "several" neighbors outside waiving their arms for deputies to...Published: Apr 21, 2017 9:43 AM Full Story
Relay for Life survivors banquet
Jo Sutton was one of the oldest cancer survivors in the audience at Thursday night's Relay for Life Survivors Banquet at First Pentecostal Holiness Church. "I had lung cancer in 2008," the 85-year-old said. Over the years since, she...Published: Apr 21, 2017 9:43 AM Full Story
Make A Difference
Gov. Roy Cooper has named Mackenzie Hinson of the Grantham community as the state's first "spokeskid" for his Youth Make a Difference Days initiative. Cooper was in Goldsboro Thursday afternoon for a roundtable discussion held in the county's emergency...Published: Apr 21, 2017 9:43 AM Full Story
Police: Woman returns to store she twice shoplifted from, is charged
A woman who allegedly stole headphones at U.S. Cellular earlier this week was arrested at the store Thursday. Crystal Smith Ezzell, 30, of 105 Dee Dee Place, entered the store April 11, and April 17, with an infant child and...Published: Apr 21, 2017 9:00 AM Full Story
Cooper: Lack of affordable housing hindered hurricane recovery
A lack of affordable housing in Wayne County and across eastern North Carolina has hindered efforts to relocate people who lost their homes because of Hurricane Matthew, Gov. Roy Cooper said. The storm put a spotlight on things that leaders...Published: Apr 21, 2017 7:59 AM Full Story
Murder case to go to jury today
Jury deliberation in the murder trial of Alquan De-shawn Hill begins today after both sides presented closing arguments Thursday afternoon. The trial has gone on since April 10. Hill is accused of taking part in the killing of a 21-year-old...Published: Apr 21, 2017 6:37 AM Full Story