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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Goldsboro teen and one other person shot to death in Kinston

Updated as of 12:30 p.m. Thursday ---- Arrest made in double homicide. Police announced during an 11 a.m. press conference today that a 15-year-old has been charged with two counts of murder following the shooting death of two people in...

Schools place cap on transfers

Parents looking to transfer students across district lines may have a harder time of it come the 2017-18 school year, as the Wayne County public school system is set to adopt stricter guidelines on where and when to allow...

Marketing a taste of home

For the Rev. Sara Morgan, selling produce is a family heritage. Her father, Hub Holloway, sold what he grew at the farmers market in the city when it was on Center Street along with Morgan's uncle who was known as...

Duke Energy requests fee hike

Duke Energy Progress is seeking state and federal approval to pass on a portion of its estimated $5.1 billion coal-ash cleanup cost to its wholesale and retail electric customers. Duke recently filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...

Princeton Community Day to honor military

PRINCETON -- Thousands of people are expected to come together in Princeton on Saturday, June 3, for the seventh annual Princeton Community Day, honoring the military while enjoying music, food and fun. Started in 2011 by Princeton Police Chief...

Paramount Theatre's annual 'Performing Arts Series' enters its tenth season

The Paramount Theatre will begin the 10th anniversary season of its Performing Arts Series this year. One of the highlights will be a gala in February 2018 with Emmy award winning film and TV composer Ray Bunch, who is also...

Man attacked with knife

A man was leaving work early Saturday morning when another man jumped from behind a dumpster at IHOP on North Berkeley Boulevard, swung a knife at him and called him a punk, according to a police report. The 58-year-old...

House damaged, no one injured in fire

A fire severely damaged a northern Wayne County home Tuesday, potentially displacing two. Around 3:00 p.m., the Patetown, Pikeville-Pleasant Grove and Antioch volunteer fire departments responded to a call of an active structure fire at 786 Forehand Road. Once...

Bible holds the key: Searching for a link to history

Several years ago, Lynn Johnson was trying to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. She had done most of the prerequisites to prove genealogical lineage to a patriot who served this country in the Revolutionary War. But she still...

Journey of a real artist

From his beginnings in Mount Olive to his military time in California to working at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Cedric Baker has been on a journey that has shaped his life as an artist. People...