Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Storm recovery group gets grant
Wayne County's long-term recovery organization has been awarded a $20,000 American Red Cross Recovery Grant. The grant will be used to provide direct assistance to those who have unmet needs as a result of Hurricane Matthew. The grant specifies direct...Published: Jul 11, 2017 9:07 PM Full Story
Kidnapping, assault suspect charged
A man wanted on assault and kidnapping charges was arrested and charged by Goldsboro police Monday night. Shahaun Jaquim Johnson, 24, of room No. 1 at the Carolina Motel at 2316 N. William St., is charged with felony second-degree kidnapping,...Published: Jul 11, 2017 8:52 PM Full Story
Lowe's on Berkeley evacuated due to gas leak
Update ---- 5:45 p.m.Lowes Home Improvement is back open after a gas leak led to a store-wide evacuation earlier this afternoon. Goldsboro Fire Department Captain T.J. Underwood said the call came in around 3 p.m., after which the store evacuated...Published: Jul 11, 2017 5:16 PM Full Story
Elderly woman reported missing is found dead
A 79-year-old woman reported missing earlier today was found dead in a pond at about 10 a.m. by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office. Tempie Kearney Hartley's body was found in a pond behind 1982 Old Grantham Road. Hartley's home address...Published: Jul 11, 2017 11:19 AM Full Story
UPDATE: Authorities find elderly woman reported missing
The 79-year-old woman who was reported missing Monday night has been found. Tempie Kearney Hartley was last seen walking to a store in the Mar-Mac community around 9 p.m. Monday, Maj. Tom Effler with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office...Published: Jul 11, 2017 10:22 AM Full Story
Authorities search for missing 79-year-old woman
Authorities with multiple agencies are searching for a missing 79-year-old woman last seen at about 9 p.m. Monday night. Maj. Tom Effler with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said Tempie Kearney Hartley, of 1686 Old Grantham Road, was last seen...Published: Jul 11, 2017 9:36 AM Full Story
Learning the basics: volleyball camp takes the floor at GHS gym
All athletes start with the basics, and the Goldsboro High volleyball camp is helping kids start from the ground up. Around 15 campers gathered in the Goldsboro High gym Monday to begin the five-day camp, which takes them from...Published: Jul 11, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
Tankers would bring $26.4M to SJAFB
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base would receive $26.4 million under the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, helping to clear the way for a squadron of the Air Force's new KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft to be based there. The funding...Published: Jul 11, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
Girl Scout badge 'boot camp'
Wayne Community College Continuing Education and the Girl Scouts of North Carolina Coastal Pines Council will hold a Girl Scouts "Badge Boot Camp" for rising sixth through 12th graders. It is scheduled to take place from 9 a.m. to...Published: Jul 11, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
DOT to hold public meeting
The proposed realignment of Central Heights Road at Berkeley Boulevard (U.S. 13) will be the subject of a Monday, July 24, meeting. The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold the public meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. at the...Published: Jul 11, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story