Monday, September 11, 2017
Echoes in the stairwell: Remembrance of 9/11
Nahunta firefighter Justin Edgerton's turnout gear still smelled like smoke during the annual Sept. 11 stair climb at Wayne Community College Monday. He'd been to a house fire off of Hickory Crossroads Road just hours prior, but a sense of...Published: Sep 11, 2017 9:16 PM Full Story
Toes of Steel
Prema Sriraman broke her back 10 years ago, and doctors said she would never walk again. Today, not only is she walking, but she's also taking tap dancing lessons, and is a member of Goldsboro's Toes of Steel. The group...Published: Sep 11, 2017 6:33 PM Full Story
Toes of Steel
Prema Sriraman broke her back 10 years ago, and doctors said she would never walk again. Today, not only is she walking, but she's also taking tap dancing lessons, and is a member of Goldsboro's Toes of Steel. The group...Published: Sep 11, 2017 6:33 PM Full Story
Two men face charges after deputies find 648 grams of marijuana
Two Fayetteville men are facing charges after Wayne County Sheriff's deputies reportedly found a large amount of drugs inside their car when they went through a traffic checkpoint on U.S. 70 early Sunday morning. Mauriceo Jacquay Garvin, 29, of 4210...Published: Sep 11, 2017 3:30 PM Full Story
Pikeville police charge two people after finding 245 prescription pills, firearm during traffic stop
Two people are in custody on a litany of drug and firearm charges after Pikeville police found narcotics in their car during a traffic stop, according to a police report. On Aug. 28, officers with the Pikeville Police Department stopped...Published: Sep 11, 2017 1:44 PM Full Story
Weak tornadic winds and rain possible as front and remains of Irma move through
There is a light chance of weak tornadic winds between daybreak through about 10 a.m. Tuesday as a front works its way across the area. That front and the remains of a hurricane -- now Tropical Storm Irma -- will...Published: Sep 11, 2017 11:58 AM Full Story
Heart for the Lion's Run
Anyone who saw the Lion's Run obstacle course at Unity Baptist Church in Mount Olive Saturday could have been forgiven for being a bit surprised. The course was at the center of the Lion's Run fundraising event, which raised...Published: Sep 11, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
Treatment plant prepared for rain
City of Goldsboro crews are prepared to take steps to protect the city's water plant if Hurricane Irma threatens to bring any significant amount of rain this week. City workers have already filled generators with gasoline and ordered treatment...Published: Sep 11, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
75 years of being Fourth, but first
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base's 4th Fighter Wing traces its roots back to the seven Americans who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. Fought from late June through October, 1940, RAF pilots went toe...Published: Sep 11, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
$200 million in aid is in doubt
Another $200 million is needed in North Carolina to pay for all of the buyout and house elevation applications the state received in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. But with the disaster now being dealt with in Texas because...Published: Sep 11, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
Irma still poses threat to local harvest
A rapidly ripening crop had Wayne County tobacco farmers speeding up their harvest even before the threat posed by Hurricane Irma. But the looming storm could mean that the tobacco and corn harvest could move into an even higher...Published: Sep 11, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story