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Officers find man stabbed in the back while he is walking down Warrick Circle

Officers discovered a man was stabbed in the back early Tuesday morning when they found him walking down the road with the knife still in his back with a towel wrapped around it. A Goldsboro police report said officers got...

Man pulls gun on probation officer, flees after officer pulls gun in defense

A man pulled a gun on a probation officer and pointed it at her on East Chestnut Street Monday night, according to a Goldsboro police report. Probation officer Sonora McClendon told police she was doing her routine duties and had...

UPDATE: Authorities release identity of the man who died in motorcycle wreck Monday evening

Authorities have released the identity of the man who died in a wreck on Dollardtown Road and Ditchbank Road Monday evening. Billy Ray Bunn Jr., 40, of Chocowinity, was pronounced dead at the scene after he hit the back of...

Small chance of tropical storm force winds across central N.C.

There is a less than 25 percent chance of tropical storm force winds across central North Carolina as Hurricane Maria moves past the state's coast over the next few days. According to the National Weather Service in Raleigh, the most...

Taste of Wayne slated for Oct. 14

Wayne County, get your taste buds ready for a variety of tantalizing foods at the 27th annual Taste of Wayne. The event is a fundraiser for United Way of Wayne County, and has been a long time coming as...

Local response to NFL, Trump comments mixed

After President Donald Trump released his comments on National Football League players kneeling for the national anthem and the subsequent protests by more than 200 NFL players Sunday, debate over who was right flared in the country. In Wayne...

A voice of their own: GHS takes 'Pride' in the news

This is a busy week at Goldsboro High School -- from Spirit Week and pep rallies to the homecoming game at week's end.That makes it a big news week for the students in Kenneth Fine's third-period journalism class.Within seconds of...

Bell fights for funds

Additional state disaster funding -- possibly for property buyouts, river dredging and reservoirs -- could be among the issues to be addressed by the newly appointed House Select Committee on Disaster Relief. "This is something that I had been...