Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Police make second arrest in Herman Street shooting death
Police arrested a second suspect today in the Nov. 21 homicide on Herman Street. Octavius Thompson, 23, of Elm City, is charged with an open count of murder in the shooting death of 42-year-old Sammy Lamarcus Evans. Thompson was arrested...Published: Dec 5, 2017 8:08 PM Full Story
Pizza delivery driver robbed of pie, $20 in mount Olive neighborhood
MOUNT OLIVE -- A Domino's Pizza delivery man was uninjured when two men lured him to an apparently vacant house and robbed him at gunpoint Monday night. The suspects made off with the pizza that the driver was carrying, as...Published: Dec 5, 2017 4:21 PM Full Story
Christmas Land
In the harbor, you'll see all kinds of boats and people ice fishing by an ice shanty. In the wilderness area, you'll find a hunting and camping area at the foot of snow covered mountains. Each year, the home of...Published: Dec 5, 2017 1:28 PM Full Story
Fremont holds its first ever Christmas tree lighting event
The people of Fremont celebrated the Christmas season in style Friday night, as the town hosted its first-ever Christmas Tree lighting event. Dozens of people gathered around the tree at the corner of Main Street and Goldsboro Street around 6...Published: Dec 5, 2017 11:42 AM Full Story
Forecasts hold; indicate snow will fall Friday
The Weather Channel is predicting a 90 percent likelihood of snow and rain mixing in Goldsboro later this week, as the temperature is expected to drop to 31 degrees F, Friday night. The figure is up from Monday, when the...Published: Dec 5, 2017 10:53 AM Full Story
Thunderbirds scheduled to return to Wings Over Wayne in 2019
Different but familiar birds will be flying through the skies of Wayne County April 27 and 28, 2019, when the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds headline the 2019 Wings Over Wayne Air Show. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base announced the confirmation...Published: Dec 5, 2017 9:35 AM Full Story
Food for the hungry
The Goldsboro Community Soup Kitchen at 112 W. Oak St. is handling the holidays just like any other time of year -- by providing a hot meal to those in need, regardless of the circumstances which brought them through...Published: Dec 5, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
Mayor's vote questioned
Councilman Bevan Foster made a move to reduce the mayor's voting power during the Goldsboro City Council meeting Monday. At the end of the meeting, when each of the council members are provided with time for a few words,...Published: Dec 5, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
*** Empty Stocking Fund ***
Donations may be made by mailing checks made out to the Empty Stocking Fund to P.O. Box 10629, Goldsboro, NC 27532. Or donors can simply stop by the newspaper office at 310 N. Berkeley Blvd. * John Hudson, $100, in...Published: Dec 5, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
School to celebrate its 50th anniversary this Friday
It was founded in 1967, she said, at First Presbyterian Church and called a "developmental school for retarded children." "The goal was to help the retarded child improve physically, socially, emotionally and to increase their skills, awareness, independence and ability...Published: Dec 5, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
Local M.D. named Physician of the Year
Dr. Kevin Talton was honored Friday as Family Physician of the Year by the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians at its winter conference in Asheville. Talton, 46, is medical director at Mount Olive Family Medicine Center. "I was definitely...Published: Dec 5, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
Man tries to get Oxycodone with fake prescription
A man tried to get a fake prescription for Oxycodone filled at Raper Discount Drugs at 2303 Wayne Memorial Drive Friday morning. A Goldsboro police report said the man tried to give an employee a fake prescription for 60 Oxycodone...Published: Dec 5, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
Mount Olive couple to hold Christmas decorating contest benefiting Kitty Askins Hospice
MOUNT OLIVE -- Do you think you are the Clark Griswold of Mount Olive when it comes to decorating your home for Christmas? If so, you might consider entering a contest where could not only win bragging rights, but...Published: Dec 5, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story
Mount Olive lights up during Christmas Open House
Santa Claus and more than 400 of his closest friends helped Mount Olive kick off the Christmas season Friday evening at the annual Christmas Open House. The event was put on by the Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce, town,...Published: Dec 5, 2017 5:50 AM Full Story