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UPDATE: Victim of Thursday shooting identified as juvenile

The Goldsboro Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a juvenile injured in the 1700 block of East Holly Street this morning. Officers from the department's C-shift, VICE Unit and Crime Scene Investigation Unit were all on scene as...

UPDATE: Shooting victim taken to ambulance on a stretcher

The Goldsboro Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one person injured in the 1700 block of East Holly Street this morning. Officers from the department's C-shift, VICE Unit and Crime Scene Investigation Unit were all on scene as...

Shooting investigation underway on East Holly Street

The Goldsboro Police Department, fire and EMS are on scene in the 1700 block of East Holly Street investigating a reported shooting.One person has been taken by stretcher to an ambulance. This is a developing story. Additional details will be...

Wayne County sees little snow overnight

The snowstorm that dumped up to nearly a foot of snow in some areas to the west left only a dusting up to a half inch on Wayne County overnight. Wayne County Public Schools are closed today. Wayne County government...

Panel convenes on poverty

Large, white sheets of paper hung on the walls of the First African Baptist Church fellowship hall, each sheet bearing the titles "economic development," "education," "affordable housing," "jobs," "health" or "hunger." People filled the room to its capacity Wednesday afternoon...

Digging into immigration

Grandstanding and demeaning. That is how Wayne County Commissioner Ray Mayo labeled comments made last month by a fellow commissioner concerning the Health Department's bad debt write-offs for services rendered to people who are in the country illegally. Mayo...

Work to begin Monday on Country Club Road

MOUNT OLIVE -- Work is scheduled to begin Monday on the U.S. 117 and Country Club Road interchange project just north of town. Motorists can expect delays and lane closures during construction. When completed, U.S. 117 will pass over Country...