Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Making a difference
Four teenage girls spent many hot days in the sun sanding and staining wood, replacing a small roof and even using power tools -- something they had never done before. But they were determined to do whatever it took to...Published: Feb 6, 2018 4:41 PM Full Story
Investigation underway after woman's body is found in home
MOUNT OLIVE -- A woman's body was found in a home Thursday during a welfare check conducted by Wayne County sheriff's deputies. The woman's identity has not been released pending an autopsy report from the state medical examiner's office. Deputies...Published: Feb 6, 2018 2:26 PM Full Story
Complaints of prostitution result in arrests
Recent complaints of prostitution in the area of Lionel, East Walnut and North Leslie streets have so far resulted in two arrests this month. An ongoing Goldsboro Police Department investigation in that area saw a Pikeville woman charged last week...Published: Feb 6, 2018 2:20 PM Full Story
Exhibiting change
Jennifer Kuykendall left Goldsboro 30 years ago, but has recently returned with one goal -- to make the Wayne County Museum more representative of Wayne County. That's her passion. As the new museum director -- she took the job the...Published: Feb 6, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Honoring, remembering black history in Wayne
The Wayne County Museum has planned a calendar full of events for Black History Month. The theme of National Black History Month is "Blacks in the Military." "The exhibit is about pioneers and entrepreneurs from Wayne County's black history," said...Published: Feb 6, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
A few good men
Goldsboro is widely regarded as an Air Force town, but the other branches of the military have long found ways to aid the community. One such group is the Marine Corps League, a small gathering of Marine and Navy...Published: Feb 6, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
U.S. 117 to be down one lane
MOUNT OLIVE -- Northbound traffic is down to one lane on U.S. 117 South at its intersection with Country Club Road and is expected to be down to one southbound lane later this week depending on the weather. A...Published: Feb 6, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Board to talk timber sales
Wayne County commissioners will consider a request from the Wayne County Board of Education to sell timber to help pay for school projects when they meet today. County Manager Craig Honeycutt said in a letter to the board that...Published: Feb 6, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Former board member of the N.C. State Martin Luther King Jr. Commission receives Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Earnest Lee Waters was recently presented with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine on an otherwise already auspicious occasion -- a surprise party for his 80th birthday. The award, considered the highest honor for private citizens of North Carolina,...Published: Feb 6, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story