Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Commissioners chafe over hotel
Wayne County commissioners held their collective noses Tuesday morning, approving a $10,667 budget amendment for the county's share of a $32,000 hotel study. They did not hold back on their displeasure with the city of Goldsboro's failed efforts so...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Fill the Theatre campaign underway
United Way of Wayne County is asking residents to Fill the Theatre March 28 and 29. The event is a fundraiser to help the needy of Wayne County with food and personal hygiene items. "Our local food pantries and shelters...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Confederate monuments study committee meets today
RALEIGH -- The North Carolina Historical Commission Confederate Monuments Study Committee will hold a public meeting from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. today. The meeting is for accepting public comment on a petition to relocate three Confederate monuments from the...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
WCC named finalist for American Association of Community Colleges 2018 Awards of Excellence
Wayne Community College has been named a finalist for the American Association of Community Colleges 2018 Awards of Excellence, in the "student success" category. WCC is one of six community colleges, the only one from North Carolina, up for...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Public schools are represented at UMO Honors Choir
Select Spring Creek Middle, Rosewood Middle and Norwayne Middle students recently represented Wayne County Public Schools in the second annual Mount Olive University Honors Choir, under the direction of Jonathan Saeger. The students prepared five selections - "Sing and Rejoice!"...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Local do-gooder captures national spotlight
MOUNT OLIVE -- "If you are ever in Mount Olive, check out the pickles," TV personality Mike Rowe said as he stood in the middle of North Center Street. Rowe spoke to a crowd of curious onlookers who had...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
A spiritual growth
Each month, Effie Labrecque and Ray Urban see people who desperately need food, people who can't afford their medicine and children who may have to live in a house with no heat when it's below freezing outside. Sometimes, they can...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Local student selected for Governor's School
Sam Okonkwo, of Goldsboro and a junior at Arendell Parrott Academy in Kinston, has been chosen to attend Governor's School this summer. The son of Ambrose and Uzo Okonkwo, Sam will attend Governor's School West at Salem College in Winston-Salem...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Time for the book sale
Rose Waters, library assistant, sorts through donated books for the upcoming annual Friends of the Library book sale, to be held at the main branch of the library on Ash Street next month. The five-day sale will feature a wide...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Group to gauge local interest in CAN
The public is invited to a meeting to determine interest in forming Wayne County CAN, Child Advocacy Network, designed to focus on public policies at the local, state and federal level to benefit children and families. It will be held...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Students participate in state Scholastic Dance Festival
Two Arendell Parrott Academy students from Goldsboro were recently part of a state dance competition that placed in several categories. The Wayne County students are Jean Okonkwo, a senior and member of the upper school ensemble, and Sarah Stockton, an...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Pair of local students among 45 selected statewide for D.C. trip
Two local high school students are among 45 young leaders from across the state chosen to participate in a learning and leadership development opportunity this summer in the nation's capital. Tri-County EMC will sponsor Kari Drake and Nathaly Audelo on...Published: Mar 21, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story