Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Wayne County Public Schools superintendent makes short list to lead school system in Florida
Wayne County Public Schools Superintendent Michael Dunsmore is among a short list of candidates to lead Duval County Public Schools in Florida, after the Duval County Board of Education narrowed its search to six semi-finalists at its meeting Monday. Dunsmore...Published: Apr 24, 2018 2:13 PM Full Story
House District 7 primary: Grayson Parker
Grayson Parker admits to being a political outsider and at age 32, young. But the Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 7 says he felt is was time to stand up and be counted. "I have always been kind...Published: Apr 24, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
House District 7 primary: Kyle Horton
People are hungry to be heard, said Dr. Kyle Horton. They are hungry to have someone ask them about their concerns -- that they cannot afford their health care, that families are still struggling paycheck to paycheck and are...Published: Apr 24, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Bryan Multi-Sports Complex opens with fanfare
Flanked by a F-4E Phantom fighter jet, John Henderson, assistant secretary of the Air Force, praised local leaders for their continued support of the military at the grand opening of the Bryan Multi-Sports Complex Monday. The celebration, which drew...Published: Apr 24, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Woman killed in Monday morning wreck
The N.C. State Highway Patrol says a woman was killed before 6 a.m. Monday morning after she was hit by a tractor trailer traveling in the wrong lane on U.S. 55 West near Pineview Cemetery Road. Crystal Ann Robinson,...Published: Apr 24, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
153 take part in start of one-stop voting
Slightly more than 150 people voted over the first two days of one-stop early voting for the May 8 primary. Last Thursday through Friday, 153 voters cast ballots at the county's one-top voting site at the Wayne County Board of...Published: Apr 24, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story
Snow Hill men sentenced to prison for 2016 armed robberies
Two Snow Hill men will spend the next several years in federal prison for two armed robberies committed the same day in Goldsboro in April 2016. Isiah Kirkman, 24, was sentenced Friday to more than nine years followed by five...Published: Apr 24, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story