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Seymour Johnson airman dies after being injured Sunday

A Seymour Johnson Air Force Base airman has died in a hospital in Germany after a "non-combat related incident" left him injured, according to a press release from Seymour Johnson public affairs.Staff Sgt. James T. Grotjan, a member of the...

Feeding the hungry

Standing in the cafeteria at Charles B. Aycock High School, Maxwell Cooper watched from afar as a fellow student asked others for their leftovers.Even though he had already eaten his own lunch, the student walked around the cafeteria and tried...

U.S. 117 South to close for road work

Sections of U.S. 117 South will be closed on alternating nights later this month to allow a construction company to set concrete girders at the O'Berry Road bridge/overpass in Dudley that will go over the highway.The northbound lanes between...

Vehicle crash results in power loss at mall

A two-vehicle wreck near Berkeley Mall knocked out an electric transformer and led to several stores losing power Thursday afternoon.Just before noon, the accident took place at the south end of the mall entrance.Goldsboro police cited Rhonda Elmore, of...

Four arrested on drug charges

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office Aggressive Criminal Enforcement team arrested four people on drug charges during a traffic stop along N.C. 55 East in Seven Springs Monday.During the search of the vehicle, deputies located two handguns, one which was...

House fire on Knollwood under investigation

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office along with the Grantham, Thoroughfare and Mar-Mac fire departments are investigating a fire that engulfed a double-wide modular home on Knollwood Drive Wednesday evening.At around 10 p.m. Wednesday, a fire was reported in a...

3HC files CON for Cumberland County office

Home Health and Hospice Care is one of two companies that have filed competing certificate of need applications to develop a hospice home care agency office in Cumberland County.The other application is from Well Care Hospice of the Eastern...