City awarded $1M hurricane recovery grant

The city of Goldsboro has been awarded nearly $1 million in Golden LEAF Foundation grant funds to bolster its Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts.The $961,307 grant includes $708,000 earmarked for sanitary sewer rehabilitation and $253,307 for stormwater drainage rehabilitation."We said recovering...

Published: Aug 23, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story

Case Farms $49 investment captures incentive grant

A $49 million expansion project at Case Farms in Dudley has been approved for a grant under Wayne County's industry incentive program.Wayne County commissioners approved the grant request following a Tuesday morning public hearing.Only tax money paid in by a...

Published: Aug 23, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story

Excessive rain presents tobacco crop challenges

SEVEN SPRINGS -- The ground looks wet, but firm.It isn't.As soon as Wayne County Extension field crop agent Daryl Anderson steps onto the tobacco field, his boots are sucked into the mud. He has to struggle to pull his feet...

Published: Aug 23, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story

Two face murder charges in shooting death

Two men were arrested and charged Wednesday with murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old Carl Patrick Henry Leroy Jr.Wayne County sheriff's deputies arrested 24-year-old Devon McCollum, of 210 W. Green St., in Snow Hill, and Videll Alexander Wright, 19,...

Published: Aug 23, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story