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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Library supporters rally in Fremont
FREMONT -- With their town's library saved at the last minute from the county's chopping block last year, supporters rallied Friday to urge their new county commissioner to fight to keep the facility's doors open during the upcoming budget...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
Video gamers gather for summit at college
John Martinez didn't seem to mind the onlookers. He saw no need to save face. Dancing with your mom can be cool. Especially when it's competitive -- and you're winning. "Woo, that wore me out," the boy's mother, Pattina said,...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
Air Force releases fiscal year cuts plan -- Seymour appears safe
Top Air Force officials have unveiled a plan that will save the branch nearly $9 billion in fiscal year 2013. And while more than 60 installations in 33 states will be affected, either through the retirement or realignment of planes,...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
New health clinic opens with new doctors
Wayne Health Medical Clinic opened late last month with three new physicians and more expected, thanks to the recruiting efforts of Wayne Memorial Hospital. The new hires are in the area of internal medicine and endocrinology, and all are...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
Wayne County Reads starts Tuesday
With its focus this year on Alzheimer's and dementia, Wayne County Reads will kick off its 2012 program Tuesday with a talk by its featured author, Tom Hays. "The Pleasure Was Mine," a finalist for the 2006 Southern Independent...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
GATEWAY considering new home
A feasibility study is under way to determine whether it would be more cost effective for the GATEWAY administrative offices to remain at its current location at 600 N. Madison Ave., or to move into the new transfer station...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
County unemployment rate rises in December
Wayne County's unemployment rate increased in December, along with 92 other North Carolina counties, according to the latest data released by the Department of Commerce's Division of Economic Security. Wayne County's rate in December was 8.7 percent, up from...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
City Council set to vote on Streetscape Monday
Even as the Goldsboro City Council's second vote on bids for the Center Street Streetscape project nears, its supporters and opponents are moving even farther apart as the discussion becomes a debate that pits investment against debt. That disagreement...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
Mount Olive, NCDOT to hear from public on intersection
MOUNT OLIVE -- A public hearing for the proposed safety changes to the intersection of U.S. 117 South and Main Street in Mount Olive is planned for Monday's Mount Olive town board meeting. Officials from the North Carolina Department...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
Golden LEAF to hold community forum
The public is invited to attend a community forum hosted by the Golden LEAF Foundation on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. in room 101 of the Walnut Building at Wayne Community College. The purpose of the forum is...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
Hospital to hold LiveWell Women event
Wayne Memorial Hospital is holding what organizers are calling its biggest LiveWell Women event yet on Tuesday. Themed "Eat Smart, Laugh Often, Take Heart," the program will run from 6 to 8 p.m. in the hospital dining room. Among...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
City Council to meet Monday
Two presentations will highlight the Goldsboro City Council's 5 p.m. work session ahead of its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. Wayne County Chamber of Commerce President Marian Mason will address the council, sharing the Chamber's annual report, while...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
AARP offering free tax counseling, preparation
Free tax counseling and simple income tax preparation for senior citizens and taxpayers with low incomes is now available from AARP Tax-Aide counselors at the Wayne County Public Library on Mondays and Tuesdays. Help will be available from 9...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
AP Exhaust acquires Ga. company
AP Exhaust Technologies has acquired the assets of Georgia-based ANSA Automotive Parts Distributors Inc. and folded them into its Goldsboro operation. The Georgia plant has been closed. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. All work will move to...
Published: Feb 5, 2012 1:50 AM Full Story
Friday, February 3, 2012
Bell may battle LaRoque in GOP primary
John Bell IV, Wayne County GOP first vice chairman, said today that he will make an official announcement on Tuesday, but that he is preparing to challenge fellow Republican state Rep. Stephen LaRoque for the House District 10 seat....
Published: Feb 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Now he faces life in prison
Marvin Williams, who was convicted of murdering security guard Theron Price during a robbery in 1989, has been removed from death row. Superior Court Judge Arnold Jones II announced his decision Thursday in Wayne Superior Court just two days...
Published: Feb 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
A passion for finding a cure
Some hung their heads when a 13-year-old had to lean on his grandfather to make it across the stage. Others wiped tears from their eyes when he began reading a story called "The Miracle" -- a narrative he wrote for...
Published: Feb 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Health walk on Saturday
Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. will have a "Pink Goes Red Affair" event Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. at H.V. Brown Hall cafeteria in Dillard/Goldsboro Alumni and Friends building. It will start with...
Published: Feb 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Scout food drive starts Saturday
Wayne County residents are reminded that Boy Scouts and Cub Scout across the Tuscarora Council will be out Saturday morning, hanging plastic bags on doorknobs in hope of collecting non-perishable food items for the Salvation Army. Following the holidays, many...
Published: Feb 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
One arrested, one on the run in shooting
Goldsboro police have one man in custody and are searching for another in connection with the attempted murder of a 19-year-old Goldsboro woman. Kenya Tyree Floyd, 22, was arrested about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday at his home at 505 Cardinal Drive....
Published: Feb 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Search for kidnapped man continues
A 48-year-old Goldsboro man remains missing after he was kidnapped Sunday night. Geniro Jamis and his son, Israil Aguirre, 24, were forced out of their vehicle by masked gunmen while they were near their home on D & W...
Published: Feb 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
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Boy found with handgun A 13-year-old boy was taken into custody by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office for allegedly carrying a concealed chrome .45 ACP handgun. Deputies received a call about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday that a boy was in the...
Published: Feb 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Christine Denton competing in N.C. Distinguished Young Woman
LaGRANGE -- Christine "Cissi" Denton, who was named Distinguished Young Woman of Wayne County in October, is in Greensboro preparing for the Distinguished Young Women of North Carolina Scholarship Program. Miss Denton is there with 18 other high school...
Published: Feb 3, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Driver gets six years for three crash deaths
Mark Aaron Pope, 18, will spend 6 to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to three counts of death by motor vehicle in Wayne County Superior Court. Pope, of Fremont, lost control of the car he was driving...
Published: Feb 2, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Jinnette announces he will run for mayor
City resident Henry Jinnette has announced that he intends to file as a candidate for mayor of Goldsboro when the filing period begins Feb. 13. The filing period continues until Feb. 29. Jinnette, 71, said an incident a few...
Published: Feb 2, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Blockbuster store to close doors on April 15
After decades of renting movies in Goldsboro, Blockbuster's Spence Avenue branch has reached the point of no return. The store announced Tuesday that it will be closing and liquidating its inventory over the next two months. The store's closing...
Published: Feb 2, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
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Thefts *Toby Dillard reported the theft of $1,500 of property from his home in the 100 block of Dear Track Place in Pikeville on Tuesday. The stolen items included two 32-inch TVs, a laptop and a PlayStation 3 console. Entry...
Published: Feb 2, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Energy funds already gone
In a little over an hour, the Wayne County Department of Social Services on Wednesday approved 15 applications and committed $3,600 of the $20,000 remaining in the county's $720,000 allocation for the revamped Low Income Energy Assistance Program -- the...
Published: Feb 2, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Girl Scout cookie booths to open
Beginning Friday, Feb. 3, Girl Scouts throughout central and eastern North Carolina will offer all eight varieties of this year's cookies at booths each weekend through March 11. To find a cookie booth near you, visit www.nccoastalpines.org and click on...
Published: Feb 2, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Scout food drive Saturday to help Salvation Army
Hundreds of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will crisscross Wayne County over the next two Saturdays, collecting non-perishable food items in an effort to fill depleted shelves at local kitchens that serve the needy. The drive is being co-sponsored...
Published: Feb 1, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Mental Health Association won't dissolve
The Mental Health Association in Wayne County will not be dissolved. At least for now. After months of debating the fate of the organization -- as well as a Dec. 21 letter to supporters hinting at possible closure --...
Published: Feb 1, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Scholarship recipients say thank you at Wayne Community College event
The strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" filled Moffatt Auditorium at Wayne Community College Tuesday evening, but for a different kind of commencement. Students crossing the stage were acknowledging their being able to continue their education thanks to scholarships made...
Published: Feb 1, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
4-H holds annual awards banquet
Wayne County's 4-H'ers and adult leaders were recognized at an awards banquet last week for doing everything from giving of their time for local service projects, to completing project record books, to participating in a nationwide cleanup. The top...
Published: Feb 1, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
County says radio rules need to be followed
Inferior lapel microphones and handheld radios smothered by bulky firefighter turnout gear has contributed to the poor performance attributed by many Wayne County emergency personnel to the county's new $10 million emergency communications system and its new radios, county officials...
Published: Feb 1, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Beekeeper classes set
KINSTON -- The Neuse Regional Beekeepers will hold its beginner beekeeper school on three consecutive Saturdays: Feb. 11, 18 and 25, from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Service offices in Kinston. Tuition is $35,...
Published: Feb 1, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
New Black History Month exhibit
Terry Williams, left, and Chris Lawson move a settee Tuesday at the Wayne County Museum. The furniture is a part of the museum's new exhibit on Thomas Day pieces. Day was a free black American furniture designer and cabinetmaker...
Published: Feb 1, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
Public record
Teenage girl missing Goldsboro police are asking the public's help finding a teenage girl who has been missing for nearly three months. Natalie Nicole Hampton, 17, was last seen by her mother on Oct. 31, 2011. Police say the girl...
Published: Feb 1, 2012 1:46 PM Full Story
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