http://www.newsargus.com/ Local news and more for Goldsboro and Wayne County, NC en-us 2008-05-09T14:17:08-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/09/greene_county_crash/index.shtml News-Argus/Mitch Loeber Emergency response personnel from the Shine area of Greene County work at the scene of a four-seat, propeller-driven airplane crash Wednesday. Officials reported that two people were found dead inside the airplane. For more information see Two... AANewsTopPicture Mitch Loeber 2008-05-09T14:17:08-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/09/two_die_in_plane_crash_thursday_near_shine/index.shtml SNOW HILL -- An experimental aircraft's pilot reported icing on his wings before disappearing from radar and crashing in a field near Snow Hill on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Two people were confirmed dead after the crash sometime after 1... AANewsTopStory Dennis Hill 2008-05-09T14:14:22-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/09/duplin_cracks_down_on_crack/index.shtml KENANSVILLE -- Crack cocaine and marijuana with estimated street values of $50,000 and $8,000, respectively, were seized in a raid at the home of a 57-year-old Duplin County man, Duplin Sheriff Blake Wallace announced Thursday. Also, Wallace said 20 people... AANewsOtherStory Other 2008-05-09T14:10:39-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/09/scouts_honor_longtime_volunteer/index.shtml The Girl Scouts honored Betty Kemp on Thursday night with its Woman of Distinction award. Mrs. Kemp has worked with the Girl Scout program for more than half a century, said Coast Pines Council Chairman Martha Webb of Raleigh, who... AANewsOtherStory Bonnie Edwards 2008-05-09T14:07:01-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/09/ged_graduates_walk_stage_at_wccs_commencement/index.shtml Toneiko Holloway's decision to return to school in August to get her high school diploma was the first of many battles she would encounter in the months to follow. In addition to attending to her studies at Wayne Community College,... AANewsOtherStory Phyllis Moore 2008-05-09T14:03:00-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/09/public_record/index.shtml Break-in arrest A Goldsboro police investigator reported a Snow Hill man was responsible for a May break-in at a residence in the 500 block of A Street, Goldsboro. William Ray Johnson Jr., 42, Crestwood Drive, is charged with felonious breaking... AANewsOtherStory News-Argus Staff 2008-05-09T14:00:47-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/09/wanted_artists_for_summer_concert_series/index.shtml AANewsOtherStory News-Argus Staff 2008-05-09T13:57:46-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/09/wayne_county_still_abnormally_dry/index.shtml Wayne County residents have seen a good deal of rain lately and it has been good news -- the drought in the county has eased somewhat. But Wayne remains "abnormally dry," according to a report released Thursday by the North... AANewsOtherStory Anessa Myers 2008-05-09T13:54:49-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/09/city_to_flush_water_lines_starting_sunday/index.shtml The City of Goldsboro Public Works Department will begin its annual uni-directional water line flushing program on Sunday. Crews will be flushing lines from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. daily except Fridays and Saturdays through June 20. Residents may experience... AANewsOtherStory News-Argus Staff 2008-05-09T13:48:57-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/09/city_fire_station_doing_routine_child_safety_seat_checks/index.shtml Concerned about the number of young passengers not being properly restrained in Wayne County vehicles, the City of Goldsboro has established Fire Station No. 2 as a permanent checking station for child safety seat installments. Located at 1901 Royall Ave.,... AANewsOtherStory News-Argus Staff 2008-05-09T13:45:01-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/08/breaking_news_fatal_plane_crash/index.shtml Two people are confirmed dead in a crash of a two-seater plane in the Shine community in Greene County. The plane landed in a field near U.S. 13 North just after 1 p.m., Shine Fire Chief Jeremy Anderson said.... AANewsTopPicture News-Argus Staff 2008-05-08T17:14:58-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/08/homecoming/index.shtml News-Argus/Mitch Loeber Logan Collins, left waves with his mom, Jenny, and brother, Hunter, to their father Capt. Lewis Collins of the 335th Fighter Squadron as his F-15E shuts down on the flight line of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base... AANewsTopPicture Mitch Loeber 2008-05-08T14:30:59-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/08/home_again_pilots_return_from_fourmonth_deployment/index.shtml His eyes still stinging from a post-flight champagne shower, James Jinnette reached down for the reason he is a fighter pilot. It did not seem to matter that he had spent four months at war. Or that landing his F-15E... AANewsTopStory Kenneth Fine 2008-05-08T14:25:11-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/08/colleges_get_word_on_policy_on_illegals/index.shtml RALEIGH -- North Carolina's community colleges should drop a lenient admissions policy for illegal immigrants and return to more restrictive rules that follow federal law more closely, the state Attorney General's Office said. The 58-college system now admits illegal immigrants... AANewsOtherStory News-Argus Staff 2008-05-08T14:19:39-05:00 http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/05/08/election_turnout_was_high_in_county/index.shtml Even with voter turnout reaching nearly 40 percent Tuesday, Wayne County elections director Vickie Reed said everything went smoothly and that she is confident the county had a successful primary. "The count came out correctly," she said. "It went very... AANewsOtherStory Matthew Whittle 2008-05-08T14:11:58-05:00