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Friday, May 17, 2013

Jamming on Center Street

The Budweiser Clydesdales visited Center Street in Goldsboro Thursday as part of Downtown Goldsboro Development Corp.'s Center Street Jam. Each Clydesdale stands 18 hands tall. There are three teams, the East Coast hitch which is the one in Wayne...

Students chosen for Robinson trust fund scholarship

Five graduating seniors from Wayne County Public Schools have been named recipients of Emmet and Mary Robinson Trust Fund scholarships. The trust fund, set up by the couple to recognize students in the district, awards financial aid to those who...

Visual arts awards given, teacher honored

Forty-four artists from Wayne County Public Schools were recognized at this year's 2012-13 Visual Arts Awards reception held recently at Herman Park Center. Carol Frederick, an art teacher at Charles B. Aycock High School, was also named Zeno Spence...

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Bypass work advances

What has, until now, been mostly behind-the-scenes preparations for construction of the eastern leg of the new U.S. 70 Goldsboro Bypass is giving way to more visible evidence that work has started. That has already been the case on the...

Cancer Society prepares for massive study in city

First Pentecostal Holiness Church will host the American Cancer Society's third cancer prevention study on Friday. The interviews with local volunteers are aimed at identifying factors in common across various racial and ethnic backgrounds of people who have not...

Suspect accused of attacking with box cutter

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office has arrested the man they say is responsible for a brutal assault April 30 in Dudley. Jesse Earl Moore, 24, 295 Paradise Lane, is in custody and being held under a $25,000 secured bond for...

County students showcase ESL skills

Wayne County Public Schools recently held its biennial K-12 Second Language and English-as-a-Second Language Performance Competition. Hundreds of students, grades kindergarten through 12, displayed their mastery of Spanish, French, and English languages and cultures. Wayne County is the only...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Grads will turn tassels

High school graduation season kicks off this weekend, as the first round of ceremonies for private and the two newest public high schools are held. Faith Christian Academy will hold its event Friday night at 7 p.m. at the...

Deadlines looming for tax programs

The deadline is just two weeks away to apply for one of the state's property tax-relief programs. The Senior Citizen/Disability Homestead Exclusion and the Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exclusion programs provide actual tax exemptions on property. Applicants might qualify for...

Community gives input on plans for W.A. Foster

The Goldsboro Park and Recreation Department held two public input sessions Tuesday at the W.A. Foster Recreation Center to collect ideas for what the Mina Weil Park master plan should include. Mina Weil Park is the chosen site for...

Planning Board sends number of plats on to county commission

Most of the subdivision plats recommended for approval Tuesday night by the Wayne County Planning Board would have stopped with that board had county commissioners been unanimous last week in their approval of changes to the subdivision ordinance. Some...

Pikeville American Legion to raise flag over cemetery

PIKEVILLE -- Old Glory will once again fly over the town cemetery thanks to the efforts of Pikeville American Legion Post 541. The public is invited to a a flag-raising ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the cemetery when...

Skills demonstration

Goldsboro High School students and Goldsboro Fire Department cadets put on a demonstration of their skills in front of fellow students on the football field Monday afternoon. The cadets worked through four stations, showing skills and techniques that firefighters...

Middle school CTE Teacher of the Year named

A business education teacher at Grantham School has been named Wayne County Public Schools' 2012-13 Career and Technical Education Middle School Teacher of the Year. Kimberly Pigford-Parker has 21 years in education and currently teaches sixth, seventh and eighth...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Teens to face charges in 2012 murder

Accused killers Stephon Deandre Jennings, 19, and Javonta Marquez Ellis, 17, will stand trial in connection with the 2012 death of a Goldsboro man, a Wayne County grand jury decided in May. The two teens are charged with single counts...

Funeral director loses his license

The former director of funeral services for E.M. Matthews Funeral Home and Cremations, Eric Montaye Matthews, has been charged with embezzlement and obtaining property by false pretense. The charges stem from an investigation of the funeral home, which is located...

The college hunt: It's decision time

Rosewood High School classmates Patience Hill and Kelly Grace Keen are among the fortunate high school seniors. They've known for a long time what they want to be when they grow up. "I have always felt I wanted to be...

Famed Budweiser team to make stops in county

Before the Budweiser Clydesdales kick off the summer Center Street Jam concert series in the Waynesborough House parking lot Thursday, they will make an appearance at the Walmart in Rosewood Wednesday. Eight of the Budweiser "gentle giants" will be...

Suspect holds up former employer

A knife-wielding suspect is in Wayne County Jail under a $400,000 secured bond on armed robbery and kidnapping charges after sticking up the clerk at her former place of employment. Regina Speight, 37, of 122 Heather Ann Lane, was arrested...

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