Friday accidents leave two dead; 1 in critical condition

A 19-year-old college student and a 70-year-old man died in separate single-vehicle accidents Friday. A 20-year-old man remains in critical condition after the accident that killed his girlfriend. Dudley teen Katie Elizabeth Jones was killed and her boyfriend was injured...

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Woman, 82, dies in Saturday fire

FREMONT -- An 82-year-old woman was killed in a house fire that destroyed her small wood frame home on Napoleon Road Saturday. Justine D. Coley was at home alone when the blaze broke out at 413 Napoleon Road. A witness...

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Goldsboro girl in CBS talent search finals

From staff reports An 11-year-old Goldsboro girl will find out this week whether she will get to sing live on national TV when the final round of the CBS Early Show's talent contest is held. Madeline Edwards, a student at...

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Jesus tomb find claim draws skepticism

When the announcement was made early last week that archeologists had found what some believe is the tomb of Jesus Christ and that inside it was evidence that not only had he not been resurrected, but that he had...

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City council to weigh mosque petition

Goldsboro City Council will decide Monday night whether a mosque should be built off Wayne Memorial Drive. Residents, led by Dr. Waheed Akhtar, lobbied City Council during a public hearing on Feb. 19 for the right to build a 2,050-square-foot...

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Court records

Wayne County Superior Court These cases have been heard in Wayne County Superior Court: *Shelton Douglas Southerland Jr., 29, Billy Price Road, Seven Springs, forged North Carolina inspection sticker (three counts), dismissed; forged North Carolina inspection sticker, six to eight...

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