Goldsboro News-Argus | News: January 4, 2008 Archives

Fueling Up

News-Argus/Greg Sousa Kurt Russell, a delivery driver with New Hope Gas Co., delivers propane fuel this morning. On average a driver would deliver about 2,000 gallons of fuel per day on a residential route, but with the temperatures dropping...

Retiring Kerr: County will still have a strong voice

Although state Sen. John Kerr has said he is ready to retire for a multitude of reasons, most notably a desire to slow down and spend more time with his family, he has also said that the decision was...

'Most Wanted' list nets tips, prompts 3 arrests

Goldsboro police reported locating three men wanted on felony charges less than 24 hours after their pictures were published in a News-Argus feature on outstanding warrants. Investigator Dave Cloutier said the first suspect turned himself in Wednesday after seeing his...

Suspect throws 'bomb' at house

A Legion Lake Drive man faces prosecution for reportedly trying to burn down a neighbor's home with a "Molotov cocktail," authorities said. Clarence Cleveland Bos-well, 57, was jailed in lieu of $40,000 bond on New Year's Eve after allegedly throwing...

Alumnus donates large book collection to MOC

From staff reports MOUNT OLIVE -- A Mount Olive College alumnus has donated 619 volumes of books to its library. George Stevenson, who attended MOC in the late 1950s, later returned to the school as a cataloguer a decade later....

WCC course offerings

Several new continuing education courses will be offered this spring at Wayne Community College: *Airport operations -- duties and responsibilities of an airport worker -- runs 17 weeks starting Jan. 8, costs $60. *Aviation instrument rating, designed to prepare students...

Mount Olive fundraiser successful

From staff reports The Original Free Will Baptist Church dinner program, providing financial support to Mount Olive College, had its most successful year yet, officials have announced. Jean F. Ackiss, director of church support, said that more than 2,400 donors...

Public Record

Assault David Earl Solomon of South John Street was injured after a man he knows hit him in the forehead with a knife handle, Solomon told Goldsboro police. Solomon obtained a felony-level warrant against Antquawn Crawford, 31, of Crawford Street,...