(NC News Network)–Typical August weather is back this week, including soaring temperatures and a chance for afternoon storms. According to the NC News Network meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner, temperatures Monday afternoon will be in the low 90s but feel even warmer. After a dry, foggy Monday morning with temperatures in the upper 60s across central North…… read more »
Goldsboro’s new fire chief started at the bottom with the city’s fire brigade and worked his way to the very top. Ron Stempien was named Chief of the Goldsboro Fire Department in June, and he began his role as chief on June 30th. In an interview with Jeff Farrow on Goldsboro’s Greatest Hits 1150 and…… read more »
Wayne County has earned its fourth recertification as a Work Ready Community. It was named the first Certified Work Ready Community in North Carolina by North Carolina’s Eastern Region in 2013 and the ACT in 2015 and has met every recertification mark since then. To maintain its certification as an ACT Work Ready Community, the…… read more »
Join Wayne County Extension Master Gardeners for Gardenside Chats at the Wayne Extension Demo Gardens (next to the Farm Credit Farmers Market, 3114 Wayne Memorial Drive). Each month, Extension Master Gardener volunteers will share information on a gardening topic. Stop by anytime between 10am to Noon to pick up information and learn more about each…… read more »
August 6, 2021, 84, Goldsboro – Iris Huffman Cox, 84, of Goldsboro passed away Friday, August 6, 2021 at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro. Arrangements are incomplete. Iris was born in Onslow County on September 15, 1936 to the late Coy and Beatrice Farrior Huffman. The family is in the care of Howell Funeral…… read more »
August 6, 2021, 32, Goldsboro – Jamie Hicks, 32, passed away Friday at Wayne UNC Health Care. Arrangements are incomplete and in the care of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.… read more »
August 5, 2021, 94, Virginia – Lemuel Redmond “Buck” Broome Jr., 94, formerly of Fremont passed away Thursday, August 5, 2021 in Virginia. A graveside service will be held Monday, August 9, 2021 at 11 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery in Fremont. Buck was born in Virginia on August 4, 1927 to the late Lemuel Redmond…… read more »
August 2, 2021, 72, Princeton – Kenneth Ray Perkins, 72, of Princeton passed away Monday, August 2, 2021 at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro. Burial will be held at Evarts Memorial Gardens in Evarts, Kentucky. He was born in Kentucky on May 19, 1949 to the late Hollie and Myrtle Hightower Perkins. Mr. Perkins…… read more »
August 1, 2021, 79, Pikeville – Benjamin Reid Jr. AKA Ben Reid Jr. was born to the late Ben Reid Sr. and Elnora Harvey Reid on January 14, 1942. He was preceded in death by his devoted wife of 55 years, Lois G. Reid on May 1, 2020. He was also preceded in death by…… read more »
August 7, 2021, 84, Princeton – William “Bill” Everette Talton, 84, of Princeton, passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at home surrounded by his family. Bill was born in Johnston County on September 6, 1936 to the late Johnathan Samuel Talton and Vannie Davis Talton. In addition to his parents, Bill is preceded in…… read more »
