The Eastern Wayne players gave it their all, but in the end, Kinston managed to escape with a 27-21 victory in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A playoffs on Friday evening. Kinston (8-3 overall) advances to the second round and will face No. 1 Princeton (10-0), while the Warriors’ fantastic…… read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Football: Eastern Wayne Falls To Kinston In Hard-Fought Game (PHOTO GALLERY)
WCPS Falls Under New Federal Vaccine Mandate For Large Employers
Teachers and staff at Wayne County Public Schools will need to get to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or face regular testing for the virus and mandatory masking. At a special meeting on Friday, Wayne County Board of Education Attorney Richard Schwartz laid out how the new vaccine mandate for large employers from the federal government…… read more »
Become An Extension Master Gardener Volunteer!
Do you have an interest in learning more about gardening? Would you like to meet and share with other gardeners? Do you have an interest in volunteering to provide gardening educational programs with NC Cooperative Extension? Then the Wayne County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program may be for you! The Wayne County Cooperative Extension Office…… read more »
Warrants Secured On Mount Olive Walmart Assault Suspect
Authorities are searching for a suspect in a Walmart assault. According to a Friday afternoon Facebook post from the Mount Olive Police Department, 33-year-old Darryl J. Williams, Jr. of Wilson has been identified as a suspect in the October 25th assault that left a Mount Olive Walmart cashier with a serious injury. Williams is wanted…… read more »
Kiwanis Break Ground For New Herman Park Train
Goldsboro Mayor David Ham had some help from a few youngsters as ground was broken for the new Kiwanis Train in Herman Park on Thursday. The Goldsboro Kiwanis Club is working to raise about $100,000 to replace the historic train in Herman Park. The current miniature train has been in operation since 1955. The goal…… read more »
North Carolina News – November 5
JAIL OFFICERS ASSAULTED Officers assaulted at North Carolina jail, 1 stabbed CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says three jail officers were assaulted by an inmate who they were trying to move to a disciplinary unit away from the general population. The Charlotte Observer reports the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office says the…… read more »
Boys Soccer: Spring Creek Romps East Carteret, Sets Up Rematch With Greene Central
Photo and article from Laieke Abebe Spring Creek got off to a fast start and never looked back in its second round playoff match. The seventh seeded Gators dominated in a 10-1 romp of East Carteret to advance to round three. Their record improves to 16-2-1 on the season while the Mariners finish 3-9-1. “Even…… read more »
Boys Soccer: Rosewood Advances To Third Round For Third Straight Season (PHOTO GALLERY)
After reaching the third round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A playoffs last season, Rosewood is hungry to go even further this season. The Eagles, who have now won 16 games in a row, defeated East Wake Academy 7-0 in the second round of the playoffs on Thursday evening. Rosewood will now host…… read more »
James Franklin Wells, Jr.
October 27, 2021, 67, Mount Olive – James Franklin Wells, Jr., resident of the Rones Chapel community near Mount Olive, passed away at his home in the early morning of Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Franklin was the son of the late James Franklin and Mamie Ruth Joyner Wells, He graduated from Southern Wayne Senior High…… read more »
Clifton Brent Williams
November 3, 2021, 80, Goldsboro – Clifton Brent Williams, 80, completed his earthly work on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, and now rests from his labors at the feet of his Heavenly Father. Brent was born in Wayne County to the late Lucky Earl Williams and Ellen Whitley Williams on January 10, 1941. In addition to…… read more »
