The smell of fresh cooked barbecue was in the cool, early morning air on Saturday in Mount Olive. Members of VFW Post 9959 and volunteers had worked throughout the night cooking hogs and chicken for their annual fall barbecue sale. The group was busy plating up the barbecue for customers to enjoy.… read more »
Yearly Archives: 2021
Mount Olive VFW’s Fall Barbecue Sale (PHOTO GALLERY)
Smithfield Foods Makes Donation For Pickles, Pigs & Swigs
An upcoming community event in Mount Olive gets a boost thanks to Smithfield Foods. On Friday, Smithfield Foods announced it was donating 20 hogs for Pickles, Pigs & Swigs in Mount Olive. Pickles, Pigs & Swigs is set for Saturday, November 20. It will feature a North Carolina Pork Council-sanctioned whole hog cooking competition, which…… read more »
Saluting Seymour
Every week, Saluting Seymour and SoundScope highlight an airman serving at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro. Airman 1st Class Bethwel Waitiki from the 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron Waitiki has been in the Air Force just about one year. He was born and raised in Kenya, and Waitiki was most recently a resident of…… read more »
Hundreds Of Cycle NC Riders To Visit Mount Olive Oct. 8
Mount Olive will roll out the welcome mat to hundreds of cyclists expected to roll into downtown throughout the day on Friday, October 8. Mount Olive’s Historic Train Depot will serve as a rest stop for Cycle NC’s annual Mountains to the Coast ride, which starts Saturday, October 2 in Sparta and ends over 450…… read more »
Football: C.B. Aycock Falls To East Wake (PHOTO GALLERY)
Hungry to snap a four-game skid and win its first Quad County 3A Conference game, C.B. Aycock put its best talon forward Friday evening against East Wake. However, despite their best efforts, the Golden Falcons fell to the Warriors 28-14, but C.B. Aycock head coach Thomas Zietlow saw a lot of positive things from his…… read more »
Suspect Arrested For Goldsboro Armed Robbery
The Goldsboro Police Department reports 20-year-old Taheim R. Leach of Goldsboro has been arrested for the charge of Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon. Leach’s charge stems from the March 18th robbery on the 1600 block of Royall Avenue. The victims stated that a male suspect had robbed them of a cell phone at gunpoint. The…… read more »
Plant Bulbs This Fall For Spring Flowers
Many of us incorporate spring-flowering bulbs into our landscapes to enjoy seeing the first colors of spring. However, the time that you plant spring-flowering bulbs is not a time of year you would typically be thinking about spring color. Spring-flowering bulbs are planted in November when the soil temperature has dropped below 60°F. Spring-flowering bulbs…… read more »
AgCarolina Farm Credit Announces Grant Deadline
AgCarolina Farm Credit is accepting grant applications through October 15 for programs benefiting farmers and rural residents in its thirty-four county service area in eastern North Carolina. Grants are available up to $5,000 per organization for programs in one of four focus areas: Education, Environment, Technology, or the Quality of Rural Life. Grants are made…… read more »
Boys Soccer: Goldsboro Edges Past Princeton (PHOTO GALLERY)
Emerson Paul scored two goals as Goldsboro defeated Princeton 2-1 in Neuse Six 2A Conference play on Thursday afternoon. Paul scored his first goal three minutes into the game, but four minutes later, Jayden Braswell, off an assist from Ernesto Garcia, scored to tie the game 1-1. The two squads continued to go back and…… read more »
Girls Tennis: Goldsboro Turns Back Beddingfield (PHOTO GALLERY)
Goldsboro earned nine points — six in singles and three in doubles — to defeat Beddingfield 9-0 at Herman Park on Thursday afternoon. Mills Hancock, Adrianna Davis, Brianna Egan, Kleigh Aycock, Camryn King and Nicole Page each picked up a singles win. The Cougars won the No. 1 doubles match 8-0 and with the outcome…… read more »
