Yearly Archives: 2021

Finding Holes In Your Lawn? Could Be Ground Bees

Finding Holes In Your Lawn? Could Be Ground Bees

In late March, as the soil warms up, it can be common to see small bees flying around just above the ground and small mounds of soil they have created in the lawn. These bees are called ground nesting bees. Ground nesting bees are a type of bee that is different from other kinds of…read more »

WCPS Students & Staff Participate In “Festival In The Cloud”

WCPS Students & Staff Participate In “Festival In The Cloud”

This weekend, Wayne County Public Schools will launch a month-long ”Festival in the Cloud”, a virtual cultural arts and world languages festival. It will include student and staff performances, virtual galleries, student work samples and presentations led by experts in the areas of arts and world languages. The event is open to families, staff and…read more »

Latest COVID-19 Numbers For County, State

Latest COVID-19 Numbers For County, State

10,505 persons have been infected with COVID-19 in Wayne County since the pandemic began.  That’s according to the Friday figures released by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.  The latest numbers show there have been 234 coronavirus-related deaths in the county. As of Friday, 22,244 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in…read more »

North Carolina News – March 26

North Carolina News – March 26

AP-US-MED-VIRUS-OUTBREAK Shots in little arms: COVID-19 vaccine testing turns to kids COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out to adults who are most at risk from the coronavirus, but ending the pandemic will require vaccinating children too. Researchers are beginning to test younger and younger kids to make sure the shots are safe and work for…read more »

Girls Soccer: Goldsboro Holds Off Spring Creek (PHOTO GALLERY)

Girls Soccer: Goldsboro Holds Off Spring Creek (PHOTO GALLERY)

Goldsboro improved its record to 4-0 this season after beating Spring Creek 4-3 on Thursday afternoon. However, getting that fourth win was easier said than done. In the first half, the Cougars wasted no time attacking the Gators’ defense. The Cougars scored three goals in 14 minutes. In only the second minute of the game,…read more »

Softball: Goldsboro Defeats Spring Creek (PHOTO GALLERY)

Softball: Goldsboro Defeats Spring Creek (PHOTO GALLERY)

After dropping its past two games against Midway, Goldsboro snapped its two-game skid with an 8-1 win against Spring Creek on Thursday afternoon. The score was tied 1-1 through two innings before the Cougars jumped out ahead of the Gators. Goldsboro scored one run in the third, four runs in the fifth, and two runs…read more »

Softball: C.B. Aycock Opens The Season With Two Straight Wins

Softball: C.B. Aycock Opens The Season With Two Straight Wins

The C.B. Aycock softball team opened its season with two straight wins. The Golden Falcons defeated New Bern 3-2 on Tuesday. Then on Thursday, C.B. Aycock toppled J.H. Rose 9-1. In the New Bern game, McKenzie Millard went 2-3 with a stolen base, Emma Smith was 1-3 and Annsleigh Rouse went 1-2. Shawna Williams got…read more »

Mary Alice Picket Brice

Mary Alice Picket Brice

March 25, 2021, 79, Goldsboro – Ms. Mary Alice Picket Brice, 79, passed on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at Willow Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Goldsboro, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Services of compassionate and distinguished class entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home & Cremations of Goldsboro.read more »

Delmus W. Simmons

Delmus W. Simmons

March 22, 2021, 87, Goldsboro – Mr. Delmus W. Simmons, 87, passed on Monday, March 22, 2021 at home. The celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 10:30am in the J.B. Rhodes Jr. Memorial Chapel at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home & Cremations, 1701 Wayne Memorial Drive, Goldsboro, NC. There…read more »

Norman Lane Clark

Norman Lane Clark

March 22, 2021, 97, Goldsboro – Norman Lane Clark, 97, passed away on Monday, March 22, 2021 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro, NC. Born in Tulare County, California on December 17, 1923 to the late John Emory Clark and Donna Marie Carter Clark. Norman is survived by his wife of 67 years, Vivian…read more »

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