October 27, 2023, 82, Goldsboro — Mr. Amos L. Powell Jr., 82, completed his earthly journey on Friday, October 27, 2023, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center, Goldsboro, NC surrounded by loved ones. The celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at 11:00 am with a viewing from 10:00 am to…… read more »
October 30, 2023, 54, LaGrange — Stefanie Diane Watkins Wright, 54, of La Grange passed away Monday, October 30, 2023, at UNC Health Wayne in Goldsboro. Visitation will be held Friday, November 3, 2023, from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro. Ms. Wright was born in Louisiana on…… read more »
October 26, 2023, 76, Princeton — Betty Jane Dykstra Cihos, 76, passed away on Thursday, October 26, 2023, at her daughter’s home in Selma. She was born in Muskegon County, Michigan on August 24, 1947, to the late Nicholas Herman Dykstra and Lucille Elizabeth Davis Dykstra. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in…… read more »
The Sunrise Kiwanis club presented Wayne Opportunity Center with a $500 donation on Oct. 25th, at their weekly club meeting to support persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Wayne County.… read more »
DUDLEY — Firefighters from Indian Springs and several EMS units were dispatched to the scene of a two-vehicle accident with a possible pin-in at the intersection of Emmaus Church Road and Pineview
Cemetery Road.… read more »
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 Governor’s Service Award and Medallion Award for Volunteer Service. … read more »
Below are the area playoff match-ups for the first round of the NCHSAA football playoffs which begin on Nov. 3. (seeding in parenthesis).
1-A
(21) Washington County at (12) Rosewood… read more »
On Monday at approximately 12:48 a.m., officers with the Goldsboro Police Department responded to the area of 908 S. Audubon Ave., in reference to a ShotSpotter alert of multiple gunshots.… read more »
The Maxwell Center, a premier convention and meeting venue in Wayne County, is thrilled to announce that it has been honored with the prestigious ConventionSouth Readers’ Choice award for 2023.… read more »
While the sights and sounds of giant B-52s flying over Goldsboro will not be present and have not been since the 51st Bomb Squadron was deactivated in 1982, some familiar yet older faces will return for a squadron reunion Oct. 31 through Nov. 3. … read more »
