RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation will suspend most construction activity on major highways to make travel easier during the upcoming Christmas season.… read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2023
NCDHHS Approves Consolidation of Trillium, Eastpointe, and Sandhills Center
GREENVILLE — On Dec. 18, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Kody H. Kinsley approved the consolidation agreement between Trillium Health Resources and Eastpointe Human Services, which provide managed care services to North Carolina’s Medicaid population.… read more »
WCC Graduates 83rd Law Enforcement Class
Wayne Community College recognized graduates of its 83rd Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) class at a ceremony held on Dec. 13.
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Wayne County Schools Fare Well on Opening Day of Winter Classic
MOUNT OLIVE — Three Wayne County schools earned wins on Wednesday in the opening round of the 2023 Fellowship of Christian Athletes Winter Classic at Kornegay Arena on the University of Mount Olive campus. … read more »
WCC Celebrates 12th Graduating Class from Truck Driver Program
Wayne Community College’s Truck Driver Training program recognized its 12th graduating class at a ceremony on Dec. 14.
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George Hester
December 18, 2023, 66, Goldsboro — The Management and Staff of Williams & Ashford Funeral Directors, announce the earthly transition of Mr. George Hester, 66. Mr. Hester transitioned to his residence, on Monday, December 18, 2023. A complete biographical sketch is forthcoming. Services of Love and Compassionate Care have been entrusted to Williams & Ashford…… read more »
H. Nelson Waters
December 18, 2023, 79, Mount Olive — Nelson Waters, loving husband, daddy, grandpa, pepa and great-grandpepa, passed away on December 18, 2023, leaving a hole in the hearts of his family and community. Nelson was born on February 4, 1944, as the third of four siblings and was the only of his siblings to be…… read more »
Rev. Blanche Elizabeth Sasser Pollard
December 15, 2023, 93, Mount Olive — The Rev. Blanche Elizabeth Sasser Pollard passed away peacefully on Friday, December 15, 2023. Blanche, known to many as “Aunt Blanche,” was born in Mount Olive, NC on March 24, 1930, to Reverend Richard Joseph and Sally Lewis Sasser. She was the third of five children, an older…… read more »
Barry Michael Giddings
December 14, 2023, 79, Mount Olive — Barry Michael Giddings, 79, died December 14, 2023, at Genesis Mt. Olive Center, where he had lived for a number of years. Barry was a remarkable man. Born with cerebral palsy, he earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a minor in physics from East Carolina University. Despite…… read more »
Fay Devonne Peterson
December 19, 2023, 83, Goldsboro — Fay Devonne Peterson, age 83, passed away Tuesday, December 19th at his new home, Somerset Court Assisted Living in Goldsboro with his family at his side. He was preceded in death by his parents Freeman and Angeline Peterson and his wife, Carol. Born and raised in Minot, ND, and…… read more »
