Author Archives: Curtis Media
George Austin (“Buddy”) Cooper
May 13, 76,George Austin "Buddy" Cooper, age 76, passed away Wednesday evening at Wayne UNC Healthcare. Born in Wayne County, he was the son of the late George Washington Cooper and Emma Celeste Austi...
May 13, 2020
Madison Newton Hankal
May 13, 57,Rev. Madison Newton Hankal, 57, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at his home after a courageous battle with a rare form of cancer.Madison was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on Ma...
May 13, 2020
Lewis C. Haigler
May 13, 80, GoldsboroMr. Lewis C. Haigler, 80, passed on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at Brookdale Senior Living, Goldsboro, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.Services of compassionate and disti...
May 13, 2020
Protest Backs Improving Conditions For City Workers
Protesters push for better conditions for Goldsboro city workers.The group gathered in front of Goldsboro City Hall Tuesday afternoon.NC Public Service Workers Union, UE Local 150 President Bryce Cart...
May 13, 2020
Drivers Slowly Returning To Wayne County’s Roads
An Associated Press analysis shows Americans are slowly getting back on the road after spending much of the last two months at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The AP analyzed figured from Street...
May 13, 2020
Potential Tropical System Forming In Atlantic
(INCNN)–Hurricane season doesn’t begin until June 1, but a system has the potential to develop in the Atlantic this week, bringing rip currents to our coast over the weekend.NC News Networ...
May 13, 2020
N.C. COVID-19 Cases Top 15,000; Cooper Pushes For More Testing
As of Tuesday, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reports 15,346 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in North Carolina. 577 of those cases have resulted in death.At a media briefing T...
May 13, 2020
Commissioners Approve Funding For School Land Purchase
Dotting the I's and crossing the T's as Wayne County takes steps to build a new elementary school.Last week, the Wayne County Board of Commissioners approved using $312,000 in WCPS sales tax funds for...
May 13, 2020
United Way’s Good Deeds Report For May 12
The world is full of negative news and United Way of Wayne County would like to highlight the good that happens when our community pulls together. This is by no means a comprehensive list of all the g...
May 12, 2020
Nelson Elwood Lee
May 12, 77,Nelson Elwood Lee, age 77, died Tuesday at his residence. Born in Wayne County, he was the son of the late Corbit Lee and Georgia Grady Lee and father of the late Terry Lee. A farmer, he at...
May 12, 2020