Category Archives: Local News

The University of Mount Olive formally welcomes its new leader.UMO held the virtual inauguration of Dr. H. Edward Croom as its sixth president on Thursday.Dr. Croom says it has been a tough year for t...

There’s still no sign of the father and son that went missing in the Neuse River.The father and son were fishing at the boat launch off Highway 117 south of Goldsboro Wednesday evening when the ...

Meet Chuggs! This lover boy loves to cuddle. He is a 2-to-3-year-old neutered male cat. Chuggs has tested positive for FIV and would need to be an indoor cat.To make an appointment at Wayne County Ani...

After having to skip the 2020 drug take back events due to the pandemic, local residents are eager to get rid of their old, unused and expired medications.They lined up at the Peggy M. Seegars Senior ...

House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) introduced the No Veteran Left Behind Act (HB 370) on Tuesday to help improve crisis intervention and services for veterans who are suffering from mental heal...

Last week, HHS' Administration for Children and Families awarded new Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership and Early Head Start Expansion funds to 62 agencies in 32 different states and Puerto Rico....

March is International Women's History Month and NCDOT is taking the opportunity to celebrate Women in Transportation. The I-42/US 70 Corridor Commission, a partnership of 5 Eastern North Carolina Cou...

More and more North Carolina residents are taking their shot.Gov. Cooper says the state's vaccine distribution efforts are cause for optimism.Over 4.1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been a...

United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson announced Tuesday that USDA is investing $1 million to build and improve critical community facilitie...

North Carolina will continue to ease its coronavirus restrictions later this week. At a press briefing Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper said North Carolina continues to see improvements in its COVID-19 metric...