Category Archives: Local News
Nearly 300 Used Free COVID-19 Testing Site This Week
Hundreds of residents continue to utilize the free COVID-19 testing being offered in Wayne County. On Tuesday and Thursday this past week, the Wayne County Health Department again teamed with Wayne UN...
Jul 11, 2020
Mount Olive Chamber Hosts Planning Session For Town
Recently, the Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a planning session for chamber board members, Mount Olive administrators and Mount Olive town board members. The group gathered in Mount Olive...
Jul 09, 2020
Commissioners Discuss COVID Testing, Reopening Measures
The coronavirus pandemic continues to be a hot topic for the Wayne County Board of Commissioners.At Wednesday's county board meeting, County Manager Craig Honeycutt brought up the success of the recen...
Jul 09, 2020
County Approaches 2,000 Total COVID-19 Cases
Wayne County has recorded 30 coronavirus-related deaths as the county's total case count approaches 2,000.According to the Wednesday update from Wayne County Government, there have 1,940 total positiv...
Jul 09, 2020
WCC’s Walker Selected NC Campus Compact Chair
Dr. Thomas A. Walker Jr., president of Wayne Community College, is the new chair of the North Carolina Campus Compact executive board.North Carolina Campus Compact is a collaborative network of 39 col...
Jul 09, 2020
UMO Student Charged For March Crash That Killed 4
One of the UMO students involved in a car crash that left four others dead has now been charged for the deadly wreck.According to the State Highway Patrol, 19-year-old Tiffany Lee of Gambrills, MD, tu...
Jul 08, 2020
12-Year-Old Injured In Accidental Shooting
An accidental shooting sends a 12-year-old to the hospital. On Monday, the Duplin County Sheriff's Office was called to a home on the 100 block of Cedar Lane near Beulaville regarding a 12-year-old fe...
Jul 08, 2020
Tropical Storm Likely To Form Near NC Coast, Bringing Heavy Rain
(NC News Network)–It’s becoming more likely that a tropical storm could develop near North Carolina over the next two days, bringing heavy rain to the coast.According to the National Hurri...
Jul 08, 2020
Downtown Forced To Cancel Center Street Jams For July
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted a summertime event in Downtown Goldsboro. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Downtown Goldsboro has announced all Center Street Jams for the month of July have been c...
Jul 08, 2020
Public Art Steering Committee Accepting Applications, Memberships
The City of Goldsboro is seeking new members for the Public Art Steering Committee.As part of the Center Street Streetscape Project, the City was inspired to incorporate public art into the street tra...
Jul 08, 2020