Category Archives: Local News
Early Voting Off To Busy Start In Wayne County
According to the Wayne County Board of Elections, business has been brisk at area voting stations as Early Voting got underway Thursday.The latest results through Saturday show just over 12% of Wayne ...
Oct 19, 2020
3 Injured In Dudley 2 Car Crash
Late Saturday night firefighters from Dudley along with paramedics from Station 8 were sent to an accident involving two vehicles at the intersection of Sleepy Creek Road and Ruskin Road just east of ...
Oct 19, 2020
Fundraiser Brings In $112,000 For Koser Family
The committee of the Katlyn Koser Fundraiser met Sunday afternoon at Grantham Fire Department to present the family of Katlyn a certificate in the amount of $112,000.The fundraiser began about a year ...
Oct 19, 2020
Infant Wounded In Goldsboro Shooting
Just after 6 PM Friday, the Goldsboro Police Department responded to the 1900 block of Day Circle to investigate a Shot Spotter alert of multiple shots being fired. A vehicle was spotted leaving the a...
Oct 17, 2020
WCPS Informs Families & Staff Of New NCDHHS Protocols
On October 8, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services updated its StrongSchools toolkit and protocols for how NC public schools are to respond to COVID-19 and/or COVID-19-like sympt...
Oct 17, 2020
Wayne County’s Weekly COVID-19 Update
As of Friday, the Wayne County Health Department has received notification of 3,919 total positive cases of COVID-19. 119 of these cases have been attributed to congregate living facilities and 3,347 ...
Oct 16, 2020
City Works To Set Goals, Members For New Race Relations Committee
Goldsboro is working on its new committee that will look at racial equity and relations in the city.At its last meeting, the Goldsboro City Council discussed the details for the new Race Relations Com...
Oct 16, 2020
Fair Food Drive-Thru This Weekend
Get your fix of fair food this weekend. While the coronavirus pandemic led to the cancellation of this year's Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair, there's still a chance to get a taste of all that fantas...
Oct 16, 2020
United Way To Administer County’s CARES Funds To Non-Profits
United Way of Wayne County's mission is to connect resources to the needs of our community. They are continuing their mission through a partnership with the County of Wayne, which will allow the distr...
Oct 16, 2020
Get Your Peanuts & Potatoes At UMO
Students in the University of Mount Olive's School of Agricultural and Biological Sciences have been hard at work harvesting peanuts and sweet potatoes. They are currently selling these items on a fir...
Oct 16, 2020