Category Archives: Local News
WCSO: Suspect Found With Large Amount Of Marijuana
Wayne County sheriff’s deputies make a pot-dealing bust during a traffic stop. On Saturday, deputies pulled a vehicle over in the southern portion of the county. During the stop, a passenger in ...
Aug 19, 2020
Duke Energy Extends Assistance For N.C. Customers In Need
Duke Energy will begin its standard billing practices in North Carolina in the coming weeks, keeping service disconnections for nonpayment suspended until October 2020, a full month beyond its require...
Aug 19, 2020
UMO Athletics Lends Helping Hand To Habitat For Humanity
The University of Mount Olive Department of Athletics typically gets their hands dirty on the playing field in practice, games, or in field maintenance, but last week the coaches and staff put down th...
Aug 19, 2020
Wayne County Museum Receives $4,000 In NC CARES Funding
The Wayne County Historical Association and Museum has received $4,000 NC CARES: Humanities Relief Grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council. This emergency grant funding was provided to North ...
Aug 19, 2020
WCPS Provides Update On Start Of School Year
School is officially in session for all Wayne County Public Schools students. Although remote, on Monday, August 17, 29-schools operating on the Traditional Academic Calendar kicked off their first da...
Aug 18, 2020
Council Agrees On Process For Evaluating City Manager
Goldsboro City Manager Tim Salmon has been on the job for over one year, and the city council now plans to evaluate his administration thus far.At Monday evening’s city council meeting, Goldsbor...
Aug 18, 2020
Suspect Charged For Kinston Shed B&Es
A suspect faces nearly 20 charges for a string of Kinston shed break-ins. The Kinston Police Department says there has been an increase in shed or outdoor storage building breaking and enterings over ...
Aug 18, 2020
UNC Health Works To Address Health Care Disparities
(NORTH CAROLINA NEWS NETWORK) — North Carolina has some of the most sophisticated health care in the world, but people's access to that care still varies.To try to reduce those disparities, the ...
Aug 18, 2020
Outstanding Volunteers In Wayne County Area Recognized
The North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service has presented the 2020 Governor's Volunteer Service Award to nine recipients from Wayne County. The United Way of Wayne County has a...
Aug 18, 2020
Goldsboro Firefighters “Fill The Boot” (PHOTO GALLERY)
This past weekend, the Goldsboro Fire Department was stationed in front of the Lowe’s Home Improvement store on Berkeley Boulevard collecting donations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Th...
Aug 17, 2020