Category Archives: Local News
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
WCPS Reports COVID-19 Cluster At North Drive Elementary
Thursday, Wayne County Public Schools reported its first COVID-19 cluster. The cluster, which occurred at North Drive Elementary, involves four staff members and two students, none of whom have been o...
Oct 15, 2020
Vehicles Collide On Hwy. 13 (PHOTOS)
Shortly before lunch Thursday, firefighters from Grantham and paramedics from EMS Station 3 were dispatched to the scene of a possible three vehicle accident on Highway 13 South near the airport. A Fo...
Oct 15, 2020
Firefighters Extinguish Vehicle Blaze (PHOTOS)
Late Wednesday afternoon, firefighters from Dudley responded to a working vehicle fire in the parking lot of the Dollar General on U.S 117 Alt. in Dudley. The call went out as a vehicle fire endangeri...
Oct 15, 2020
Maxwell Center, Visit Goldsboro Win ConventionSouth Awards
The Maxwell Center and Visit Goldsboro are recognized for their efforts to attract travelers to the local area.The publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for plann...
Oct 15, 2020
GFD’s Annual T-Shirt Effort Assists Fight Against Breast Cancer
The Goldsboro Fire Department goes pink to battle breast cancer.During the month of October, Goldsboro firefighters are selling their latest breast cancer awareness T-shirts with all of the funds rais...
Oct 14, 2020