Johnny Holland is a living testament that there’s no room for excuses in the midst of full and joyous lives.
Holland, 58, is originally from Fayetteville, and has been a Goldsboro resident for more than 25 years. A retired Army veteran, Holland was left paralyzed from the waist down following a car accident in 1987 that caused injuries to his C6 and C7 vertebrae.… read more »
On Friday afternoon, as Alando Mitchell stared at a table full of new instruments destined to shape the future of the marching band at Goldsboro High School, he couldn’t help but reflect on the past.
Mitchell, Goldsboro’s band director, seemed to never stop smiling during a presentation in the school’s auditorium, as National Pawn donated a collection of instruments and $2,000 to Goldsboro’s band program. … read more »
On Saturday, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office responded to 102 Sami Street, in the Mar-Mac community, in reference to a shooting. Deputies found a 3-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound.… read more »
At approximately 1:14 a.m. on Friday morning, officers with the Goldsboro Police Department responded to the 100 block of Rockefeller Court regarding a ShotSpotter alert.… read more »
Roderick C. White is vying for the District 6 seat on the Goldsboro City Council.
White attended Goldsboro City Schools and is a proud graduate of Goldsboro High School. He is also a retired Army Command Sergeant Major with 31 years of active duty service. … read more »
BEULAVILLE – Eastpointe and Sandhills Center have reached an agreement to consolidate and become North Carolina’s second-largest Local Management Entity–Managed Care Organization (LME-MCO) based on population.
The combined organization will manage public behavioral health benefits for over 100,000 members in 21 counties. It will have a budget of approximately $1.4 billion and employ almost 900 people. … read more »
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – National Safe Digging Day (also known as 811 Day) is observed Aug. 11, and Piedmont Natural Gas and Duke Energy are reminding professional excavators and do-it-yourselfers of the importance of calling 811 before digging to protect the nation’s underground utility infrastructure, prevent potential injury and avoid electric and natural gas outages.… read more »
RALEIGH – Celestino Herrera Martinez of Dudley tried his luck on a $5 scratch-off and won a $200,000 prize.
Martinez bought his lucky Gold Standard ticket from Best Quality Inc on U.S. 117 South Alternate in Dudley.
He arrived at lottery headquarters Wednesday to collect his prize and, after required federal and state withholdings, took home $142,501.
The Gold Standard game launched in March 2022 with six $200,000 top prizes. Since Martinez won the last $200,000 prize, the lottery will begin the process of ending the game.
Ticket sales from scratch-offs make it possible for the lottery to raise $2.5 million a day on average for education. Wayne County has received state grants totaling $30 million from monies raised by the lottery to help build the new Fremont Elementary School.
For details on other ways money raised by the lottery made a difference in Wayne County last year, visit nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.… read more »
On Aug. 7, the Wayne County Board of Education approved the following principal and Central Services changes:
Edgewood Community Developmental School principal, Dr. Kevin D. Smith, Sr., was named principal of Carver Heights Elementary. He is replacing Dr. Winter Goodson, whose last day is Aug. 11. Dr. Smith began his education career in 2005 as an instructional assistant, and later as a teacher, at Edgewood Community Developmental School. Prior to being named principal of Edgewood in 2019, Dr. Smith served as an educator and principal at Riverbend School at Cherry Hospital. Dr. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in exceptional children education, a master’s degree in school administration, and a doctorate’s in education.… read more »
WGBR Pet of the Week Powered by Jackson & Sons features Twitch. Twitch is a one-year-old male tabby cat. He likes to play rolly-polly on the floor and is a sweet-loving ray of sunshine. His orange coat is soft to the touch as you stroke his fur. Twitch is available and waiting at the Wayne County Animal…… read more »
