CALM (the Coalition for Addiction and Life Management) has received $25,000 in grant funds from Community Impact North Carolina (CINC) to assess substance abuse in Wayne County.… read more »
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CALM Receives Grant Funds
Sunday Evening Crash Causes Fatality
On Aug. 13 at approximately 6:58 p.m., the Goldsboro Police Department responded to a traffic crash at the intersection of E. Elm Street and S. Andrews Avenue.
Upon arriving on the scene, officers discovered that a 29-year-old man, Marquis Jah-El Dawson, operating a 2017 Kawasaki dirt bike traveling eastbound on Elm Street struck the side of a black 2021 Toyota SUV driven by a 53-year-old woman traveling southbound on S. Andrews Avenue. Dawson was pronounced deceased on the scene by EMS personnel.… read more »
Holland a Testament to the Power of Perseverance
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 »
Goldsboro High School Band Marching Forward After Donation
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 »
Accidental Shooting Leaves Young Boy Injured
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 »
Update: Arrest Made Following Early Morning Shooting
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 »
White Vying for District 6 City Council Seat
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 »
Eastpointe and Sandhills Center Reach Agreement to Consolidate
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 »
Aug. 11 is National Safe Digging Day
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 »
Dudley Man Wins $200,000 on Scratch-Off Ticket
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 »
