(AP) – New mothers can now receive one year of full Medicaid coverage after delivery as a new state law expanding services takes effect. The 12-month post-partum coverage began on Friday. The expansion was offered to states in a COVID-19 relief and stimulus package approved by Congress last year. Until now, women whose households received…… read more »
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Medicaid Coverage Now One Year For New Moms In North Carolina
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First Responders Fight Massive Mobile Home And Car Fire In Wayne County [Photo Gallery]
(GDN) – On Sunday, April 3, 2022, firefighters from Dudley, Mount Olive and EMS Station 8 responded to a working structure fire on Wintergreen Lane off of Country Club Road near Cox Pond Road. As fire and EMS arrived on the scene, witnesses said crews found a single wide mobile home and a vehicle fully…… read more »
Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Ends March With Another Meth Bust
(GDN) – The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office reports on March 25th, 2022, 34-year-old Joshua Ouzo Robinson was taken into custody after a traffic stop at Durham Lake Road and US Hwy 13-South for an unsafe movement violation. During the course of an investigation, narcotics were located. Robinson was transported to the Wayne County Magistrates Office…… read more »
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Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Strike Eagles Return From Deployment In Poland [Photo Gallery]
(GDN) – The eagle has landed…literally…at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. On Friday, the airmen with the 336th Fighter Squadron and F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing arrived from a six month deployment at Lask Air Base in Poland and the European area of operations. Approximately 200 members were reunited with their…… read more »
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Runners and Walkers Hit The Streets Of Mount Olive To Stop Cancer [Photo Gallery]
(GDN) – The Outlaw Foundation’s 8th Annual 5K Run/Walk was a success on Saturday. More than 200 runners and walkers came out to support the race at Carver Elementary in Mount Olive. The event also included a one-mile fun run/walk. Awards were given to the top 3 males and females in various age categories and…… read more »
Peanut Butter Recalled For Possible Steel Fragments
Skippy Foods, LLC says it is voluntarily recalling 9,353 cases, or 161,692 total pounds, of a limited number of code dates of Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread, Reduced Fat Chunky Peanut Butter Spread and Creamy Peanut Butter Blended with Plant Protein. There is a possibility that a limited number of jars may contain a small fragment of…… read more »
Man Faces Drug Charges After Traffic Stop In Goldsboro
(GDN) – The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office says on March 26th, 2022, they pulled over a vehicle traveling on US Hwy 70 Bypass for a lighting violation. Police say 29-year-old Casey Roberto Maddox was identified as one of the passengers of the vehicle. As a result of an investigation, they discovered Maddox had active orders…… read more »
Lawmakers Continue Debate Over Voting Rights For Parolees In NC
The voting rights of more than 50,000 North Carolinians remain in question as a lawsuit over just when the state must restore voting rights for people leaving prison moves through its third year. WRAL-TV says with an April 22 deadline looming to register to vote in the May 17 primaries, the State Board of Elections…… read more »
Fremont Elementary Students Take Home Top Reading Prize
Fremont Elementary students successfully put their reading skills to the test by winning the Wayne County Public Schools Elementary Battle of the Books competition. The competition took place on Friday, March 25, at the Dillard/Goldsboro Alumni Cultural Center with approximately 80 students from 10 schools competing. The Elementary School Battle of the Books is a…… read more »
Wayne Community College Wins Award For Military Support
Wayne Community College has been named a 2022-2023 Military Friendly School with gold award status. The list honors the colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace military students and to dedicate resources to ensure their success in the classroom and after graduation. WCC earned “Gold” award status in the small…… read more »
