(GDN) — Downtown Goldsboro officially begins its holiday season this week. The city’s Downtown Lights Up event is set for this Tuesday, November 23, from 5 – 8 PM with activities along Center Street from Ash to Spruce. All activities are free and open to the public. Events begin at 5pm in front of City…… read more »
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Downtown Goldsboro To Light Up For The Holidays
Sheriff: Child Killed In Kinston Mobile Home Fire
KINSTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a child has died in a fire that broke out in a mobile home in North Carolina. A news release posted on the Lenoir County Sheriff Office’s Facebook page says emergency medical workers treated three other people at the scene of the fire in Kinston early Sunday. Officials didn’t…… read more »
Statewide Thanksgiving Click It Or Ticket Campaign Underway
The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program joined Guilford County Sheriff Danny Rogers and Wayne McNeil, whose son was unbuckled and killed in a vehicle crash last week Wednesday at the Piedmont Regional Farmers Market in Colfax to kick off the state’s 2021 Thanksgiving Click It or Ticket campaign. The campaign, which runs from Monday, Nov.…… read more »
UScellular Has 27 Newly Opened Positions In Goldsboro
In anticipation of a busy holiday and the opportunity to serve customers in 2022 and beyond, UScellular is hiring an additional 27 retail store associates across North Carolina, part of nearly 200 sales positions available across the country. Store leadership and full and part-time retail wireless consultant sales positions are available in a high-energy, professional…… read more »
Saluting Seymour
Every week, Saluting Seymour and SoundScope highlight an airman serving at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro. Airman 1st Class Dalys Huff from the 4th Operations Support Squadron Huff has been in the Air Force for two years. His hometown is in Ohio, but he enlisted while living in Georgia where he had a…… read more »
Pickles, Pigs & Swigs Draws Crowds To Mount Olive (PHOTO GALLERY)
Members of 20 cooking teams started setting up their equipment and tents in the parking lot in front of Mount Olive Town Hall on Friday evening. They started preparing their entries in the NC Pork Council-sanctioned whole hog cooking competition that was part of the first ever Pickles, Pigs & Swigs. The cooking had just…… read more »
Christmas Season Arrives In Seven Springs (PHOTO GALLERY)
The first Christmas parade of 2021 in Wayne County was in Seven Springs. The oldest community in Wayne County was alive with people getting into the holiday spirit on Saturday afternoon. Two high school bands, Spring Creek High and Southern Wayne High, entertained attendees as they marched in this year’s parade filling the streets with…… read more »
Local Trooper Honored During SHP Awards Ceremony
The State Highway Patrol recognized the extraordinary acts of heroism and public service by several members during an awards ceremony held at the SBI Auditorium in Raleigh on Thursday. The members and districts that were recognized exemplify the Patrol’s long-standing commitment to loyalty, integrity and professionalism. Trooper Bennie Grady from Wayne County was given…… read more »
Norwayne Alumni & Friends Focuses Mission On Community Health
Norwayne Alumni and Friends, Inc., headquartered at 106 East Norwayne Alumni Way in Fremont, consistently looks for ways to impact the community. Recently, there was incident at the Alumni building where cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was needed. CPR is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when the heart stops beating. It was taking EMS an exceptional amount…… read more »
WCPS, WSCO Release Statement About C.B. Aycock High Threat Hoaxes
This week, Wayne County Public Schools and the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office have responded to threats and rumors of threats at Charles B. Aycock High School, all of which have been hoaxes. “The first social media threat hoax occurred on Wednesday afternoon and essentially stated that a shooting was going to occur on Thursday at…… read more »
