Wayne Business and Industry Center’s Small Business Center has scheduled more than a dozen no-cost virtual seminars for aspiring and progressing entrepreneurs over the next few months. The seminars are: Growing Your Business: Hiring an Employee – 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., May 18 Nonprofit Sales and Use Tax Entities – 10 a.m.-Noon., May 24 Considerations We…… read more »
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Small Business Center Providing Free Summer Seminars
GPD Works To Maintain, Improve Community Relationships
The Goldsboro Police Department keeps up its efforts to stay involved with the community it serves. Thursday evening, the Goldsboro Police Department held a virtual conversation with local residents via Zoom, covering a variety of subjects. Goldsboro Police Chief Mike West talked about getting residents involved with department’s community policing efforts. West says future virtual…… read more »
Sex Offender Accused Of Moving From Registered Address
On May 6th, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office received information that 30-year-old Darren R. Howery, Jr. had moved from his registered address on Brockwood Avenue in Goldsboro making his whereabouts unknown. Howery was eventually located and confined at the Wayne County Detention Center. He was charged with Fail to Report New Address – Sex Offender. …… read more »
UNITED WAY: Connections Improve Lives
Connected we can build girls of courage, confidence and character! United Way of Wayne County is proud to support a Community Troop with Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines. (Left to right: Rachel Rhodes, Community Investment & Engagement Director UWWC; Sherry Archibald UWWC Executive Director; and Jasmine Rowe’ Membership Director Girl Scouts NC Coastal Pines)…… read more »
OP-ED: The Road To A Brighter Future Runs Through N.C.
– Editorial/Opinion submitted by Gov. Roy Cooper – North Carolina is emerging from a worldwide pandemic strong and growing, with new jobs and new neighbors arriving daily. We welcome this growth, but in order for our communities to thrive, our infrastructure must catch up and keep up. In recent weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris, Transportation Secretary…… read more »
Saluting Seymour
Every week, Saluting Seymour and SoundScope highlight an airman serving at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro. Senior Airman Melena Smith from the 4th Fighter Wing Smith has been in the Air Force nearly four years. She comes to Goldsboro from Dayton, Ohio. Smith works on the jet engines at Seymour Johnson. Her training…… read more »
WCSO: Domestic Call Leads To Drug Trafficking Arrest
Last week Monday, a Wayne County Sheriff’s deputy responded to an address in the eastern area of the county for the report of a domestic disturbance. As the deputy arrived at the residence, it was discovered 36-year-old Roberto C. Pineda of La Grange had physically assaulted a female at the residence. Once Pineda was detained,…… read more »
Driver Killed In Crash West Of Mount Olive
Late Friday evening, Smith Chapel firefighters and Wayne County EMS Station 9 were dispatched to a single vehicle accident with a possible ejection on Waller Road near the intersection of Cashwell Hill Road. Th emergency responders found a passenger vehicle had run off the road and flipped onto its roof in a field. The driver…… read more »
Wayne, Surrounding Counties Listed As “Abnormally Dry”
Drought conditions are creeping into North Carolina. The map released last week by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows much of Central and Eastern North Carolina is abnormally dry, including Wayne and neighboring counties. The southernmost area of the state is already listed in moderate drought. The latest forecast from the National Weather Service shows only…… read more »
OP-ED: Rep Smith Pushes For Fair Distribution Of COVID Funds
– Editorial/Opinion from Rep. Raymond E. Smith, Jr. – Many Tier 1 Counties (including Sampson & Wayne), did not get their fair share of Covid-19 relief funds. Many of the most needy areas of our state were left behind. Our Chambers of Commerce were left out, as well as the historically underserved communities. This…… read more »
