The Goldsboro City Council Chamber was overflowing last night with supporters of the family of Joyonna Persall. Persall died and five other teens were injured in a shooting last Wednesday on N. Leslie St. and E. Walnut St. Dozens of people came to the council meeting to ask for something to be done about the…… read more »
The Farmer’s Day event brought out a large crowd Saturday morning at the Farmers Market at the Maxwell Center.… read more »
Saturday afternoon firefighters from Mount Olive were dispatched to the scene of a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of NC 403 and Summerlin crossroad road at Rones Chapel. The Oak Wolfe fire department was also dispatched to the scene along with a medic truck from Duplin County. Both drivers of the vehicles were checked out…… read more »
There was another shooting in Goldsboro and this time a 59-year old man died. Saturday night at approximately 10:26 p.m., officers with the Goldsboro Police Department responded to an alert from the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system for the 400 block of Brownrigg St. When officers arrived, they found Aubrey Redding Jr., 59, of Goldsboro,…… read more »
Late Sunday afternoon firefighters from Smith Chapel were dispatched along with EMS station 9 to a single vehicle accident with power lines down between Grantham School Road and Thunder Swamp Road. As the firefighters arrived on the scene they found a black truck with three patients out of the vehicle and power lines down across…… read more »
There is a Rally for Joyonna Persall and against gun violence planned for Sunday April 23 at the T.C. Coley Community Center – 516 South Leslie Street, Goldsboro. It’s being described as the first of many rallies in the wake of last Wednesday’s shooting. Joyonna Persall died and five other teens were injured in a…… read more »
The Founder’s Cup Golf Tournament is Friday, April 21, but there’s still time to get a team together. It’s time to tee up and enjoy a day at Walnut Creek Country Club and a round of golf on the greens. The Founder’s Cup Golf Tournament benefits the United Way of Wayne County. The Tournament is…… read more »
From the Goldsboro Police Department Facebook page: We would like to wish Captain Josh Stine a well-deserved congratulations and welcome back! Capt. Stine has spent the last the twelve (12) weeks at NC State University as a participant in the Administrative Officers Management Program (AOMP). This was the 95th class to graduate from this program.…… read more »
A Goldsboro store clerk has been charged following an North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) investigation into a vehicle crash involving a 20-year-old driver. In the early morning hours of April 2, 2023, North Carolina State Highway Patrol (SHP) responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a 20-year-old female driver, who sustained minor injuries, in Wayne…… read more »
The Goldsboro City Council meets Monday, April 17, with a familiar item on the agenda. The council is expected to discuss a request to change a city ordinance to allow Church Spirit & Cocktails to move to 116 West Mulberry Street – putting it across from St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. The current rules would prevent…… read more »
