This week’s spotlight is on Kringle, a 2-year-old, female, domestic shorthair mix. She is very sweet and is waiting at the Wayne County Animal Shelter to find her FUR-ever home. To make an appointment at Wayne County Animal Services call 919-731-1439 option “0” or email [email protected].… read more »
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PET OF THE WEEK: Kringle Powered by Jackson & Sons
City of Goldsboro Holiday Schedule
City offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 2, in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday. The holiday solid waste schedule is as follows: ■ Tuesday, Dec. 27, route will be serviced Thursday, Dec. 29. ■ Thursday, Dec. 29, route will be serviced Friday, Dec. 30. ■ Friday, Dec. 30, route will be serviced Saturday,…… read more »
Questions Remain on Duke Energy’s Rolling Outages
The Governor is calling on Duke Energy to provide more information about the utility company’s decision to implement rolling outages this past weekend. The Christmas weekend brought some of the coldest weather to North Carolina. In a tweet Monday morning, Governor Cooper wrote: “Duke Energy assures me NC is in the clear now. But I’m deeply…… read more »
Christmas Eve Fire Destroys Home
Christmas Eve kept firefighters in the Southern portion of Wayne County busy answering multiple emergency calls. Firefighters from Mount Olive, Dudley, and Indian Springs were dispatched to an electrical short, followed by Indian Springs firefighters receiving a single-vehicle accident call. Then while on this call they were dispatched to assist Dudley and Arrington Fire Departments…… read more »
Inspections Department On Call to Respond to Wind Damage
With high winds across the area today, the Wayne County Inspections Department is on call to respond to storm-related damage. Residents who suffered electrical damage due to high winds or downed trees, and need an electrical inspection before next Wednesday, leave a voicemail for the Inspections Department at 919-731-1169. Staff are monitoring this number and…… read more »
GPD Respond to Break-In of Local ATM
On December 23, 2022, at approximately 4:13 a.m., officers with the Goldsboro Police Department responded to the PNC Bank located at 106 N. Spence Ave. in reference to an ATM burglar alarm call. Upon arrival, officers located the ATM damaged and evidence of a Breaking and Entering. An unknown amount of U.S. Currency was taken. Investigations and the…… read more »
Wind Damage in Wayne County
Strong winds across the area managed to bring down trees and limbs across the county along with a few power lines in the mix. A power outage was in the Red Hill area in Northern Duplin County this morning. And as of 7 PM, approximately 127 are without power according to Duke Energy. This morning…… read more »
Jack Kannan Named New Interim Director of the Arts Council of Wayne County
The Arts Council of Wayne County announces the appointment of Jack Kannan as its Interim Executive Director. Kannan is well known in the community, having been a successful Executive Director of multiple other non-profit organizations. He brings to the role successes with major gift campaigns, community engagement, and staff development. He will assume this responsibility…… read more »
City Experiencing Delays with Leaf & Limb Collection
The City of Goldsboro Solid Waste Division is experiencing delays. In a statement today, the City of Goldsboro stated, “The City’s Solid Waste Division continues to experience significant delays with leaf and limb collection throughout the city.” According to the statement, Solid Waste is experiencing the same personnel, equipment, and parts supply chain issues as…… read more »
School Board Honors Past Chair & the Search for a New Superintendent
In a special called meeting on December 21, 2022 the Wayne County Board of Education voted to reduce the number of consultant proposals that it had received to help lead the search for a new superintendent. After some discussion, The Board then reduced the number of proposals from six to three by having each Board…… read more »
