The University Of Mount Olive Men’s Lacrosse team took on a non-conference action game against Westminster College Sunday afternoon at Ray McDonald Sr. Sports Complex. The Trojans won the game with a score of UMO 8 and Westminster College 6.… read more »
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![UMO Men Beat Wesminister In Non-Conference Game [Photo Gallery]](https://cdn.socast.io/3922/sites/29/2022/04/05120606/MG_0507-1-1-150x123.jpg)
UMO Men Beat Wesminister In Non-Conference Game [Photo Gallery]
![WCUSC Brings Home Championship [Photo Gallery]](https://cdn.socast.io/3922/sites/29/2022/04/05115131/U15-Clover-150x80.jpeg)
WCUSC Brings Home Championship [Photo Gallery]
Wayne County United Soccer Club sent teams to the Clover Cup this past weekend in Wilson. Their U10, U13, & U18s boys brought home championship trophies. U15 finished as finalists.… read more »
Medicaid Coverage Now One Year For New Moms In North Carolina
(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 »
![First Responders Fight Massive Mobile Home And Car Fire In Wayne County [Photo Gallery]](https://cdn.socast.io/3922/sites/29/2022/04/04130041/MG_0538-1-structure-fire-1-150x100.jpg)
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 »
![Runners and Walkers Hit The Streets Of Mount Olive To Stop Cancer [Photo Gallery]](https://cdn.socast.io/3922/sites/29/2022/04/03125528/MG_0066-1-outlaw-foundation-1-150x100.jpg)
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 »
