Visit Goldsboro, the travel and tourism department for the City of Goldsboro and Wayne County, announces the results of the resident and stakeholder surveys that were collected in the first half of 2021. The purpose of the surveys was to gather input from Wayne County residents and tourism stakeholders for how they view the current…… read more »
The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for a missing endangered man, Walter Lee Johnson. Citizens are asked to be on the lookout for Walter Lee Johnson of 106 Swan Street, who is believed to be suffering from dementia or some other cognitive impairment.He is 71 years old, 5’7″, 145 pounds…… read more »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the U.S. military will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine beginning next month under a plan laid out by the Pentagon Monday and endorsed by President Joe Biden. Top Pentagon leaders said in memos to the troops that the vaccine is a necessary step to maintain military readiness. Defense…… read more »
On Friday, August 6th, the Wayne County Public Library completed the first teen STEM camp. This innovative camp is just the beginning of the STEM program that the library will coordinate in partnership with Wayne Community College to generate interest in STEM fields, including AI (Artificial Intelligence). In the STEM camp, local teens in grades…… read more »
Late Sunday afternoon firefighters from Dudley, Arrington and Mar-Mac along with Wayne County paramedics from Station 8 were dispatched to a structure fire on the 200 block of Rollingwood Drive. When firefighters arrived on the scene the fire was pretty much out. Three Wayne County Sheriff deputies were in the area and responded to the…… read more »
6:00 pm 8/9/21 Update on shooting at 103 Wells Court in Dudley: After a diligent investigation by Detectives of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office on Friday afternoon and evening, Detectives developed 25-year-old Nehemiah J. Armwood as a suspect in the shooting of Emmette Tavarus Hill. Armwood was located during the early morning hours of Saturday…… read more »
(NC News Network)–Typical August weather is back this week, including soaring temperatures and a chance for afternoon storms. According to the NC News Network meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner, temperatures Monday afternoon will be in the low 90s but feel even warmer. After a dry, foggy Monday morning with temperatures in the upper 60s across central North…… read more »
Goldsboro’s new fire chief started at the bottom with the city’s fire brigade and worked his way to the very top. Ron Stempien was named Chief of the Goldsboro Fire Department in June, and he began his role as chief on June 30th. In an interview with Jeff Farrow on Goldsboro’s Greatest Hits 1150 and…… read more »
Wayne County has earned its fourth recertification as a Work Ready Community. It was named the first Certified Work Ready Community in North Carolina by North Carolina’s Eastern Region in 2013 and the ACT in 2015 and has met every recertification mark since then. To maintain its certification as an ACT Work Ready Community, the…… read more »
Join Wayne County Extension Master Gardeners for Gardenside Chats at the Wayne Extension Demo Gardens (next to the Farm Credit Farmers Market, 3114 Wayne Memorial Drive). Each month, Extension Master Gardener volunteers will share information on a gardening topic. Stop by anytime between 10am to Noon to pick up information and learn more about each…… read more »
