From UMO Media Relations MOUNT OLIVE – The University of Mount Olive baseball team has announced the 12th Annual Trojans Baseball Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament. The golf tournament will take place on October 23 at 1 p.m. at the Southern Wayne Country Club in Mount Olive. The tournament will be a four-person super ball format with…… read more »
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office reports 56-year-old Jenny L. Huffman of Goldsboro is charged with two counts of Forgery of Instrument, two counts of Uttering Forged instrument,, and two counts of Obtaining Property by False Pretenses. According to the sheriff’s office, the business had accepted two checks on September 12th which were dishonored by the…… read more »
Veronica Kirkland was born and raised in the Big Apple…Brooklyn to be exact, where the city and the people never sleep. With its perpetual motion and vast populations, New York City offered Kirkland many influences, both good and bad, and she could have chosen either path. Instead of letting outside pressures define her, she used…… read more »
There are many decisions to make as North Carolina school districts consider reopening their elementary schools. The Wayne County Board of Education met Wednesday afternoon and started looking at the issues, including scheduling, nutrition and busing. School board chair Chris West says the decisions are going to take some time and work. On a 4 – 3…… read more »
Around 2:45 AM Wednesday, the Goldsboro Police Department responded to the 700 block of E. Holly St. to investigate shots fired and a subsequent ShotSpotter alert. The responding officers located a victim, 40-year-old Darius Lamar Chestnut, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to his face. Chestnut was transported by EMS to Wayne UNC Health Care…… read more »
On Tuesday around 5 PM, officers with the Goldsboro Police Department’s Uniformed Patrol “D” Shift responded to a report of shots fired on the 600 block of S. Slocumb Street. Once on-scene, officers found multiple shell casings. Shortly thereafter, they were notified of a male who had just been dropped off at Wayne UNC Health Care Emergency Department suffering…… read more »
Monday afternoon, officers with the Goldsboro Police Department’s Gang Suppression Unit and Selective Enforcement Unit conducted a narcotics investigation in the back parking lot at the Super 8 Motel on the 700 block of Corporate Drive. The investigation resulted in the arrest of 41-year-old Joy L. Reybein of Greenville for Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of…… read more »
Wayne Community College prepares its students and staff to take part in the Democratic Process. Tuesday, September 22nd was National Voter Registration Day, and WCC had a voter registration booth set up inside the Wayne Learning Center Atrium. WCC student Braden Wilkinson had volunteered to staff the booth Tuesday. He noted there have been plenty…… read more »
Charter Communications, Inc. has announced a re-launch of its Remote Education Offer providing free Spectrum Internet – with speeds up to 200 Mbps — and WiFi access for 60 days to households with K-12th graders, college students and/or educators. The promotion is available for customers who live in a Spectrum market and do not currently…… read more »
A suspect is accused of attempted murder for a weekend shooting in Kinston. The Kinston Police Department reports Al Lee Myers of La Grange was arrested on Monday on charges of Attempted Murder and Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury. Myers is charged for his alleged involvement in the…… read more »
