(NCNN WeatherCenter)–A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Central of North Carolina for Thursday and Friday, and counties south of Raleigh are under, a Level 2, or elevated, risk for severe weather. Tropical Storm Sally will cause a remnant low that will be south of North Carolina. Rain will be possible all day on…… read more »
Wayne County has received $4.6 million dollars in CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relieve and Economic Security) Act funding. Almost $967,000 from that will be allocated to the City of Goldsboro. At last week’s meeting, the Goldsboro City Council was informed of how those funds would be spent. Assistant to the City Manager Octavius Murphy explained where…… read more »
Life is back to normal following a morning gas leak at Wayne Community College. According to WCC, a landscaping contractor hit an unmarked line Tuesday morning. The workers thought they smelled gas, so the college moved people from the area and notified Piedmont Natural Gas and 911. WCC began evacuating the campus with two alerts…… read more »
Operations are back to normal at Wayne Community College following a reported gas leak on the campus. The message to evacuate the WCC campus went out around 8:18 Tuesday morning. The all clear was given just after 9 AM. WCC says it is returning to normal operations for the rest of the day. Goldsboro Daily…… read more »
The remnants of Hurricane Sally may impact the local area by the end of the week. Sally is making landfall Wednesday along the northern Gulf coast. The storm will then turn and head toward the east, potentially arriving in the Carolinas during the weekend. Locally, the National Weather Service is predicting the remnants of Sally…… read more »
Operation Unite Goldsboro will hold a Community Roundtable this week. The Community Roundtable will be held virtually via Zoom at 7 PM this Thursday, September 17th. To join in the roundtable discussion: The Meeting ID is 535 954 5850 The Meeting Password is OhYZSH The Community Roundtables offer citizens a chance to talk directly with Wayne…… read more »
Internet service providers and electric membership cooperatives can now apply for $32 million in pandemic relief grant funding to help bring high-speed internet access to rural North Carolina. Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 1105 into law, allocating more than $32 million for rural broadband expansion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund created by the Coronavirus…… read more »
Wayne County Public Library has received a $75,000 LSTA Project Grant from the State Library of North Carolina. The library, in partnership with Open Broadband, WAGES, and Wayne County Public Schools, will use these grant funds to launch a digital inclusion initiative in the Dudley community. Assistant Director, Maegen Wilson, says “To our knowledge, this…… read more »
On August 28th, the Goldsboro Police Department took a report of a larceny of a motor vehicle that occurred in the 2100 block of Wayne Memorial Drive. The victim advised he had parked his vehicle near the business and later found it had been stolen. On August 31st, a suspect was developed and warrants were…… read more »
Saturday night, firefighters from Arrington and Wayne County EMS Station 8 responded to the scene of a single vehicle crash on Genoa Road on a curve near Lakeshore Drive. This Dodge Charger was heading south toward Outlaw Road when the female driver apparently ran off the roadway and flipped her vehicle onto its passenger side in a deep ditch.…… read more »
