The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Standards Division has collected fines from 52 stores in 33 counties because of excessive price-scanner errors including one Wayne County retailer. “Our Standards Division continues to see about a quarter of all price scanner inspections fail and many stores are failing multiple inspections,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve…… read more »
Participants are still buzzing with leftover excitement from the 2023 SERC MLK Basketball & Cheer Tournament hosted in Goldsboro, North Carolina, January 13-15th. Housing Authorities throughout the Southeastern Region of the United States traveled during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with their youth, families, coaches, and staff to an incredible weekend of thrilling competitive…… read more »
The Wayne County Board of Education, with the support of Ray & Associates, Inc, is seeking input from interested students, parents, other members of the community, and staff to help shape the search process and to assist in defining the qualities and characteristics desired in the next WCPS superintendent. Community & Staff Survey: The Board invites…… read more »
Wayne Community College has recognized its top employees for 2022. Housekeeping Supervisor Tammy Holland was presented the Operations and Maintenance Staff Employee of the Year Award. In announcing the award, WCC President Patty Pfeiffer noted that Holland “used her professional experience and compassion for others to make a new campus position her own.” She has…… read more »
Saturday afternoon the University of Mount Olive women’s basketball took on North GreenvilleUniversity in Conference Carolinas Action in Kornegay Arena. The UMOwomen walked away with a 56 to 43 win over North Greenville.… read more »
The Peggy M. Seegars Senior Center has been re-certified as a Center of Excellence by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS). This certification process takes place every five years. It includes a self-evaluation and independent visits by a site review team to recommend a…… read more »
Superintendent David Lewis provided the Board information about the budget timeline. He shared that the school district’s financial position is strong and very stable. He stated that the school district has a healthy fund balance. Dr. Lewis also shared that he is confident that the enrollment and staffing projection process which has been in place for…… read more »
Business owners, residents, and stakeholders expressed their concerns during Thursday’s Public Parking forum. DGDC Director Erin Fonseca, welcomed everyone and explained the input and feedback will assist the City of Goldsboro with the next steps. The event moderated by Dwight Bassett, Director of Economic Development and Parking Services for the Town of Chapel Hill. Bassett…… read more »
On Friday evening, the sky above Wayne County displayed a spectacular array of colors. Our GDN photographer Bobby Williams captured this pictured of the sunset. Bobby described it as “one of God’s greatest creations of a beautiful sunset.”… read more »
Jennifer Nunn of Goldsboro took a chance on a $3 Powerball ticket and won a $100,000 prize in Wednesday’s drawing. Nunn bought her lucky Quick Pick ticket from Quick Mart on North Spence Avenue in Goldsboro. She matched the numbers on four white balls and the red Powerball to win $50,000. The prize doubled to $100,000 when…… read more »
