Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Speeding to the hospital
News-Argus/Bobby Williams An unidentified woman, left, explains to a Wayne County Sheriff's Office officer why she was traveling more than 100 mph in the northbound lanes of U.S. 117 Monday morning. She told officers she was transporting her grandson...Published: Oct 18, 2005 1:53 PM Full Story
Race to ER sparks chase
"She just panicked" was how one officer described the situation. An unidentified woman was taking her grandson to Goldsboro for X-rays Monday, when he developed seizures from a fall on his head the day before, officers said. The woman reached...Published: Oct 18, 2005 1:52 PM Full Story
Two airmen die in crash in Greene County
Two Seymour Johnson Air Force Base airmen died Saturday afternoon when their motorcycle hit a pickup truck and then a car at an estimated speed of 130 mph. Airman 1st Class Dustin Cichon, 22, of Lakeland, Fla., and Senior Airman...Published: Oct 18, 2005 1:50 PM Full Story
New prison superintendent named
Robert Hines has come home. The Rosewood resident is the new superintendent of Wayne Correctional Center on Stevens Mill Road. Hines, who has worked 28 years in the prison system, never really left the area. For the past four years,...Published: Oct 18, 2005 1:48 PM Full Story
Feast in the East still needs vendors
There is still time to sell food or crafts at this year's Feast in the East, organizers say. The second annual Eastern North Carolina Barbecue Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28-29, at the Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair-grounds....Published: Oct 18, 2005 1:47 PM Full Story
Hospital welcomes new chaplain
Suzanne Franklin didn't know what aspect of the ministry she would like to go into when she finished seminary. But after spending two years in pastoral care at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, she found it to be a perfect...Published: Oct 18, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
He may be restaurant's next 'Jared'
Trying to live a healthy lifestyle is already paying off for one fifth-grader in Wayne County. Jose Ferretti Alyea, 11, a student at St. Mary School, has been named one of 10 Subway Champions from across the country to receive...Published: Oct 18, 2005 1:46 PM Full Story
Public records
Mobile home fire A single-wide mobile home at 475 Nor-Am Road was destroyed Monday in a fire of an undetermined cause, a fire official said. Little River Volunteer Fire Chief Mike Aycock said the resident smelled smoke, looked toward her...Published: Oct 18, 2005 1:45 PM Full Story