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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Family arraigned on drug charges

Since December, the Sheriff's Office has conducted three raids on the same family household -- the Spruill residence on Dollard Town Road. But those raids and the charges that came with them were not enough to stop at least...

Public record

Embezzlement charges Three people are charged with embezzlement from Premiere Theater on 10th Place that took place over about a year, a Goldsboro investigator said. Police Investigator Bryant Canady reported that Emily Blake Ardis, 19, Nicholas Drive, Shayne Edward...

Couple share deployment experience

Angela Horton scanned the faces of wounded troops seeking treatment at a military hospital in Iraq, hoping the person she was looking for was not among them. She knew her husband, Tim, might have been. Master Sgt. Angela Horton...

Duplin court bound

KENANSVILLE -- The Duplin County Board of Education filed a lawsuit in Duplin County Superior Court on Wednesday against the county Board of Commissioners, seeking an unspecified amount of money. School leaders claim the commissioners have not provided enough...

Downtown Jam today, starting at 5:30

The Downtown Goldsboro Development Corp.'s summer concert series continues this evening with a show by the Craig Woolard Band, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Waynesborough House on South Center Street. The even is being co-sponsored...

State releases ABC school test scores

Twenty-three of the county's 33 public schools made high growth under the state's ABCs accountability model, while another five made expected growth, according to a preliminary announcement made today by the state's Department of Public Instruction. Download charts showing...

Deadline for Wayne County Reads voting approaches

Voting for the 2009 Wayne County Reads book will end Friday. Readers should cast their ballot by midnight for the book or books they wish to read and discuss in the sixth year of the countywide "one book, one...

Pep rally aims to motivate students

A "back-to-school rally" for parents and students will be held tonight from 6-9 p.m. in the fellowship hall of St. Mark Church of Christ. Sponsored by the Stop the Funeral Initiative, it is the second year for the event....