Friday, March 15, 2013
College ready to help airmen
A move to suspend college tuition assistance for active-duty military personnel will definitely be felt by Wayne Community College, officials said Wednesday. The Air Force announced earlier this week that airmen have been notified that new applications for tuition assistance...Published: Mar 15, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Suspect caught in 2012 murder
Not long after an arrest warrant was issued for Gerald George Lee by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office for the October 2012 murder of Justin Travis Lancaster, 25, the 19-year-old turned himself in. Lancaster was shot and killed on...Published: Mar 15, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Suspects sought in robberies at stores
The Goldsboro Police Department is asking for community assistance in identifying suspects in the armed robbery of a local video game store. Three men held up the Game Stop video game store located at 910 N. Spence Ave. on March...Published: Mar 15, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Habitat project
Seven students from Minnesota State University and nine from the University of Virginia volunteered to work for Habitat for Humanity during their spring break....Published: Mar 15, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Commissioners update flood maps
Updated flood insurance maps have been approved for sections of northeastern Wayne County at its border with Greene County. The changes, adopted Tuesday by Wayne County Commissioners, do not alter elevations, but do include additional data points along the affected...Published: Mar 15, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
CBA homecoming queen to compete in state contest
Charles B. Aycock High School senior and homecoming queen Tiffany Hill leaves Saturday for Salisbury, where she will compete in the 33rd annual North Carolina Homecoming Queen contest, with hopes of advancing to the national event held later this summer...Published: Mar 15, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story
Autopsy is back on baby
Air Force officials will not yet say whether the body found along a Columbus County road Tuesday afternoon is the 15-month-old son of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Senior Airman Matthew Theurer, but a spokesman for the Chief Medical Examiner's...Published: Mar 15, 2013 1:46 PM Full Story