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Wayne County to be first to get career readiness certification

[email protected] Wayne County is poised to become the first county in the state to attain a National Career Readiness Certificate, or NCRC, says Diane Ivey, executive director of the Wayne Business and Industry Center at Wayne Community College. The NCRC...

Pikeville police chief resigns

[email protected] PIKEVILLE -- Police Chief Joe Sadler has resigned. Mayor Glenn Hartman confirmed that the lawman's resignation letter was dated Sept. 30 and the effective date of his resignation is Oct. 31. But the reason Sadler's is leaving the post...

A heart full of the will to thrive

[email protected] Peggy Southerland had such a strong family history of breast cancer that she was almost expecting to receive the diagnosis herself. "For some strange reason, I always knew deep down that I would have breast cancer," she said. "I...

Arrest made in shooting

[email protected] A day after announcing to the public the identity of an attempted murder suspect, Goldsboro police have their man. Tacarous Monquez Peterson, 21, is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder and is currently being held in the...

Uchiyama America is honored as Wayne's Industry of the Year

[email protected] The Wayne County Development Alliance honored two local companies Thursday as part of its annual Industry Celebration luncheon at the Goldsboro Country Club. Uchiyama America earned Wayne County Industry of the Year honors, while Turner Equipment Co. received the...

First day of early voting sees large turnout

[email protected] More than 2,200 ballots were cast in Wayne County on Thursday during the first day of one-stop voting, prior to the mid-term general election on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The 2,221 ballots cast at the county's five early-voting sites fell...

Pate running for re-election to state Senate

By STEVE HERRING [email protected] Medicaid reform, lottery and highway funding, and taxes are among the major issues the new General Assembly will face when it convenes in January. Republican Sen. Louis Pate, 78, of Mount Olive, says his experience and...

Anderson seeks District 7 state Senate seat

Whoever is elected to the District 7 seat in the state Senate needs to be independent because he is there for the entire district and not a select group, Erik Anderson says. Anderson, 34, a Winterville Democrat, is challenging Republican...