Sunday, October 25, 2015
Wayne County Agricultural and Convention Center: The plans
Planning for Wayne County's proposed $16 million agricultural and convention center has reached the stage where a decision on how to proceed will be needed by the end of the year. The county has received the project renderings representing...Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
County delays street repairs
Just weeks after assuring subdivision residents that the county would work with them to get their potholed streets repaired, Wayne County commissioners Tuesday morning threw up a roadblock to the process. By a 6-1 vote, the board delayed any...Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
City weighing business loan fund
A proposal to give small loans to downtown businesses adversely affected by Streetscape was deferred for discussion by the Goldsboro City Council on Monday night until a later date. The idea was brought up at the council's work session....Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Walking to help find a cure for Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease research does not command the attention nor the large amounts of money many other diseases receive. That is why events like Saturday morning's 13th annual Duplin/Greene/Wayne County Alzheimer's Walk in downtown Goldsboro are so important, organizers said....Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
On the ballot, District 1: Michael Headen
Q: Why do you want to be on the Goldsboro City Council? A: I have been on the council now for eight years, and one of the things I have is a passion for wanting to help people out. I...Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
KidsFest a hit with youngsters
Sporting fresh face paint that had him looking like Spider-Man, 4-year-old Yakir Craft said he had sat in a fire truck at Saturday's 21st Annual KidsFest. Asked which truck on display was his favorite, he quickly answered, "The big...Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Obesity among county health concerns
How do you measure your health? Better still, how does one measure the health of this county? One way is through collecting data and developing policies and action plans to improve the well-being of the county's citizens, said Ta-Kisha Darden,...Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
On the ballot, District 6: Linda Harper
Q: Why do you want to be on the Goldsboro City Council? A: First of all I'd like to have a biblical influence on the council, because the founders said that the constitution was for a moral and religious people....Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
On the ballot, District 6: Gene Aycock
Q: Why do you want to be on the Goldsboro City Council? A: Number one, I enjoy serving the sixth district, and I enjoy the people who live in the sixth district. In the past, I feel that the sixth...Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
On the ballot, District 1: Antonio Williams
Q: Why do you want to be on the Goldsboro City Council? A: I was born here. I was raised on the north end of town, and since my return I am so disappointed with the progress. When you go...Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story
Local teams battle for chili crown, help hungry
"I'm going as far as my stomach will take me," Alexander McCall said as he polished off his first cup of chili. "And anything I can get out of my pocket I am going to donate. It is a...Published: Oct 25, 2015 1:50 AM Full Story