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City bus system to extend hours

The Goldsboro-Wayne Transporation Authority will be extending service by two hours on the Purple, Blue and Green routes beginning Monday, Feb. 6, and running through Saturday, May 6. Visit the website ridegwta.com and click on the maps section for...

School Board to consider policy changes

The Wayne County Board of Education will tackle a long list of policy changes and updates at its meeting Monday at 3 p.m., including changes to teacher dress code and tuition for out-of-district students. The policies, of which there are...

ACA or not, thousands suffer without Medicaid

Wayne County is not immune to the potential fallout if the Affordable Care Act is repealed and not replaced. In some ways, health insurance coverage for the poor has fallen by the wayside on the county level from the beginning...

City to discuss Herman Park Center

The Goldsboro City Council will consider selecting design plans for a new Herman Park Recreation Center and review several financing agreements during its meeting Monday. The council will meet at 5 p.m. for a work session in the City Hall...

Costumed characters invade downtown

Star Wars characters Boba Fett and Kylo Ren never appear in the same movie. They are part of the same intergalactic science fiction franchise, but never overlap on the big screen. But they were at least in the same...

Downtown plan to be unveiled

A Virginia-based nonprofit developer interested in building a multi-million dollar residential and commercial building in downtown Goldsboro will host a public design input meeting Tuesday. Second Act Communities, interested in constructing a multi-level, mixed-use property on South Center Street, will...

Justice for A'Tiya

A'Tiya TiJonna Maddox skipped to her work station after giving her mother and the general manager of Deacon Jones Nissan each a kiss on the cheek when she came into work Thursday, July 21. "That particular day she came in...

Fire consumes house thought to be vacant

A house burned to the ground Saturday night on Hickory Crossroads Road. Around half a dozen fire departments responded to the structure fire call at 6:11 p.m. at 6262 Hickory Crossroads Road, said Princeton Fire Department Chief Ken Starling. "I...

Coming Sunday: A'Tiya Maddox's murder remains unsolved

A'Tiya TiJonna Maddox skipped to her work station after giving her mother and the general manager of Deacon Jones Nissan each a kiss on the cheek when she came into work Thursday, July 21. "That particular day she came in...

Pharmacy delivery driver robbed

Someone robbed a Wayne Pharmacy delivery driver Friday afternoon while he was in the 900 block of Lincoln Drive, according to a police report. The report said Charles Miller Vanhoy was at the trunk of his vehicle preparing his next...

Boutique supports African orphans

"Karibu, welcome to Nashona." Patrons were greeted in Swahili as they entered historic downtown Goldsboro's newest retail outlet Saturday. Tanzania, Africa, is home to the loud, African-print textiles now on sale in Lillian Danieli's Nashona Boutique, located at 119 N....