Sunday, September 2, 2018
N.C. Poultry Festival returns
It's time again to celebrate our feathered friends, as the N.C. Poultry Festival returns to downtown Goldsboro Saturday.A week of avian attractions precedes the main festival. This year, it kicks off with a beer run at 6 p.m. on Tuesday...Published: Sep 2, 2018 3:33 PM Full Story
Ivey retiring as Partnership director, successor sought
The Partnership for Children of Wayne County has begun its search for a new executive director, on the heels of Charles Ivey announcing his retirement at year's end.Ivey, a 35-year educator -- 23 of them at Spring Creek Elementary School...Published: Sep 2, 2018 3:05 AM Full Story
Suspects in hit and run still unidentified
The initial investigation by the North Carolina Highway Patrol has determined that the hit and run that occurred last week on Pikeville-Princeton Road was criminal in nature.The victim, Jason Allen Morgan, 38, of Rocky Mount, was hit by a gold...Published: Sep 2, 2018 3:05 AM Full Story
Wayne County tourism experienced a 4 percent uptick
Tourism spending in Wayne County grew more than 4 percent in 2017 over the previous year, according to a statement released by Visit North Carolina.Domestic visitors to and within Wayne County spent $169.32 million in 2017, a 4.5-percent increase over...Published: Sep 2, 2018 3:05 AM Full Story
WCPS employee faces felony charge
A Wayne County Public Schools employee is facing felony charges after police say he took cleaning supplies and other janitorial items from the storage warehouse on Brian Street in Goldsboro.Michael Wayne Hobbs, 50, of 121 South Winds Drive, Dudley, is...Published: Sep 2, 2018 3:05 AM Full Story
'My son's life mattered:' Mother speaks out about opioid addiction
Sherry Crocker remembers her son Wayland Hoggard as an all-American boy.He loved to hunt, fish and ride his motorcycles and four-wheelers, anything having to do outdoors. He always made people laugh and enjoyed joking around."He was my happy-go-lucky boy," Crocker...Published: Sep 2, 2018 3:05 AM Full Story