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N.C. State Fair Announces 2024 Farm Families Of The Day
RALEIGH – The N.C. State Fair’s Farm Family of the Day, sponsored by Tractor Supply Company, is returning for its fourth year to recognize and celebrate more of our state’s…
Jennifer Whitley To Lead 3HC Home Health And Hospice
GOLDSBORO – 3HC Home Health and Hospice Care Inc., a leading NC provider of home health and hospice, has named a new President and CEO. Jennifer J. Whitley, MSN, RN,…
Motorcyclist Killed In US 70 Accident
UPDATE: 6:48PM Sept 29 – The State Highway Patrol has identified the victim as Christopher Joseph Lee, 23, of Harker Heights, Texas. Lee was an active duty Airman at Seymour…

Former Wayne County Deputy Sentenced To More Than Six Years In Prison
Operation Nets 41 Convictions and Seizures of Drugs and Guns WILMINGTON, N.C. – Michael Kenneth Cox, age 49, was sentenced today to 74 months followed by three years of supervised…
Interstate 42 Coming To The U.S. 70 Goldsboro Bypass
GOLDSBORO – The U.S. 70 Bypass around Goldsboro will be re-signed as Interstate 42 and given new mile markers and exit numbers this fall. The N.C. Department of Transportation has…
Federal Jury Convicts Wayne County Methamphetamine Trafficker
NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal jury convicted a Goldsboro man on three charges of trafficking methamphetamine. Tamarcus Shaquan Ellis, age 34, faces up to life in prison when sentenced in December.…
Firefighter Involved In Near-Fatal Accident Determined Not To Let Injuries Slow Him Down
GOLDSBORO – It was a special day for Brandon Jones as he crossed the stage at Wayne Community College’s spring graduation ceremony to receive an associate’s degree in Emergency Management.…
Students Earn Final Aviation Certificates
GOLDSBORO – Three students in Wayne Community College’s Aviation Systems Technology program have earned the final certificate needed to complete the program. Timothy Dillon of Clayton, Kobe Pearson of Goldsboro,…
WCC Announces Spring 2024 President’s And Dean’s Lists
GOLDSBORO, N.C. – Wayne Community College has honored 307 students for outstanding academic achievement in the spring 2024 semester. The College recognizes the students named below as having earned a…

Smithfield Woman Dies In Wayne County Traffic Accident
GOLDSBORO – A Smithfield woman died in a single vehicle traffic accident Monday afternoon. Goldsboro Police said the accident happened at 5:45pm on E. Ash Street at N. Center Street.…

Cocaine Distributor Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison
RALEIGH, N.C. – Christopher Montrell Williams, a 33-year-old resident of Goldsboro, has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine in the Goldsboro area. Williams pled guilty…

Rural Infrastructure Authority Approves Grants For Benson And Wayne County
RALEIGH ― The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved 20 grant requests to local governments totaling $8,680,000. These grants are for projects that have committed to creating 802 jobs and will attract more…








