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March 15, 2021 4 Responses

Mayor taking leave of absence to focus on cancer battle

Not even two weeks after he won reelection in the fall of 2019, Goldsboro Mayor Chuck Allen received a daunting diagnosis. Doctors told him he had cancer — specifically, glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer there is. So,...

March 8, 2021 No Responses

Bell eyes new Rosewood Middle School, talks WCPS COVID funds

Two Wayne County legislators are announcing more than $24.8 million in COVID funds coming to Wayne County — and a plan to ask for a $20 million allocation to fund a new middle school in Rosewood. House Majority Leader Rep....

March 3, 2021 No Responses

Wayne commissioners unanimously approve 10-percent sewer rate hike

Wayne County sewer customers will pay about 10 percent more beginning this month, in part in response to an anticipated increase in sewer treatment fees by the city of Goldsboro, county officials decided at their meeting Tuesday. Members of the...

March 2, 2021 2 Responses

Report: WCPS literacy, math, English scores have plummeted this year

The numbers are in, and they are not good. Acting Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning Dr. Carol Artis brought more statistics to Monday’s meeting of the Wayne County Board of Education on how the district’s students are performing in...

March 1, 2021 No Responses

WCPS finds $1.3 million to use toward reducing $5 million deficit

The Wayne County school district remains more than $5 million in debt, but officials say they will pay off $1.3 million of that negative balance this month. Once that payment is made, the district will cut siginificantly into the $2...

March 1, 2021 No Responses

Mulberry Street drive-by victim in “serious” condition

The victim of a Sunday drive-by shooting on East Mulberry Street has been identified by Goldsboro police. Shameek Johnson, 25, is listed in serious condition and is being treated for a gunshot wound at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Residents...