It’s the middle of the night and Christian Hernandez’s heart is racing. The 20-year-old had closed his eyes a few hours earlier, but his sleep was abruptly interrupted when he saw his sister in his dreams. There is a massive…
Searching for servants
They are the servant generation, the hundreds of Wayne County residents who populated the community’s service organizations — leading them, guiding them, and supporting them. But they are getting older — and tired. Their numbers have dwindled, and now a…
Hitting home
There were already bullet holes in her bedroom window, but every time the police would intervene, Bailey’s abuser would find a way to pay his bond. He was no longer the beloved partner who fathered her children — the man…
Amid shortage, GPD can’t protect its own house
They are already working longer shifts and jumping, seemingly constantly, from call to call — unable to perform the preventative policing that stops crime before it happens. They are already “burned out” — and suffering from the hit to morale…
Belting it out
Wayne County Public Schools families packed the Goldsboro High School auditorium for three straight days as the district’s annual Choral Showcase took center stage. The following photographs were taken by Ken Fine:
Presenting Goldsboro’s finest 2021-22 vintage audit
Roll out the red carpet and pop the champagne. The Goldsboro City Council has finally received its completed 2021-22 audit. But here’s the bizarre thing: the belated presentation — which came more than a year after the report was supposed…
Supporting act
I hear you’re asking around If I’m anywhere to be found. But I have grown too strong To ever fall back into your arms. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri For a while, Megan Sutton’s heart was broken. Most people who…
Jayda’s gift
Aleah Hill drives toward the basket and pushes off with her right leg — elevating before softly lifting the ball through the net. The crowd goes wild, but the 14-year-old is focused on a single chant coming from the bleachers….
A link to the past
She only glances down at them for a moment — the used white syringes scattered outside the front of a Goldsboro landmark that has been standing for more than 100 years. But when Julie Metz approaches a sinkhole in between…
Housing is a fragile thing
We are all one misstep, one lost paycheck, one serious health diagnosis, one tragedy away. It could be anyone. And it is, all of us — from every background, every neighborhood. For many, it is hard to look at the…