According to documents obtained by New Old North, former Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit chief Michael Cox shielded the longtime girlfriend of one of his purported confidential informants by refusing to testify against her in a 2016 drug trafficking case…
Future Falcons fly
The Charles B. Aycock football team won Friday evening, but for many of those in attendance, the game was secondary to the recognition of the middle school “future Falcons” who were in attendance for what has become one of the…
Fight or no flight
To the average Wayne County resident, the sight of an F-15E Strike Eagle ripping through the clouds Aug. 18 likely seemed routine. As far as they knew, it was just another training sortie. They see it every day. They had…
D.A.’s office threw out drug charge at Cox’s request
As Assistant U.S. Attorney Dennis Duffy laid out chunks of the government’s case against former Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit chief Michael Cox inside a sixth-floor courtroom at the Terry Sanford Federal Building Sept. 6, he made a series…
Scouts’ honor
Bill Moon couldn’t tell you how many evenings he has spent in these woods — the sprawling stomping grounds for countless members of the Boy Scouts of America Tuscarora Council. But when he looks down at the campfire and smiles…
Hope from the ashes
Teresa Rose is sitting under an umbrella in her front yard when Mark Mason approaches. His job — running electricity from the Roses’ backyard workshop to their swimming pool — was complete. “Ok,” he said. “Now you can go swimming,…
Ds + Fs = Low-Performing District
It would be easy to hurl a scathing bunch of similes and metaphors to describe the shock and horror of the report card Wayne County Public Schools brought home this week. And it would be just as easy to start…
School report cards are in — and they’re not good
The numbers are in, and they speak — loudly — for themselves. Wayne County Public Schools has been designated a Low-Performing District, according to standards set by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The district’s report card — released…
City cops, firefighters, told to settle for “Plan B”
They only put together a second plan to appease City Manager Tim Salmon. Both Goldsboro Police Chief Mike West and Fire Chief Ron Stempien admitted as much to members of the Goldsboro City Council several weeks ago. The truth, they…
Wake-up call
Sometimes you just have to say it — out loud, without holding back and without a thought about fallout. So, we are going to say it. If you think that losing Seymour Johnson Air Force Base would not have a…