Four area football teams have made the 2021 NCHSAA Football Playoffs, according to preliminary rankings that were released earlier this afternoon. Here’s what we know: • Rosewood is a 5-seed and has a first-round bye. • Princeton is a 1-seed…
Foucht appointed to Board of Education
A Wayne Community College employee is the newest member of the Wayne County Board of Education. After a question-and-answer session with each of two candidates during a special-called meeting Thursday, the board took less than 10 minutes to appoint Craig…
Gaylor appointed to City Council
Goldsboro’s District 5 has a new representative. Wayne Community College Associate Vice President Charles Gaylor IV was appointed to fill the seat, which was vacated by Mayor David Ham, Monday during the City Council’s final meeting of the month. Of…
Church’s mission continues
A trip to First Presbyterian Church’s Yard Sale Saturday might get you a nice piece of china to add to your dining room. But you will also help build a church in Mexico. Or you might find the perfect end…
Community mourns as former Mayor Chuck Allen passes
Wayne County lost a champion today. Chuck Allen, former mayor of Goldsboro and longtime City Council member, has died after a long battle with brain cancer. Allen was a hometown boy. He was raised in Goldsboro/Wayne County and graduated from…
Never, ever forgotten
The amulet Barbara Cleary wears around her neck is more than just a piece of jewelry that once belonged to her late husband. It is the talisman that brought him home to her — years after Maj. Pete Cleary’s plane…
WCPS reports two COVID clusters at Norwayne Middle
Wayne County Public Schools reported two separate COVID-19 clusters at Norwayne Middle School today. The clusters involve a total of 11 students — five students in an in-school cluster and six in a football team cluster. “We learned about the…
Residents seek protection against Charles B. Aycock High School name change
Nearly a year and a half after local NAACP president Sylvia Barnes said pulling Gov. Charles B. Aycock’s name off a Wayne County high school was non-negotiable — and long overdue — the issue came to the fore at Monday’s…
Democko resigns from Board of Education
Wayne County Board of Education Vice Chairman Dr. Joe Democko resigned Monday, citing personal reasons. At the end of the board’s meeting, Democko said he was stepping down Oct. 1 because his mother, who lives in New York, has received…
Board’s hasty rehire of pricey attorney is latest financial misfire
Who would have believed that a little more than a few months after finally coming up for air after disastrous spending decisions that caused havoc in Wayne County Public Schools and left the district millions of dollars in debt, we…