Commissioners approve budget, tax increase

The Wayne County Board of Commissioners approved a budget plan Tuesday that includes a tax increase the board says will help move the county forward — and also make some much-needed, and long overdue, improvements. Board members heard comments on…

WCPS has big plans for its $80 million in COVID funds

More than $80 million in coronavirus funding over the next few years will allow Wayne County Public Schools to execute millions of dollars in school repairs and upgrades and to make improvements in technical education, including providing a device for…

COVID funds save WCPS beginning teachers

Wayne County Public Schools will be able to keep its beginning teachers as a result of extra federal funding. The North Carolina Department of Instruction approved the Wayne County School District’s plan late Thursday for using the next round of…

Chronicles of a comeback

Thousands have been distributed across Wayne County and copies are still available everywhere from Goldsboro City Hall and the downtown businesses that surround it to the public library, local schools, restaurants and bars. But for those of you who have…

County: 21-year-old dead in Busco Beach accident

A 21-year-old died Friday evening after an ATV accident at Busco Beach. According to a news release from the Wayne County government, the incident occurred just before 8 p.m. “The vehicle was being driven on an uneven trail which caused…

Street beats

Hundreds of local residents lined Center Street Thursday evening to watch members of A Drummers World perform — and to participate in an impromptu street festival of sorts that the organization’s founder, Alando Mitchell, said he wasn’t really anticipating. “This…

In death, local historian teaches us a powerful final lesson

A really striking thing happened at the Wayne County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday. It was sad, heartwarming and, more importantly, emblematic of something we have to remember as we watch what is transpiring around the country. Wayne County took…

Allen honored by governor, General Assembly

Goldsboro Mayor Chuck Allen made a brief return to City Hall Monday evening to receive honors from Gov. Roy Cooper and the North Carolina General Assembly. Allen was inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, an honor reserved…