The city of Goldsboro denied liability in a discrimination lawsuit filed by one of its department heads against both the city and District 1 Councilman Antonio Williams, but still paid her $25,000 to settle the matter. According to the settlement…
WCPS: COVID exposure possible on WSE and Edgewood campuses
COVID-19 has found its way onto two more Wayne County Public Schools campuses. In a news release issued this afternoon, the district said individuals who have tested positive for the virus were at Wayne School of Engineering and Edgewood Community…
Our view: It’s time for WCPS to pump the brakes on reopening plan
We would love to tell you that when your children returned to school Monday, everything was ready to go. We would like to share with you the challenges the district has faced since teachers returned to campuses last week —…
Third COVID-19 infection IDed on WCPS campus. This time, students were there.
For the third time in less than a week, an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 has been traced to a Wayne County Public Schools campus. This time, however, the district publicly acknowledged the exposure and notified the community…
Carver Elementary staff notified of exposure to person with COVID
For the second time in 24 hours, staff members at a Wayne County elementary school have been notified of exposure to a person who has tested positive for COVID-19. In an email obtained by the New Old North, Carver Elementary…
Lawsuit: Maxwell Foods says Chinese-owned Smithfield breached contract, trying to run company out of hog business
Several days after confirming it was shutting down its hog production arm, Goldsboro Milling Co., Maxwell Foods, LLC, filed a lawsuit against pork giant Smithfield Foods Inc. — claiming that the Chinese-owned company is “unlawfully running Maxwell out of the…
“Individual” with COVID was on Meadow Lane campus Thursday
Meadow Lane Elementary School staff have been notified that they might have been exposed to COVID-19 on campus. Principal Wendy Hooks sent an email to MLE staff Thursday after many of them had left for the day, advising them of…
High school football pushed to February
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released details on when sports will begin this school year and football will no longer be a fall sport. In fact, only cross-country and volleyball will resume competition before Thanksgiving. (Swimming and diving…
Wings Over Wayne pushed back to 2022
There will not be a Wings Over Wayne Air Show in 2021. In a Facebook message posted this morning, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base officials said they would be pushing the event back to 2022, blamed the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic…
Council members fail to achieve censure for censor
The Goldsboro City Council meeting ended with a touch of drama Monday, as three council members voted to censure Mayor Chuck Allen. Well, at least we think that’s what they wanted to do. It was, in reality, somewhat confusing —…