Goldsboro Milling Company — a subsidiary of Maxwell Foods — which, earlier this decade, was recognized as one of the biggest swine producers in the United States, is ending its hog operation. The news was confirmed by the company Friday…
Former Faith Christian teacher charged with sexually assaulting two 11-year-old students in mid-1990s
A former Faith Christian Academy teacher turned himself in to authorities today after the Goldsboro Police Department secured warrants for his arrest in connection with the alleged sexual assault of two then-11-year-old students in the mid-1990s. Anthony Warren Riley, 51,…
WCPS does not have enough computers for an effective September Plan B restart
Wayne County Public Schools will not have enough devices to meet the needs of the 7,000 students who have signed up for the district’s state-mandated Virtual Academy and the 10,000 others who are set to return under the state’s Plan…
West, Strickland spar over how long WCPS should stay in Plan C before 4-2 vote to begin school with 3 weeks of remote instruction
With 7,000 students enrolled in Wayne County Public Schools’ state-mandated Virtual Academy, the district does not have enough devices to facilitate all-remote instruction and the Plan B school reopening model at the same time — and won’t until at least…
District will start in Plan C
A lack of devices for students and insufficient training time for staff were among the factors that led the Wayne County Board of Education to vote to begin the WCPS school year in Plan C — or all remote learning…
Write-ins emerge to take on Foster, Coram in November
Two local residents have emerged as challengers in elections that seemed, after the March Democratic primary, to be all but over. Wayne County Board of Elections officials confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Tina Arnder and Kenneth Coley have fulfilled the requirements…
WCPS employee tests positive for COVID
A Wayne County Public Schools Maintenance Department employee has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been in contact with Central Office staff and other members of the Maintenance Department before he became aware he had the virus, according to several…
Henderson: WCPS should implement Plan C for first nine weeks
The Wayne County Board of Education voted to recess its regular monthly meeting Monday as Hurricane Isaias barreled toward the North Carolina coast — but not before one board member made a pitch to change the school’s reopening plan. Len…
State Board of Elections: Foster is valid winner of District 3 Democratic Primary
After a several month back and forth, Bevan Foster was vindicated by state elections officials Friday afternoon. During an appeal of the Wayne County Board of Elections July 7 decision that validated a protest of the election of the former…
WCPS releases Plan B details
Wayne County Public Schools released its Plan B school reopening strategy Thursday evening. And while WCPS acknowledges that the plan is still “evolving” and is “subject to change,” Assistant Superintendent Tamara Berman-Ishee said it was important to provide “as much…