Author: Renee Carey

Renee Carey has been an award-winning writer, editor and commentator in community newspaper markets for nearly 25 years. An Ohio native, she began her journalism career in high school, deciding then that storytelling was her calling. She honed her craft at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, earning a degree in journalism from the Honors Tutorial College. Since then, she has spent her career telling people's stories, commenting on politics and life and teaching others how to do the same — an avocation that has introduced her to thousands of people who have inspired her and taught her many lessons about integrity, courage, faith and happiness. Mrs. Carey resides in North Carolina with her husband and two dogs, Rush and Beau. You can reach her at rcarey@newoldnorth.com

February 28, 2022 5 Responses

Suspended Southern Wayne teacher hires attorney, will file civil lawsuit

An attorney for the Southern Wayne High School science teacher who was suspended with pay following an incident that unfolded on the Dudley campus Feb. 16 has released additional details about what Anthony Williams says transpired that evening. The Wayne...

February 24, 2022 5 Responses

Southern Wayne students stage walkout to protest teacher’s suspension

More than 150 Southern Wayne High School students staged a walkout Thursday in support of a teacher suspended after an incident at a Feb. 16 Southern Wayne basketball game. SWHS science teacher Anthony Williams was charged with having a weapon...

February 2, 2022 one Response

Enough is enough. ROD Constance Coram needs to go.

There’s a time to tell it like it is. And when it comes to the county’s ongoing debacle with the Register of Deeds office, it is long past time. So it was somewhat disturbing — but not at all surprising...

January 30, 2022 No Responses

School Board eyes pay raises for classified employees, but district still won’t release expensive attorney’s bills — even to a board member

If you watched the live stream of the special called Wayne County Board of Education meeting Wednesday, you know that the board’s top budget priority — other than keeping the district’s budget balanced — is coming up with a way...

January 11, 2022 No Responses

15 Wayne County schools to require masks starting Wednesday

A Monday vote by the Wayne County Board of Education resulted in mask mandates at 15 local schools with a greater than 8-percent exclusion rate. In other words, if 8 percent or more of a particular school’s population is currently...

January 10, 2022 No Responses

WCPS mask mandates will be dictated by school metrics

The Wayne County Board of Education voted Monday evening to take a school-by-school approach when determining whether or not to mandate masks. Under the newly approved measure (board members Patricia Burden and Len Henderson voted ‘no’), masks woul...

December 15, 2021 No Responses

CBA basketball coach, facing DWI charge, resigns

More than a month after being placed on paid administrative leave by Wayne County Public Schools officials after being charged with driving while impaired, Charles B. Aycock physical education teacher and head basketball coach David Elmore no longer works for....

December 8, 2021 one Response