Category: News/Crime

Investigators: Case against Williams could justify councilman’s removal
June 8, 2019 No Responses

Investigators: Case against Williams could justify councilman’s removal

An investigation into District 1 City Councilman Antonio Williams opened in October 2018 — one Williams has characterized as a “conspiracy” — concludes that the city can be held liable for the board member’s actions toward Community Affairs director Shycole...
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BREAKING NEWS: City releases Williams investigation report
June 6, 2019 No Responses

BREAKING NEWS: City releases Williams investigation report

Moments ago, the city of Goldsboro released a redacted version of an investigation report of District 1 Councilman Antonio Williams. The investigation has been characterized by Williams as a “conspiracy” and has resulted in numerous explosive excha...
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Budget hearing draws a crowd
June 3, 2019 No Responses

Budget hearing draws a crowd

Some asked council members to ensure there was money for street paving projects.  Others urged the board to support programs that help children — from increasing funding for the Boys & Girls Club to making it financially viable to expand...
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Councilman calls investigation “a conspiracy”; Report to be released to public
June 3, 2019 No Responses

Councilman calls investigation “a conspiracy”; Report to be released to public

Moments after shouting prompted a city police officer to peer through the windows into the Goldsboro City Council’s closed session Monday evening, the board invited the crowd back into its pre-meeting work session. And while his voice was far quieter...
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Seeing red
May 1, 2019 No Responses

Seeing red

RALEIGH — It only took a brief moment of reflection for the smile Mark Colebrook had been flashing as he extended handshakes and well-wishes to his fellow educators for the better part of Wednesday morning to leave his face. The...
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Strickland on potential Edgewood closure: “It must wait, unless the state comes in and starts putting locks on the doors.”
April 15, 2019 one Response

Strickland on potential Edgewood closure: “It must wait, unless the state comes in and starts putting locks on the doors.”

Wayne County Board of Education member Jennifer Strickland might have been fighting a cold, but she was still able to deliver a passionate statement of support for the Edgewood Community Developmental School. Parents and advocates addressed district officials ...
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School board eyes policy to limit what employees can make public
April 15, 2019 No Responses

School board eyes policy to limit what employees can make public

The Wayne County School Board will consider several amendments to the district’s existing conflict of interest policy during this evening’s board meeting, including language that would prohibit WCPS employees from using information “learned in the employ...
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WCPS: Claims against GHS principal dismissed
April 14, 2019 No Responses

WCPS: Claims against GHS principal dismissed

According to sources close to the investigation, Wayne County Public Schools officials said the district has found no substantiation to support claims filed by several teachers at Goldsboro High School that allege an order from the school’s principal for...
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GHS principal to white teachers: Check your privilege
March 26, 2019 48 Responses

GHS principal to white teachers: Check your privilege

Goldsboro High School principal Christopher D. Horne gave more than a dozen teachers — several of them white — an assignment March 18 as part of what he characterized as a mandatory professional development session: Read Peggy McIntosh’s “White...
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