C-H-E-E-R … at the F-A-I-R!

C-H-E-E-R … at the F-A-I-R!

The Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair Cheerleading Competition welcomed hundreds of spectators — and participants — as teams battled for blue ribbons and bragging rights. The following photographs were taken by Ken Fine.
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Welcome home

Welcome home

The Dillard/Goldsboro Alumni and Friends Reunion Weekend continued Saturday with a parade that took hundreds of participants on a journey through downtown Goldsboro. Thousands of local residents lined the streets and celebrated the first alumni homecoming sinc...
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Band battle

Band battle

Goldsboro High School’s Mighty Marching Cougar Band hosted a “Battle of the Bands” jamboree Saturday. The well-attended event was created to raise funds for new uniforms for the storied group. The following photographs were taken by Ken Fine.
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Rosewood edges CBA 27-26 after failed two-point conversion

Rosewood edges CBA 27-26 after failed two-point conversion

PIKEVILLE — With less than 30 seconds remaining in the Little River Rivalry, the Charles B. Aycock offense was up against a wall. Down 27-20 to rival Rosewood — and facing a fourth and long some 30 yards away from...
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Allen immortalized

Allen immortalized

Goldsboro Mayor Chuck Allen was honored by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Friday morning during a ceremony inside the Wayne County Courthouse, where “Chuck Allen Highway” — a strip of the U.S. 70 Bypass, between North Berkeley Bo...
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Street beats

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 an...
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Phillips signs with UMO

Phillips signs with UMO

With the stroke of a pen, she made it official. Goldsboro High School volleyball standout Haley Phillips is taking her talents to the University of Mount Olive. Flanked by family members, coaches and teammates, the Wayne School of Engineering senior...
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A ‘mighty’ gesture

A ‘mighty’ gesture

Members of the Triangle Chapter of Dillard-Goldsboro Alumni & Friends, Inc. donated $500 to the Goldsboro High School Mighty Marching Cougar Band Monday afternoon. The money will be used to restore – and, in some cases, replace – aging instrume...
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Mount Olive hosts another parade to honor the Class of 2020

Mount Olive hosts another parade to honor the Class of 2020

MOUNT OLIVE — Mount Olive honored local graduates Tuesday evening with a parade dedicated not just to one particular institution, but to all the schools young men and women from the town will graduate from in the coming weeks. Students...
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Cougar caravan crashes Center Street

Cougar caravan crashes Center Street

Members of the Goldsboro High School Class of 2020 closed out the week with a raucous graduation parade that brought them through — and their loved ones to — the heart of downtown.
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