Three Goldsboro High School students came to the Goldsboro City Council Monday to ask for help fixing up a school they say once was a source of pride in the city but is now ignored, neglected and unsafe. Christopher Smith,…
SWHS incident raises real questions. It is time we got real answers.
We have been trying to believe that the encounter between Southern Wayne High School teacher Anthony Williams and Wayne County Sheriff’s Office deputy and school resource officer Albert Wood was nothing more than a misunderstanding. We hoped that there was…
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…
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…
Thanks, Kate. For everything.
We held off on writing this until all hope was lost. In the back of our minds, we thought maybe she would have a change of heart and rescind her resignation. Well, perhaps it was less of a thought and…
Preliminary boys basketball brackets released; Aycock, GHS, EWHS and Rosewood are in
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released preliminary brackets for the boy’s state basketball playoffs Saturday afternoon and three Wayne County teams made the cut. Charles B. Aycock, Goldsboro High School and Eastern Wayne will all begin their respective…
Dressed in camouflage, Aycock students honor lives lost in East Carteret plane crash
A week ago, they were strangers — the students who attend Wayne County’s largest public high school and the roughly 600 teenagers walking the halls of a facility that serves 13 “Down East” communities in Carteret County. In Pikeville, they…
McClary comes home, named new GHS football coach
A younger Ronnie McClary was wearing the blue and gold the last time the Goldsboro High School football team made it to the Regional Finals. It was 2003, and the Cougars found themselves a game away from a shot at…
Aycock slams West Johnston
Kam Prince took flight for the Charles B. Aycock Golden Falcons in a 68-43 blowout over conference foe West Johnston. For more photos, follow New Old North on Facebook and Instagram @newoldnorth
GHS tour answers some questions, raises others
When a story about students reporting poor conditions at a local school goes viral, and a few days later a sunny Facebook post announces that repair work is being done, that two state representatives, school officials and the media have…