Wayne County sewer customers will pay about 10 percent more beginning this month, in part in response to an anticipated increase in sewer treatment fees by the city of Goldsboro, county officials decided at their meeting Tuesday. Members of the…
Report: WCPS literacy, math, English scores have plummeted this year
The numbers are in, and they are not good. Acting Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning Dr. Carol Artis brought more statistics to Monday’s meeting of the Wayne County Board of Education on how the district’s students are performing in…
WCPS finds $1.3 million to use toward reducing $5 million deficit
The Wayne County school district remains more than $5 million in debt, but officials say they will pay off $1.3 million of that negative balance this month. Once that payment is made, the district will cut siginificantly into the $2…
Mulberry Street drive-by victim in “serious” condition
The victim of a Sunday drive-by shooting on East Mulberry Street has been identified by Goldsboro police. Shameek Johnson, 25, is listed in serious condition and is being treated for a gunshot wound at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Residents…
Drive-by shooting leaves man injured, neighborhood shaken
At just before 2 p.m. Sunday, the sound of gunfire rattled the residents of East Mulberry Street. Moments later, people emerged from their houses and ran to the aid of a man bleeding on the sidewalk near the intersection of…
Goldsboro wins opener in double-OT thriller
They had been shut out all night. They were more than an hour away from home. It was cold. There were less than five minutes remaining on the clock. It would have been easy for members of the Goldsboro High…
“Eastbound & Downtown” wins first place, among five New Old North awards in state press contest
In its first year as a member of the North Carolina Press Association, the New Old North brought five awards home to Wayne County from one of the largest journalism contests in the nation. The 2020 NCPA Editorial and Advertising…
District 1 petition raises questions
Two days after Goldsboro City Councilwoman Brandi Matthews accused four of her fellow board members of ignoring the will of District 1 by electing Hiawatha Jones to fill a vacant council seat, a public records request revealed details about the…
Matthews chides City Council for District 1 decision
Councilwoman Brandi Matthews took aim at four of her fellow City Council members Monday evening after they, in her view, “purposely ignored” the wishes of some two dozen District 1 residents by electing Hiawatha Jones to fill the vacancy created…
City Council gives District 1 seat to Jones
Members of the Goldsboro City Council filled the board’s vacant District 1 seat Monday evening. Hiawatha Jones, who lost her 2019 bid for the post by 75 votes, will replace Antonio Williams, who resigned from the council late last year…