Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday urged local districts to ensure North Carolina public school students are back in classrooms as much as possible — saying new research shows there is a way to keep teachers and their pupils safe while…

Students in sixth through eighth grade at Edgewood Community Developmental School will be moving to a wing in Greenwood Middle School over the next two years, with the first group set to change classrooms this fall. The move was first…

Members of the Wayne County Board of Education were notified Monday that Wayne County Public Schools has seen a significant increase in failing elementary and middle school students so far this year. The report was delivered by Caroline Brown, Title…

After spending millions to restore buildings, construct a new Paramount Theatre and open restaurants and boutiques along Center Street, city leaders and residents have long agreed that the next step in the downtown Goldsboro renaissance is to eliminate the blight…

Wayne County employees who were deemed “essential employees” and those who handled the sanitation requirements during the COVID-19 crisis this past year could receive a $500 bonus next month. County Manager Craig Honeycutt asked the commissioners to consider the one-time…

Increasing positive COVID tests, strains on the local healthcare system and concerns about logistics and staffing have resulted in another change to Wayne County Public Schools’ plan for K-5 students. The district reversed course and will stay in Plan B…

Wayne County Public Schools’ K-5 students will no longer return to campuses under Plan A Jan. 25, as COVID-19 numbers continue to increase across the county, state and nation. The county Board of Education made the decision to remain in…

Senior citizens over age 75 are next on the list to receive doses of Wayne County’s share of the COVID-19 vaccines, with essential frontline workers such as teachers first responders and other emergency personnel following soon after. But some of…