For the third time in less than a week, an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 has been traced to a Wayne County Public Schools campus. This time, however, the district publicly acknowledged the exposure and notified the community…
Carver Elementary staff notified of exposure to person with COVID
For the second time in 24 hours, staff members at a Wayne County elementary school have been notified of exposure to a person who has tested positive for COVID-19. In an email obtained by the New Old North, Carver Elementary…
Lawsuit: Maxwell Foods says Chinese-owned Smithfield breached contract, trying to run company out of hog business
Several days after confirming it was shutting down its hog production arm, Goldsboro Milling Co., Maxwell Foods, LLC, filed a lawsuit against pork giant Smithfield Foods Inc. — claiming that the Chinese-owned company is “unlawfully running Maxwell out of the…
“Individual” with COVID was on Meadow Lane campus Thursday
Meadow Lane Elementary School staff have been notified that they might have been exposed to COVID-19 on campus. Principal Wendy Hooks sent an email to MLE staff Thursday after many of them had left for the day, advising them of…
High school football pushed to February
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released details on when sports will begin this school year and football will no longer be a fall sport. In fact, only cross-country and volleyball will resume competition before Thanksgiving. (Swimming and diving…
Wings Over Wayne pushed back to 2022
There will not be a Wings Over Wayne Air Show in 2021. In a Facebook message posted this morning, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base officials said they would be pushing the event back to 2022, blamed the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic…
Breaking News: Goldsboro Milling shutting down its hog operation
Goldsboro Milling Company — a subsidiary of Maxwell Foods — which, earlier this decade, was recognized as one of the biggest swine producers in the United States, is ending its hog operation. The news was confirmed by the company Friday…
Former Faith Christian teacher charged with sexually assaulting two 11-year-old students in mid-1990s
A former Faith Christian Academy teacher turned himself in to authorities today after the Goldsboro Police Department secured warrants for his arrest in connection with the alleged sexual assault of two then-11-year-old students in the mid-1990s. Anthony Warren Riley, 51,…
WCPS does not have enough computers for an effective September Plan B restart
Wayne County Public Schools will not have enough devices to meet the needs of the 7,000 students who have signed up for the district’s state-mandated Virtual Academy and the 10,000 others who are set to return under the state’s Plan…
Our view: It’s time for WCPS to pump the brakes on reopening plan
We would love to tell you that when your children returned to school Monday, everything was ready to go. We would like to share with you the challenges the district has faced since teachers returned to campuses last week —…