She has been the face of downtown Goldsboro for more than 20 years, but Thursday, Downtown Goldsboro Development Corporation Director Julie Metz announced that she is moving on. Metz, who joined the DGDC in September 1999, officially resigned from her…
Dillard, Brogden could be taken over by Innovative School District
Unless they show significant academic improvement over the next four years, two Wayne County schools face being taken over by the Innovative School District, a 2016 creation of the General Assembly that turns control of low-performing schools over from local…
Cougars stuff Midway
A Jykeis Mclean pick-six and a Jamin Jacobs-to-J.B.Rhodes touchdown were only a part of the story Friday evening, as the Goldsboro High School defense smacked Midway on the road to help the Cougars secure a 15-0 victory. With their second…
The dream is still alive: Jacobs is back under center
On summer nights, you could find him on the Goldsboro High School football field — scrambling to elude tacklers, launching perfect spirals to his friend and teammate Deonte Moore. Different scenarios would play out in his head. He learned to…
GHS, on Senior Night, beats James Kenan 28-20
The Goldsboro High School football team kept its playoff hopes alive and gave its seniors a victory on Senior Night, as the Cougars defeated James Kenan 28-20 on a late touchdown strike from junior quarterback Jamin Jacobs to senior running…
Cougars fight back
They’re old enough to know what some people in the community are saying about them. But members of the Goldsboro High School choral and band programs didn’t run from their critics Friday evening. Instead, they repeated — right there on…
Realigning our perspective
We have gotten into a nasty habit in Wayne County and if we don’t break it, things are only going to get worse. We refuse to have the real discussions — to talk about the various elephants in the room…
Breaking: Committee won’t endorse any maps
A months-long redistricting process that cost the county $75,000 seemingly fizzled Monday evening, as the committee charged with making a recommendation to the Wayne County School Board decided against putting its stamp of approval on any of the maps presented…
A swing … and a missed opportunity
There is a time to talk about the violence that has become all too common in our community — the fact that it feels as though you can’t take your children to a high school football or basketball game, even…
Their true agenda: distract, distort, deflect
If they really had been concerned about attracting quality teachers to inner-city schools, those who started yet another false controversy at the Oct. 21 Goldsboro City Council meeting could have done more than just throw out a stipend proposal minutes…