PIKEVILLE — Moments after he steps out of the dugout, Adam Brodgen pauses. He takes a deep breath, adjusts his cap and crouches over a pitcher’s mound he has stood on hundreds of times since his Charles B. Aycock baseball…
Strickland on potential Edgewood closure: “It must wait, unless the state comes in and starts putting locks on the doors.”
Wayne County Board of Education member Jennifer Strickland might have been fighting a cold, but she was still able to deliver a passionate statement of support for the Edgewood Community Developmental School. Parents and advocates addressed district officials Monday evening…
School board eyes policy to limit what employees can make public
The Wayne County School Board will consider several amendments to the district’s existing conflict of interest policy during this evening’s board meeting, including language that would prohibit WCPS employees from using information “learned in the employee’s role as an employee…
WCPS: Claims against GHS principal dismissed
According to sources close to the investigation, Wayne County Public Schools officials said the district has found no substantiation to support claims filed by several teachers at Goldsboro High School that allege an order from the school’s principal for selected…
Soggy streets, dill-icious eats
An afternoon thunderstorm forecast prompted hundreds to take to downtown Mount Olive early this morning for the annual North Carolina Pickle Festival. But don’t let the gray skies keep you from making the trip. The event is scheduled to continue…
Pickin’ pigs with a purpose
Margo Johnson waits — her eyes turning skyward at the sound of a familiar voice. The 2-year-old knows what will happen when her grandfather leans down with a small plastic cup in his hand. This particular booth isn’t the duo’s…
“Gonna treat you great!”
The cast of Center Stage Theatre’s upcoming production of “Oklahoma!” converged on the Arts Council of Wayne County Friday evening to sell tickets to the show and give residents a taste of what’s to come next month. The play will…
Pink. Blue. Courage.
They ran for love. They ran for hope. They ran to celebrate courage. They ran to fight a foe that hits so many families and changes so many lives. Saturday’s Cures for the Colors Color 5K at Wayne Community College…
GHS principal to white teachers: Check your privilege
Goldsboro High School principal Christopher D. Horne gave more than a dozen teachers — several of them white — an assignment March 18 as part of what he characterized as a mandatory professional development session: Read Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege:…
The queen’s speech
CHAPEL HILL — It was supposed to be a graceful goodbye — a scripted show of gratitude for a fairytale year as the face of the American beauty pageant universe. But Wendy Dascomb knew that her time in the spotlight…