Public Notices — Feb. 16, 2025

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Durwood Ray Grimes, deceased, late of Wayne County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or…

Public Notices — Feb. 9, 2025

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ALMA B. MARTIN All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Alma B. Martin, deceased, of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 10th day of May, 2005, or this…

Public Notices — Feb. 2, 2025

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Brian Kent Abbott deceased, late of Wayne County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or…

Public Notices — Jan. 26, 2025

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Durwood Ray Grimes, deceased, late of Wayne County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or…

Goldsboro loses a giant

Family. In places like Wayne County, that word means so much more than blood ties and a last name. Here, it’s about bonds. And Tuesday evening, thousands of people in this community lost a brother. I feel fortunate to count…

“I’m a flippin’ hurricane!”

Editor’s Note: Back in January, Pikeville Mayor Garrett Johnston invited two town residents into his home for what turned into a nearly four-hour conversation. The purpose of the meeting was to convince one of the residents to apply for a…

Another broad-daylight murder rattles Goldsboro

Note: We have been covering Goldsboro’s gun violence crisis in our sister print publication, Wayne Week, since our Debut Edition rolled off the press June 12, 2023. In this weekend’s paper, as part of our anniversary edition, we provided an…

Guilty

His hands and feet shackled, former Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit Chief Michael Cox shuffled into a federal courtroom just before 10 Wednesday morning. He looked, briefly, across a nearly-empty gallery — one void of the family members who…

County track stars battle for bragging rights

Athletes from every high school in Wayne County converged on the University of Mount Olive for the Wayne County Track & Field Championships Monday. For the results, follow New Old North here and on our Facebook and Instagram accounts. The…