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North Carolina Health News
April 27, 2018
A new study found that the rate of asthma-related emergency department visits is highest in rural eastern North Carolina. ... Goldsboro Pediatrics, which serves about 45,000 patients in eastern N.C., did a survey a few years ago and found that 31 percent of respondents lived in a home with a smoker,Ãâà...
WITN
April 27, 2018
GOLDSBORO, N.C. - Ashley HomeStore has a new location in Eastern Carolina and your mattress purchase this weekend can help children and families. The Parrott Group is holding the grand opening of its 16,500 square foot showroom at 211 N. Berkeley Boulevard on Saturday. The grand openingÃâà...
Atlas Obscura
April 19, 2018
... per hour and disintegrated on impact without ever detonating. The Navy tried to excavate the second bomb, but flooding prevented it from fully doing so. Some uranium and plutonium is still left in the ground. In 2012, North Carolina put up this road marker three miles north of the crash site to commemorate the incident.
CBS17.com
April 14, 2018
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A man wanted by the Goldsboro Police Department on child abuse charges was arrested in New Hanover County Friday afternoon. Michael Allen Cornish, 28, is charged with felony child abuse with serious bodily injury. No other details about the incident are known. Cornish isÃâà...
WRAL.com
April 13, 2018
By Claudia Rupich, WRAL reporter & Hannah Webster, WRAL.com editor. Goldsboro, N.C. — Firefighters responded to a large, multiple-alarm industrial fire that broke out around 1:30 p.m. at Eastern Aluminum Supply Co., in Goldsboro, officials said. Smoke was seen billowing from the plant, which isÃâà...
WITN
April 6, 2018
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) - After 50 years, a Vietnam War veteran was finally laid to rest in Eastern Carolina today. The remains of Goldsboro native and Air Force navigator Colonel Edgar Felton Davis were brought back to North Carolina on Thursday. Davis' plane was shot down in Laos in 1968. The pilotÃâà...
WRAL.com
April 5, 2018
By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor. Morrisville, N.C. — The remains of a Goldsboro native and North Carolina State University graduate killed in the Vietnam War almost 50 years ago finally returned home Thursday. A military honor guard and dozens of Col. Edgar Felton Davis'Ãâà...
WRAL.com
April 3, 2018
By Sloane Heffernan, WRAL anchor/reporter. Goldsboro, N.C. — Family members of murder victims in Goldsboro gathered Tuesday afternoon to protest local violence and unsolved homicide cases. According to the Goldsboro police chief, 28 murder cases in the past 10 years have remained unsolved.
WRAL.com
March 30, 2018
Goldsboro, N.C. — Pink-and-purple boxes filled with free food and toiletries for the taking have been popping up in Goldsboro in recent months, much to the relief of residents in need. "I love it because it helps out a lot of people," said resident Vernon Fason, who found one of the boxes across the streetÃâà...
Goldsboro Daily News (blog)
March 8, 2018
The 32nd annual Battle of the Books competition took place on Friday, March 2, at the Dillard/Goldsboro Alumni Cultural Center with approximately 80 students ... Sponsored by the North Carolina School Library Media Association, Battle of the Books is a quiz bowl type competition, specifically designed forÃâà...
Goldsboro Daily News (blog)
March 8, 2018
According to law enforcement on the scene, the 2000 Freight Liner was traveling east on N.C. 55 when the truck, driven by Jimmie Jacobs of Raeford, drifted off the right shoulder of 55, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle. The driver wasn't hurt in the accident. The North Carolina Highway PatrolÃâà...
Goldsboro Daily News (blog)
March 8, 2018
(NORTH CAROLINA NEWS NETWORK) — Governor Roy Cooper has declared this week (March 4 – 10) as Severe Weather Preparedness Week and urges North Carolinians to prepare and practice safety plans in case severe weather strikes. As part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, schools andÃâà...
WNCN
March 7, 2018
By CBS North Carolina Published: March 7, 2018, 7:04 am Updated: March 7, 2018, 10:13 am ... GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCN) — A Greensboro man is facing 20 counts of child sex charges in connection with abuse that occurred in Wayne County dating back to 2011, according to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.
Goldsboro Daily News (blog)
March 6, 2018
(NORTH CAROLINA NEWS NETWORK) — The Chancellor of Eastern Carolina University says the school's success is tied to the success of rural eastern North Carolina. ... Goldsboro Daily News staff reserves the right to approve, edit, or delete any comments as they see fit based upon these guidelines.
Goldsboro Daily News (blog)
March 6, 2018
The truck was heading south on N.C. 581 when it started to drift off the right shoulder and went down into a ditch, where it overturned spilling the asphalt. Traffic through that section had to be rerouted around the crash site. The North Carolina Highway Patrol responded to the scene. The dump truck driver,Ãâà...
WNCN
February 27, 2018
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCN) — Police had no difficulty locating an arson suspect when the culprit himself flagged down a patrol car late last week. Investigators said 60-year-old Milford Bass told the officer he set a Murray Street house on fire. In addition to charges of arson, Bass faces one count ofÃâà...
WRAL.com
February 23, 2018
Goldsboro, N.C. — The remains of a Goldsboro native and North Carolina State University graduate killed in the Vietnam War almost 50 years ago have been recovered, officials said Friday. Col. Edgar Felton Davis, an Air Force navigator with the 11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, was shot downÃâà...
News & Observer
February 20, 2018
Police say video shows a North Carolina child-care worker grabbing a young boy by the neck and jacket and dragging him from a gymnasium into a classroom. Goldsboro police charged Joshelyn Parker, 25 with misdemeanor child abuse after the incident at the Goldsboro Family YMCA. A police reportÃâà...
WNCT
December 31, 1999
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCT) - A man was arrested Monday on drug charges in Pikeville after an investigation into the illegal distribution of methamphetamine in the Goldsboro/Wayne County area, deputies said. Joseph W. Blizzard, 42, was charged with four counts of trafficking in methamphetamine andÃâà...
