Fremont News

The boyhood home of former North Carolina Gov. Charles Aycock is ready for visitors again.

Elm City The town of Elm City is working toward expanding its wastewater treatment capacity, a move that could help the town's efforts to have a state moratorium lifted.

Fremont A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Charles B. Aycock Birthplace will include a free screening of the movie, "Anatomy of a Murder," on Oct.

Wilson County dog breeder Ranna Stott, 38, of Lloyd Road, Lucama, has been charged with 13 counts of felony cruelty to animals.

Norwayne Alumni & Friends will hold its 37th reunion Sept. 4-6. Activities will begin with a social gathering Friday at 7 p.m. at the Norwayne Community Center on E. Branch Street in Fremont.

BLACK CREEK The Black Creek Board of Commissioners decided last week to support the N.C. Rural Center's Building Reuse and Restoration Program in an effort to attract potential business owners to open in the downtown area.

Watch surveillance video of Fremont Police Chief Ron Rawlings scuffle with Chauncey Simms, 53, of Sycamore Street, Fremont on Thursday afternoon.

What started as a simple court case for a Fremont man, ended with him wrestling the police chief in the courthouse lobby.

Because of an early deadline for our church page this week, the following announcements for activities this week were not able to be printed on the church page.

Two women were killed Saturday morning in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of N.C. 222 and N.C. 581 west of Fremont.

Children at the Fremont Boys & Girls Club enjoy a nutritious lunch together on Thursday as part of a summer meal program provided by Daniels Children's Outreach.

An 18-year-old Pikeville man pleaded guilty to a role in the 2008 arson of turn-of-the-century Gov.

A Fremont man is recovering in the hospital from a gunshot wound to the arm after what seemed to be a robbery gone bad Thursday.

The Fremont Board of Aldermen approved the town's 2009-10 budget Tuesday night. The new budget does not include any tax or utility fees increases.

The start of the filing period for the county's November municipal and sanitary district board elections is less than a month away.

Jackie Longwell isn't wasting any time with her grandson, Michael. Though he's only 4 years old, she's already getting him interested in reading.

Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty if a Fremont man is tried for the March 2008 alleged murder of a Fremont mother of two, court records show.

The Goldsboro-Wayne Transportation Authority GATEWAY bus system recently put into operation six new vehicles on its rural routes -- four vans, a 20-foot light transportation vehicle and a 22-foot LTV.

Getting about $20,000 in grant funding may not seem like much, but the the town's police chief says it's been enough to "save Fremont" from roving gangs and rampant street drug dealers.

KENLY The Kenly Volunteer Fire Department recently spent an approximately $6,900 grant it received through the N.C. Department of Insurance to help purchase new equipment for the department, according to Kenly Fire Chief Paul Whitehurst.