Wayne County News

As a powerful member of the Republican leadership in the N.C. House, Rep. Stephen A. LaRoque railed for years against big government and those who take taxpayer handouts.

State troopers say a man and a 5-year-old girl have died after the tractor they were on was struck by a truck in Wayne County.

Travis Ann Lane, 63, died Friday, May 10, 2013 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. She was born in Wayne County, N.C. to the late John Owen and Marguerite Westbrook Denning.

A Dudley man is facing charges for a shooting, and authorities say he was arrested at the scene of the crime.

Wayne County commissioners promised Tuesday to move "expeditiously" on seeking design/build proposals for a new Steele Memorial Library in Mount Olive.

Blake Proctor, the town clerk for Rowland, will resign that position, saying the town can no longer afford the expense of that position.

Pictured are items confiscated from a vehicle stopped on Beulah Road. The components, sheriff's agents said, were consistent with things used in the manufacture of meth.

Dayisha Stewart, Valerie Stewart, Kayla Stewart, Taymon Jones, Latameonia Miller and Tiffany Whitted were among the more than 50,000 people who attended the North Carolina Pickle Festival on Saturday.

Katlyn Parks, 6, holds onto her grandfather, Willie Brock, during the National Day of Prayer at Cornerstone Commons.

From left, Mount Olive Town Manager Charles Brown, Mount Olive Mayor Ray McDonald Sr.

PETA has fired off a letter to Bob Ivey, general manager of Goldsboro, N.C.-based Goldsboro Milling Co., urging him immediately to prohibit using any drivers who have repeated driving-related offenses or are found to have been at fault in any crash.

The city of Goldsboro and Wayne County have each received recommendations from the North Carolina Trails Committee for two federal Recreational Trails Grants in the amount of $200,000 for the construction of greenways.

Downtown groups, along with the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee, gave away three downtown gift baskets to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base airmen and their families.

Wayne County deputies said they arrested 61-year-old Sprunt Hill of Mount Olive for unlawfully accepting gifts and/or favors from contractor or suppliers.