Goldsboro (North Carolina)

Goldsboro turkeys' mission: A presidential pardon

Last month, Walter "Gator" Pelletier, the chairman of the National Turkey Federation and an executive at Butterball, the nation's largest turkey producer, approached Wes Pike, his go-to bird handler, with the secret mission of...

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Monday Unstoppable at Jacoby Event

Monday Unstoppable at Jacoby Event Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Goldsboro, NC by Lea Andrews Sam Monday, who earned his first Great Southern Billiard Tour win this season earlier in November, made an undefeated run...

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Students Respond To ‘Video Games Are The Silver Bullet’

Can video games become the ultimate learning tool? That’s what students, professors and developers have been discussing over the last year. The topic has now been submitted to students Goldsboro High in Goldsboro, NC. Click...

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Cash Idea Crashes

Administrators in Goldsboro, N.C., have nixed a cash-for-grades fundraiser at Rosewood Middle School, which was offering 20 test points to students in exchange for a $20 donation. Principal Susie Shepherd had said she approved...

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New principal to head school that held donations-for-grades fundraiser

Goldsboro, N.C. — Wayne County Public Schools has named a replacement for a retiring principal who initiated a fundraiser in which students could get extra grade credits with donations. Mary Kay James will take over on Dec. 1...

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Goldsboro boy, 10, hit running to school bus stop

Posted: Today at 9:49 a.m. Updated: 57 minutes ago Goldsboro, N.C. — A 10-year-old Goldsboro boy suffered life-threatening injuries when he got hit by an SUV while running across a street to a school bus stop Friday morning....

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Man, 82, killed while crossing Goldsboro highway

Posted: 15 minutes ago Updated: 1 minute ago Goldsboro, N.C. — An 82-year-old LaGrange man died early Thursday as he walked across U.S. Highway 70 east near Wilber's Barbecue in Goldsboro, police said. Ralph McKinley Garris'...

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North Carolina school officials dismiss cash-for-grades fundraiser at middle school

GOLDSBORO, N.C. - Administrators have nixed a North Carolina middle school's cash-for-grades fundraiser. The News&Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that Wayne County school administrators have halted the plan at Rosewood...

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Cash for grades: Students can buy an A for $20

GOLDSBORO, N.C. - A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money. The News&Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday a parent advisory council at Rosewood Middle School came up with...

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One middle school's fundraising strategy: Sell grades

By Lynn Bonner | News & Observer Selling candy didn't raise much money last year, so a Goldsboro, N.C., middle school is selling grades. A $20 donation to Rosewood Middle School will get a student 20 test points — 10 extra...

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