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UMO Adds Emergency Alert Siren to Enhance Campus and Community Safety

UMO Adds Emergency Alert Siren to Enhance Campus and Community Safety

MOUNT OLIVE— The University of Mount Olive has taken another major step in its commitment to campus and community safety with the installation of a new UMO alert siren—an emergency communication system designed to rapidly notify students, faculty, staff, and nearby residents in the event of critical incidents such as severe weather, active shooter drills, or other emergencies.

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Area Coaches Reflect on Merritt’s Lasting Impact

Area Coaches Reflect on Merritt’s Lasting Impact

If you talk with anyone who has played or coached football or baseball at the youth or high school levels in Wayne County in the last few decades, chances are they’ve crossed paths with Danny Merritt.

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UMO Adds Emergency Alert Siren to Enhance Campus and Community Safety

UMO Adds Emergency Alert Siren to Enhance Campus and Community Safety

MOUNT OLIVE— The University of Mount Olive has taken another major step in its commitment to campus and community safety with the installation of a new UMO alert siren—an emergency communication system designed to rapidly notify students, faculty, staff, and nearby residents in the event of critical incidents such as severe weather, active shooter drills, or other emergencies.

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Leaders Gather to Discuss Challenges Facing Community

Leaders Gather to Discuss Challenges Facing Community

The United Way of Wayne County was full of community leaders, elected officials, citizens, and their respective concerns, ideas, and insights on Monday afternoon as the United Way partnered with Mayor Charles Gaylor to host A Community Conversation. 

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Bobby Hugh Aycock 

Bobby Hugh Aycock 

March 11, 2025, 89, Goldsboro — Rev. Bobby Hugh Aycock, 89, passed away late Tuesday evening at Kitty Askins Hospice in Goldsboro. He is survived by his wife Edith Sue White Aycock; his children; Debra Roach of Goldsboro, Rebecca Davies and husband, David of Nashville, TN, and his son, Rev. David Aycock and his wife,…

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