Mount Olive Tribune
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Southern Wayne football coach dismissed
DUDLEY — Southern Wayne administrators have reportedly dismissed Frank Coston as head varsity football coach. The decision occurred last Tuesday. Coston guided the Saints to a 3-7 record, including a season-ending victory over county rival Charles B. Aycock. The five-point triumph snapped a 41-game skid in conference play. Since it…
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Ready to promote all the good things in Mount Olive
Every community should have a newspaper. Residents need to know what is happening in their towns, what government is doing on their behalf, how schools are faring, what good things are going on around them — and there are many — and, quite frankly, who has died within their midst.…
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UMO falls short in Saturday hoops game
Dory Hines fist-bumped his University of Mount Olive basketball players near midcourt after a disappointing loss to Columbus State University on Saturday evening. He pulled Shane Peterson aside. As the two walked toward the locker room, the UMO head coach wrapped his arm around the freshman guard. Seconds earlier, Peterson…
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Seven Springs residents, others urged to support Dec. 1 meeting and revamp grant
SEVEN SPRINGS — The life and history of this small riverside town are closely intertwined with the Neuse River, but over the past 23 years hurricane-spawned river flooding has left Seven Springs, Wayne County’s oldest municipality, struggling to survive. Now, town leaders are hopeful that their neighbors from across the…
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History of local author among great finds at museum
Every item in the museum has a story—from the 1930s icebox to the cream separator, from the cow muzzle to the 1970s breathalyzer once used by the Mount Olive Police Department. So when Ken Dilda comes to a standstill beside a movie poster, gestures toward it with a proud smile,…
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This week in history: June 29-July 5
June 29-July 5, 1971 Casey’s Grill & Grocery on N.C. Highway 55 in Seven Springs offered Frosty Morn round steak at 89 cents a pound and Frosty Morn chuck roast at 59 cents a pound. Otto’s pork chops were on sale for 69 cents a pound. Mount Olive officials announced…
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Closing out a long career
This is my last column. It closes out a 60 year career for me, and is also the official end of this newspaper. It has served the Mount Olive and surrounding area since 1904. I have been writing this column since the mid 1970’s. It is a bittersweet arrival for…
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Sidewalk work begins
Work has finally begun on the South Church Street sidewalk project. Crews from Concrete Specialties of Mount Olive have already spread fill dirt along a stretch of Church Street from Franklin to Nelson streets. Town Manager Jammie Royall said the area where the sidewalk is going to be installed is…
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Mount Olive hopes for $15M grant
By WILLIAM HOLLOMAN Staff writer Mount Olive Town Manager Jammie Royall said he has high hopes of getting approval of the town’s application for a $15 million grant from the American Rescue Fund. “We just got word that we have been approved for two grants totaling $1.1 million, and that…
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Fire station is busting at its seams, town says
By WILLIAM HOLLOMAN Staff writer Efforts are still underway to find approximately $500,000 in grant funding to finance major renovations of the old rescue building on North Center Street. Plans call for restoring the old facility and turning it into use as a fire department.Architectural plans have already been drawn,…
