Saturday, December 7, 2024

			
				                                2024 Ag Prime Recipients at a recently held luncheon where each participant shared how they used their grant funding to improve farm production. This year’s grant cycle is open until Dec. 15. (UMO photo)

UMO announces 2025 AgPrime funding for farmers and agribusinesses

MOUNT OLIVE — The University of Mount Olive (UMO) Lois G. Britt Agribusiness Center has announced the 2025 AgPrime Cost-Share Grant Opportunity in partnership with the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission (TTFC).


			
				                                Shown here in a recent match, Southern Wayne heavyweight Bryce Sanders pins an opponent. Sanders emerged as just one of five Saints to pick up an individual win during matches against Wilson Hunt and Charles B. Aycock on Wednesday evening. (Rudy Coggins|mountolivetribune.com)

Saints matmen start QCC campaign on road

WILSON — Short-handed Southern Wayne dropped a pair of matches during its Quad County 3A wrestling opener Wednesday evening.

Murphy Family Ventures, Smithfield re-establish relationship

WALLACE — Murphy Family Ventures and Smithfield today announced a definitive agreement that will re-establish the Murphy family farming business, which was founded by Wendell Murphy in 1962 and largely credited with creating the modern swine industry, as one of the largest independent pork producers in the United States.


			
				                                The Bison Community Concert Band will perform a variety of selections during their fall holiday concert. (WCC photo)

Bison Community Concert Band to perform at WCC

GOLDSBORO — Wayne Community College’s Bison Community Concert Band will perform in a fall holiday concert on campus.


			
				                                James Kenan’s Tyquise Wilson (with ball) nearly breaks away from two Wallace-Rose Hill defenders during first-quarter play last Friday in Wallace. The Tigers are one win away from reaching the eastern 2A final in nearly a decade. (Rudy Coggins|mountolivetribune.com)

Talented, top-seeded Eagles await Tigers

WARSAW — Tim Grady’s looked at the number with a 252 area code pop up on his phone Thursday evening.

North Duplin girls dominate Lejeune in hoops opener

CAMP LEJEUNE — The North Duplin girls’ basketball team launched the Jon Kornegay coaching era in dominant fashion Tuesday evening.


			
				                                The annual New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop will be held Dec. 31 in Mount Olive. (Courtesy photo)

New Year’s Eve Pickle will drop into 2025

MOUNT OLIVE — The New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop returns for its 25th edition Tuesday, Dec. 31, and for the second year in a row, it has been nominated in the USA Today’s 10Best Readers Choice Awards.

Athlete of the Week

Athlete: Yusef Ceballos


			
				                                New Spring Creek head boys’ basketball coach Raytrell Caldwell claps after his team made a good defensive play during a recent game. The Gators picked up their first win of the season Saturday. (Rudy Coggins|mountolivetribune.com)

SC boys grab first victory under Caldwell

GOLDSBORO — The wait is finally over.