Tuesday, May 27, 2025
With pomp and circumstance, Johnston County’s traditional public high schools on Friday awarded diplomas to the class of 2025. At South Johnston High, student speakers looked back on the past four years, then turned to face the future. “South Johnston will forever be a home in our hearts,” Brooke Windborne...
SMITHFIELD — A Johnston school board majority in April frowned on a return to partisan elections. It might get them anyway. State Sen. Brad Overcash on May 20 added Johnston and Gaston counties to a bill that would make school board elections in Columbus County partisan. The amendment enjoyed the...
KS Bank has ed building owners Kevin and Carrie Lee and business owners Christi Thompson and Erin Nenni in a project to revitalize the old Clayton town hall. The effort, ed by the Town of Clayton, aims to transform the long-vacant building into a mixed-use commercial space known as The...
SELMA — The Neuse River Writers will stage their next open mic night from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 30, at the Harrison Center for Active Aging, 611 W. Noble St. The evening will offer live poetry, music and more.
AUSTIN, Texas — Isaac Dailey of Archer Lodge has graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his master’s degree in sustainable design. Dailey was one of nearly 9,500 students who received an undergraduate, master’s or doctoral degree. UT Austin celebrated its 142nd graduating class during commencement ceremonies...
SMITHFIELD — Corinth Holders High School senior Briggs McKenzie has received the 2025 Sam Narron Baseball Award. The honor goes annually to a Johnston County high school senior who has...
KENLY — North Johnston High School senior Ben Cuddington has signed to play tennis at William Peace University, where he plans to major in video game and interactive media design....
CLAYTON — Play It Again Sports was born to serve people who didn’t want to spend big bucks on sports equipment. But amid recent Earth Day observances, the used sporting...
“Church hurt” is exactly what it sounds like: some harm that occurred in the church that leaves a lasting impression. Millions of Christians have left the church in recent years...
A few months after I left my hometown of Cherryville, North Carolina for college, I voted in my first presidential election. Like so many people in America, I was shocked...
More North Carolina voters oppose tariffs than them, according to the latest Carolina Journal Poll. The same poll shows three out of every four likely voters in the Tar...
