Farmers hope high yield will offset labor, fuel costs
By Drew C. Wilson
dwilson@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7818 | April 25, 2024
Farmer Ronald Lamm got on his knees to unclog a mechanical transplanter. Farmworkers sat ready to insert tobacco seedlings into eight rows of a dusty field southwest of Sims. “As long as all the plants are uniform and the same, it all works good,” Lamm said. “Occasionally they get jammed...
Schools, community college budgets include pay raises
By Olivia Neeley
olivia@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7879 | April 25, 2024
Wilson County Schools and Wilson Community College presented their annual budget requests to county commissioners Monday. Commissioners and departments have met for several weeks to review budget presentations, which include capital projects. Wilson County Manager Ron Hunt is up next and will give his formal budget proposal for the county...
Grifols marks milestone
By McKenzie Miller
mmiller@johnstoniannews.com | 919-284-2295, Ext. 403 | April 25, 2024
CLAYTON — Drugmaker Grifols, one of Johnston County’s largest employers, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Clayton plant on April 18. “We are incredibly proud of getting to this 50-year milestone and looking back over the decades of development and growth that we’ve seen,” said Doug Burns, the Clayton site...
County OKs single fire tax district
By Scott Bolejack
sbolejack@johnstoniannews.com | 919-424-1776 | April 25, 2024
SMITHFIELD — On July 1, Johnston County’s 26 fire service tax districts will become one. But otherwise, fire protection in Johnston won’t change, said Jordan Piper, a deputy fire marshal. “The names of the departments and the people providing the service will remain as is,” he said during the April...
Turn lane closure scheduled along westbound Rogers Road
For the Wake Weekly | April 25, 2024
April 29-30 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day, Wake Electric will close the right turn lane of westbound Rogers Road just before Marshall Farm Street. The turn lane closure is necessary to allow crews to repair an underground power line at the Rogers Road/Marshall Farm Street intersection. Signage...
Six Sundays in Spring concert series gears up for 30th year
By Justin Thompson
jthompson@wakeweekly.com | April 25, 2024
The first in a series of six free outdoor concerts will usher in the 30th year of the Six Sundays in Spring concert series this Sunday in Wake Forest. Beatlesque, a Beatles tribute band, will take the stage at the Joyner Park Amphitheater at 5:30, and will play until about...
Deputies: Driver caught with drugs, automatic weapon
From staff reports | April 25, 2024
ROCKY MOUNT — Sheriff’s deputies seized Ecstasy, cocaine, marijuana and an illegally modified handgun in a Monday traffic stop that led to the driver’s arrest. The Nash County Sheriff’s Office stopped a white Cadillac DeVille in the area of Raleigh Boulevard and Westwood Drive and learned Clarence Borum was driving...
Ladybirds sew up Big East softball crown
From staff reports | April 24, 2024
Southern Nash clinched its third consecutive 2-A/3-A Big East Conference varsity softball championship and inched closer to an unbeaten regular season with a 10-0 home win against Northern Nash on Tuesday. The 3-A Ladybirds, who improved to 17-0 overall, won for the 11th time against Big East competition with only...
Second primary’s early in-person voting began Thursday
By Alan Wooten
The Center Square | April 25, 2024
North Carolina’s in-person early voting started Thursday, and the second Primary Election Day is May 14. Runoffs, or second primaries, are necessary following the March 5 Super Tuesday results because state law permits second-place candidates to file the request if no candidate in a race receives more than 30% of...
Medicine drop-off
From staff reports | April 24, 2024
Bring your unused or expired prescriptionsor over-the-counter medicines to the Creedmoor Police Department Drug Take-Back Event. The no contact drop off will be April 27 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Creedmoor Community Center, 114 Douglas Drive in Creedmoor. This event is being held in cooperation with the...