School board member Johnson appeals for looser mask rules
SMITHFIELD — Another month, another 4-3 vote to mandate masks in Johnston schools. “It’s sad news,” ...
Breakthrough cases continue to climb
January 18, 2022Here are the COVID-19 numbers in Johnston County as of Jan. 13: Total cases — 42,140, up 933 from tw...
SSS students display their photos
January 18, 2022SMITHFIELD —Through February, photographs by Smithfield-Selma High School students are on display at...
Business office employee is hospital ambassador
January 18, 2022SMITHFIELD — Johnston Health’s latest Ambassador of the Month is Stephanie Lombard, a financial supp...
Rouzer bringing office hours to Johnston
January 18, 2022U.S. Rep. David Rouzer is bringing office hours to Johnston County. On the second Wedneday of every ...
Johnston schools acknowledge bus woes
SMITHFIELD — Johnston school leaders last week asked for patience and understanding when buses don’t...
Johnston Health limits virus testing
January 17, 2022SMITHFIELD — Johnston Health is no longer administering COVID-19 tests to people who come to its eme...
SSS seniors are scholarship semifinalists
January 17, 2022SMITHFIELD — Four Smithfield-Selma High School students are scholarship semifinalists. Leyla Anthony...
Girl Scout cookies on sale in Johnston
January 17, 2022Girl Scout cookies are on sale. Here’s when and where to buy them in Johnston County over the next c...
SSS cheerleader named All-Region
January 17, 2022SMITHFIELD — Smithfield-Selma High School’s Laici Deravil is an All-Region Cheereleader. The N.C. Ch...
Council puts off slope protections
CLAYTON — No one who rose to speak wanted the Town Council to protect gently sloping land from devel...
State expands program that helps families pay water bill
January 14, 2022RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has expanded its Low-Income Household Wat...
Applications open for bicycle helmets
January 14, 2022RALEIGH — To reduce bicycle injuries and deaths, the N.C. Department of Transportation is encouragin...
Bob Jones student on President’s List
January 14, 2022GREENVILLE, S.C. — Karie Jensen, a senior theater major from Clayton, has been named to the fall sem...
Young Democrats hear from school board hopefuls
Johnston school board elections are nonpartisan affairs, but most candidates have a party affiliatio...
Clayton delays Planning Board appointments
January 15, 2022CLAYTON — The Town Council on Jan. 3 made appointments to several advisory boards. But it delayed ac...
Benson park adds Story Walk
January 13, 2022BENSON — The Johnston County Partnership for Children has christened its second Story Walk. This one...
Distribution center makes donation
January 13, 2022GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General’s Clayton distribution center on Jan. 6 presented $7,500 to t...
Virus surges but deaths are fewer
SMITHFIELD — The new year did not arrive as Dr. Marilyn Pearson had hoped. “We are still in a pandem...
Clayton tables townhouse project
CLAYTON — The Town Council on Jan. 3 was poised to grant a request to build six single-family townho...
Carolyn Louise Hales
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Carolyn Louise Hales, age 84, died Thursday, January 13, 2022. Service arrange...
Katharine Lynn Busch
FOUR OAKS, N.C. — Katharine Lynn Busch, age 59, died Saturday, January 15, 2022. Service arrangement...
Terry Joe Grissom
SMITHFIELD, N.C. — Terry Joe Grissom, age 59, died Sunday, January 16, 2022. Service arrangements ar...
Elsie Langston Crawford
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — Elsie Langston Crawford, age 84, died Sunday, January 9, 2022. Service arrange...
Georgia Langley
PRINCETON, N.C. — Georgia Langley, age 102, died Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Service arrangements ar...
Billy Ray Sullivan
Middlesex, N.C. — Billy Ray Sullivan, 75, passed away at his home on January 4, 2022 surrounded by h...
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