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COVID-19 slows Selma project
SELMA — It’s been nearly two years since Johnston County commissioners backed Eastfield Crossing wit...
Science says schools can be safe
SMITHFIELD — The bottom line is that the classroom can be a safe place for students and teachers eve...
NC launches online vaccine tool
January 27, 2021The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has launched an online tool to help North Carolinia...
Spiritual care secretary named hospital ambassador
January 27, 2021SMITHFIELD — Johnston Health has named Elsie McClain its latest Ambassador of the Month. She is secr...
Next vaccination clinic is Wednesday near Benson
January 26, 2021A drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic will get underway at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, at GALOT M...
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Johnston school board member stepping down
COVID-19 slows Selma project
Science says schools can be safe
NC launches online vaccine tool
Spiritual care secretary named hospital ambassador
Next vaccination clinic is Wednesday near Benson
Johnston County defends mass vaccination clinics
Johnston teachers seek safe return to in-person learning
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Spring Hope Enterprise
Governor extends coronavirus orders, says more vaccines coming
Snow expected early Thursday
Highway Patrol: Bailey man flips propane truck
Nash UNC Health Care Foundation adds 9 board members
Jackson joins North Carolina's US Senate race
Snow on Thursday? Don't rule it out yet
Deputies: Fleeing driver crashes, killing unborn child
Nash, Edgecombe crime prevention panels offer grant funding
The Wilson Times
Wilson Christian Academy names students to honor rolls
Wilson Christian Academy recognized the following students for their academic excellence during the ...
Nonprofit, National Guard partner to prevent substance misuse
Community Impact N.C., which operates in Wilson, has begun a formal partnership with the N.C. Nation...
Governor extends coronavirus orders, says more vaccines coming
Gov. Roy Cooper extended the state’s modified stay-at-home order Wednesday in an effort to slow the ...
Auction planned for Bill Ellis Barbecue properties
Two years after smothering the embers in the pig cookers, Bill Ellis Barbecue and nearly 100 acres s...
Wilson City Council rejects Wooten Boulevard rezoning
Four Wilson City Council members on Monday quashed a plan to build new single-family homes on Wooten...
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Local Sports
Pandemic reshapes high school sports
PRINCETON — While Johnston students have returned to remote-only learning, high school sports contin...
All-GNRC cheerleading team announced
The hard work of countless cheerleaders from football through basketball season did not go unnoticed. On the All-Greater Neuse River Conference team, 11 cheerleaders were honored for Eleven chee...
All-GNRC indoor track
For the winter indoor track season, Cleveland captured a pair of Greater Neuse River Conference titles to land atop the standings. In the girls standings, the Rams edged out Clayton for the conf...
Community Sports
Clements prevails in Limited Late Model Division at SNMP
LUCAMA — Brandon Clements scored his first Southern National Motorsports Park Limited Late Model win since 2012 in spectacular fashion, holding off Tony Grady in a breathtaking duel in …
McCarty edges Pulliam in instant classic at Southern National
LUCAMA — Bobby McCarty edged out Lee Pulliam to score the victory in a thrilling green-white-checkered finish in Sunday evening’s Solid Rock Carriers Classic at Southern National …
Columns
How do we truly love one another?
I’ve been asking myself a thought-provoking question this morning — one born of grief. A couple of p...
Safe schools require our diligence
The science says COVID-19 transmission in schools is rare. Still, many Johnston County teachers are ...
Free broadcasters from political pressure
Voice of America can’t have it both ways. The broadcaster insists it’s not a government propaganda a...
Snow on Thursday? Don't rule it out yet
Snow or no snow early Thursday morning? The weather models followed by the Weathercast are not in ac...