
Four Johnston schools have new principals
June 21, 2022SMITHFIELD — Four Johnston County schools have new principals, one for the short term. T.J. Parrish ...

Smithfield resident completes academy
June 20, 2022Peyton Overbee of Smithfield has graduated from the N.C. Community College System’s 2021-22 Advising...

Schools defend budget request
SMITHFIELD — Johnston school leaders last week defended their request for more county dollars a year...

Teacher assistant makes plea for better pay
SMITHFIELD — At the start of last school year, Johnston County was short 100 teacher assistants. Sin...

West Smithfield’s Chellie Cherry is an ‘exceptional’ teacher assistant
June 13, 2022SMITHFIELD — Chellie Cherry is Johnston County’s Teacher Assistant of the Year — for good reasons. F...

Johnston teachers receive two-year contracts
June 9, 2022The Johnston County Board of Education on May 31 awarded one-year contracts to the following teacher...

Johnston teachers receive one-year contracts
June 10, 2022The Johnston County Board of Education on May 31 awarded one-year contracts to the following teacher...

Johnston schools land Rural Development grant
June 9, 2022U.S. Rural Development announced on Thursday that it was awarding $1.3 million to the public schools...

Clayton student on Bridgewater list
June 21, 2022BRIDGEWATER, Va. — Walker M. Johnson of Clayton has been named to the spring semester Dean’s List at...

2 from Johnston earn law degrees
June 2, 2022Two Johnston County residents have graduated from Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School...

3 from Johnston are scholarship winners
May 30, 2022RALEIGH — Three students from Johnston County have received $2,000 N.C. State Fair Youth Livestock S...

3 from Johnston on Mars Hill list
June 3, 2022MARS HILLS — Three students from Johnston County have been named to the spring semester Dean’s List ...

3 from Johnston on SNHU Dean’s List
June 10, 2022MANCHESTER, N.H. — Three students from Johnston County have been named to the Dean’s List at Souther...

Two earn degrees from Bob Jones
May 31, 2022GREENVILLE, S.C. — Two Johnston County residents graduated this spring from Bob Jones University. Ka...

2 from Johnston on Dean’s List
June 23, 2022GROVE CITY, Pa. — Two students from Johnston County have been named to the spring semester Dean’s Li...

Selma student is Mars Hill graduate
June 3, 2022MARS HILL — Santos Gonzalez of Selma has graduated from Mars Hill University. He received a bachelor...

Student wins grant to study abroad
June 1, 2022Calli Massengill of Benson has received a $1,000 Study Abroad Grant from Phi Kappa Phi, a collegiate...

Johnston teacher is Kenan Fellow
May 27, 2022RALEIGH — Five Triangle-area teachers, including Dorothy Holley of West Johnston High School, have b...

JCC holds 2022 commencement
May 26, 2022SMITHFIELD — This academic year, Johnston Community College awarded 79 degrees, 88 diplomas and 407 ...

WCC student receives multiple honors, degree — and a job
May 24, 2022Luke Jones recently received two of Wayne Community College’s top awards for his program of study. ...