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Social Security Matters – Will Taking My Benefit Early Affect My Widow Benefit?
by AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor Association of Mature American Citizens Ask Rusty – Will Taking My Benefit Early Affect My Widow Benefit? Dear Rusty: My husband is 70 and has been taking Social Security for several years.…
Mom Removes 7th Grader From School Due To Safety Concerns
A local mom says she has removed her 12 year-old daughter from Johnston County Public Schools because administrators won’t protect her daughter. Jennifer Merlin says an incident at McGee’s Crossroads Middle School forced her to remove her daughter from the…
Second Person Dies In US 70 Collision
A second person involved in a traffic accident Wednesday in eastern Johnston County has died. The collision happened shortly before 5:00pm on Highway 70 and Dr. Donnie H. Jones Boulevard in Princeton. Troopers said a Cadillac SUV driven by Lisa…
OPINION: Untold Truths – What Democrats Know, But Won’t Say
By Robert Charles National Spokesman for the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) In the wake of Super Tuesday, five important truths ring clear. Democrats and the media will not discuss them, but here they are. First, “young” and “new”…
Johnston County Schools JoCo2020 Train Wreck: “A lot of icing, but no cake”
By: Kay Carroll Former Johnston County Board of Education Chairman and Candidate For School Board During the time I was on the Johnston County School Board, from 1992 to 2008, I never remember our having a problem with state tests…
Alice Scott, Michelle Pace Davis Receive NC Ag Awards
The Tobacco Farm Life Museum (TFLM) held its 15th annual “Breakfast with the Commissioner” benefit on February 7th with Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler at the Southern Farm Show on the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. The annual event raises…
Princeton Middle-High School 1st Semester Honor Roll And Principal’s List
The following students in grades 6 -12 made the Honor Roll and Principal’s List during the first semester at Princeton Middle-High School: 6TH GRADE FIRST NAME LAST NAME 1ST SEMESTER Aidan Alphin Honor Roll Summer Barbour Honor Roll Karlie Blakely…
Op-Ed: Energy Savings, Real or Imagined, You Judge
Op-Ed by: Kay Carroll, School Board Candidate and former Chairman of the Johnston County Board of Education Education Energy/Cenergistic Education Energy was the name of a Texas based “energy management” company started in the early 1990’s that changed its name…
Carroll Responds To School Board Chair Op-Ed
Kay Carroll, a candidate for the Johnston County School Board and former chairman of the Board of Education, issued the following written statement in response to Todd Sutton’s op-ed published on February 4th: Facts are stubborn things: and whatever may…
Newly Released Records Reveal Serious Questions About School Financial Crisis
Kay Carroll Releases Documents, Shares His Concerns CFO Email: “We could be in violation…” “I do not feel comfortable approving anything for payment until we have a plan” Former Johnston County Board of Education chairman Kay Carroll, who is…
