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Cleveland High Club Donates To Alzheimer’s Project
The Cleveland High School Interact Club has presented a $500 donation to the Johnston County Alzheimer’s Music and Memory Project, a collaborative effort between several Johnston County Rotary Clubs. The goal of the Johnston County Alzheimer’s Music and Memory…
Fire Destroys Clayton Home
Firefighters responded quickly to a house fire Thursday night in Clayton. Crews arrived around 11pm to find flames shooting through the roof of a two story house at 849 Corbett Road. Two adults and one child barely escaped the flames…
Counterfeit $50 Bills Being Passed At Smithfield Businesses
Local businesses are being asked to be on the lookout for counterfeit money. On Thursday and Friday, counterfeit $50 bills were passed at three stores in Smithfield. The bills had two different serial numbers, according to Smithfield Police spokesperson Captain…
Benson National Day Of Prayer
Benson was up bright and early for this year’s National Day of Prayer. The sun was peeking through the clouds at 6:45 a.m., just as attendees began to arrive at the inaugural Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, hosted inside the fellowship hall…
A Soldier’s Walk Home Comes Through Johnston County
Beginning Monday, May 11th, historian and re-enactor, Philip Brown will be walking 166 miles from New Bern to Durham. When the Civil War came to an end 150 years ago, Union and Confederate soldiers alike found themselves stationed hundreds of…
Hospice Workers Getting Ready For “Camp Courage”
Murray Dees, Hospice Social Worker with the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield was a guest on WTSB Radio on May 7th. Dees was interviewed by Liz Thurston, Physician Liaison with Johnston Health. The topic was an upcoming June 13thprogram called…
Cleveland Middle Wins County Mathcounts Competition
Cleveland Middle School’s Mathcounts teams took home top honors at the Johnston County Mathcounts competition held at First Baptist Church in Smithfield. Cleveland Middle School took two teams to the county competition; the “Exponents” and the “Purple Smurfs.”…
Cooper Elementary student wins JCS Spelling Bee
Cooper Elementary fifth grader Ariana Arbelaez is the 2015 Johnston County Schools’ Elementary Spelling Bee champion. Ariana correctly spelled “algorithm” to take home the spelling bee trophy during the competition held at Selma Elementary School. Her teacher Amanda Hedrick,…
Six JCS students to attend N.C. Governor’s School
Johnston County Schools is sending six of its best and brightest students to the prestigious Governor’s School of North Carolina. The names of the selected students along with their area of concentration and their high school are as follows:…
Riverwood Middle Battle of Books teams wins first place
Riverwood Middle School won the Johnston County Schools’ 2015 Middle School Battle of the Books competition held. All middle schools in the district participated in the competition with roughly 150 students involved. Members of the Riverwood Middle Battle…
