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Smithfield Disputes High Crime Ranking
Smithfield town officials say a report from a group claiming the Town has the seventh highest crime rate of any city in North Carolina is false. The report from Home Snacks, based in Durham, reportedly analyzed crime data submitted to…
Cynthia Hutchings Named 2015 Teacher Of The Year
Smithfield-Selma High School’s Cynthia Hutchings is the recipient of the 22nd Annual Flame for Learning Award. Hutchings, a 9th grade English 1 teacher, was honored at the annual Flame for Learning Banquet held on Tuesday at the Johnston County Agricultural…
House-Passed Bill Could End Final Exams
Measure changing formula for school letter grades passes chamber as well By Dan Way – Carolina Journal North Carolina students no longer would be required to take final exams under a bill passed by the House 116-2 on Tuesday,…
Public Hearing Monday To Discuss Solid Waste
Johnston County Commissioners will be gathering public input about trash during a hearing on Monday, May 4th at 6pm in Smithfield. Officials have been trying to find a method to deal with losses at the county’s 12 trash disposal convenience…
Rouzer Encourages US Postal Service To Honor Ava Gardner With Stamp
Congressman David Rouzer (NC-7) has written a letter to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee encouraging them to honor Johnston County native Ava Gardner with a “Forever” postage stamp. The Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee is appointed by the Postmaster General and…
2015 NC Poet Laureate Visits Cleveland High
2015 NC Poet Laureate Shelby Stephenson recently visited the students and staff at Cleveland High School. Stephenson is a 1956 graduate of the old Cleveland School and still lives in Johnston County. Stephenson, who originally pursued a career in law,…
National Day Of Prayer May 7th
The 64th annual National Day of Prayer is set this year for Thursday, May 7th. This is a national observance signed into law by in 1952. The Four Oaks community will be gathering in front of the Four Oaks…
Riverwood Middle Send Students To All-State Chorus
Riverwood Middle sent nine of the school’s best chorus students to participate in the 2015 North Carolina Middle School All-State Chorus. The students spent a very intensive weekend in Greensboro with 600 fellow middle school vocalists to present the 28th Annual…
Jackson Guides Shared Parenting Bill To Unanimous Approval In NC Senate
On Wednesday, the North Carolina Senate voted unanimously to affirm that child custody decisions in North Carolina courtrooms should be predicated on sound science and evidence-based principles that put the best interests of the child first. The bi-partisan legislation, sponsored…
Two Shooting Incidents Possibly Connected
The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office has not ruled out two shooting incidents in the Bell Hope Mobile Home Park are related. Around 1:30am Monday, deputies responded to the mobile home park, located on Swift Creek Road outside of Smithfield. A…
