Clayton
Clayton High Tennis Courts To Be Replaced
Clayton High School will have new tennis courts next year. The current courts are cracking and the tennis team can no longer play on the courts. The cracks were patched…
KS Bank Employees Complete Certification
KS Bank has announced that three employees have successfully completed the Accredited Banking Professional Certification from the Institute for Extraordinary Banking. Hannah Giddens, Melissa Kennedy and Rena Wall recently received…
Clayton Planning Board Appointments
Johnston County Commissioners have approved a request by the Clayton Town Council to appoint two members to the Clayton Planning Board representing the extraterritorial (ETJ) area of the Town. Marty…
Johnston Health ICU Beds At Full Capacity Due To COVID-19 Surge
Johnston Health CEO Tom Williams says ICU beds at hospitals in Smithfield and Clayton are at capacity due to a surge in COVID-19 patients. Since March, the two hospitals combined…
Clayton Downtown Development Announces 2020 Award Winners
Downtown Business of the Year, Best Downtown Design, Best New Downtown Business and Downtown Contributor of the Year Recognized During Video Award Presentations InStill Distilling Co. was named Clayton’s 2020…
Clayton Renames Trail Bridge For Former Planning Director
Trail Bridge Over the Neuse River To Become The Skip Browder Bridge The Clayton Town Council honored former Clayton Planning Director James “Skip” Browder at its Monday, Dec. 22, meeting…
JCPS 2020 Living Legends Gave More Than 100 Years Of Service
Johnston County Public Schools named three former educators, Sandra Edwards, Shelly Marsh, and Valerie McCormick, as the 2020 Living Legend Award recipients. The Living Legend Award is presented to former…
Town Councilman Provides Food And Toys To 100 Needy Families
Smithfield Town Councilman Marlon Lee celebrated his birthday on December 6th. For his birthday, Lee challenged everyone he knew to donate $6 or multiples of $6 to raise funds to…
Car Strikes Utility Pole And Overturns
A single vehicle accident shut down Castleberry Road off Highway 42 East of Clayton this afternoon (Thursday). The accident occurred around 12:30pm. A vehicle ran off the roadway, struck a…
Clayton Police Release Surveillance Photo Of Robbery Suspects
Clayton Police have released a surveillance photo of two suspects wanted for the robbery of the Verizon store at 13024 US Highway 70 Business West. It happened on Sunday, December…
Town Of Clayton Announces 2020 Employee Of The Year
CLAYTON, NC – Facility Maintenance Technician Jamie Ballance is the Town of Clayton’s 2020 Employee of the Year. Jamie has worked with the Town for eight years. He started in…
Swift Creek Middle School Mourning Loss Of Teacher And Coach
Students and faculty at Swift Creek Middle School are mourning the loss of a well-known teacher and coach. John Krol passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. In an email to…
