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Harnett Superintendent Pushes For Increased Teacher Pay
By Eliot Duke Dunn Daily Record Superintendent Aaron Fleming thinks it’s past time Harnett County Schools employees received a raise. When discussing the upcoming budget with the HCS Board of…
Local Cemetery Under Investigation After Money Disappears
Harnett Devotional Gardens cemetery is in the state’s receivership after its former owner failed to reimburse funds missing from “multiple trust accounts,” according to the North Carolina Cemetery Commission. A…
Local Cancer Survivor To Appear In National Campaign
Dunn resident Keilah Goff will be one of 24 people featured in a new awareness campaign, “No Excuses,” launching in New York City’s Times Square in March for Colorectal Cancer…
‘We’re Going To Lose A Friend As Well As A Colleague’
Sears worker retiring after 50 years Geneva Watson walked into the Sears store on Cumberland Street 50 years ago as a young mother of three who needed a job. The…
Local Organizations Receiving Lifesaving Bicycle Helmets To Distribute To Children
A record number of children, 11,850 total, across the state will be receiving lifesaving bicycle helmets through the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Bicycle Helmet Initiative, part of ongoing efforts to…
Commissioners Approve Rezoning Cases
Johnston County Commissioners approved several rezoning cases during their February meeting. Mideast Materials LLC of Dunn won approval to rezone 134 acres out of a 584 acre tract in the…
Oldest Motel In Dunn Coming Down
Mayor William Elmore broke a tie on a proposed ordinance to demolish the Downtown Motor Court. With council members split 3-3 on the issue, Elmore agreed with J. Wesley Sills,…
Deputies Injured Arresting Suspect In Domestic Incident
Two Johnston County deputies were injured while attempting to arrest a suspect. Just before 10:00am Monday, deputies were dispatched to a domestic incident on Lee-Johnson Road in the Meadow community.…
Boat Stops Traffic On Interstate 95
DUNN – Southbound lanes of Interstate 95, between the 70 and 71 mile markers, were closed Wednesday afternoon after a boat separated from the vehicle towing it and landed in…
Elderly Woman Struck And Killed While Walking To Mailbox
An 80 year-old woman was struck and killed while crossing the road to check her mailbox. The accident was reported around 5:20pm Monday in the 3000 block of Jonesboro Road…
Harnett Commissioners Consider Library Consolidation
Harnett County leaders conducted a study in 2018 to look at the benefits of bringing all of the libraries in the county’s system under one umbrella. The current system is…
City Gives Landowner 30 Days To Complete Demolition
Dunn City Council reached its end with a property on North Fayetteville Avenue. Council on Jan. 12th agreed to give the owner of land at 706, 710 and 800 N.…
