House-Passed Bill Could End Final Exams
Measure changing formula for school letter grades passes chamber as wellBy Dan Way – Carolina Journal North Carolina students no longer would be...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The 2015 Four Oaks Acorn Festival will be held on May 15th and 16th
The 2015 Four Oaks Acorn Festival will be held on May 15th and 16th. The Festival is an annual event of the Four Oaks...
Brandon Parker Joins Cooperative Extension Service
The Johnston County Cooperative Extension Service has hired Brandon Parker as the Commercial Horticulture Agent. A native of Four Oaks, Brandon was active in...
