School Board Heads Toward New Attendance Districts
At its monthly meeting Tuesday evening, Johnston's Board of Education got a schedule for moving toward adoption of revised school-attendance districts by the end...
Opinion: Fund Core Programs Or Save Surplus
By John Hood RALEIGH — I acknowledge that one politician’s “wasteful spending” may be another politician’s “strategic investment.” Still, I suspect state Sen. Phil...
Fire Destroys Building At Smith’s Nursery
BENSON – A fire early Sunday morning destroyed a building at Smith's Nursery and Produce Farm at 443 Sanders Road.
Fire units arrived to find...
Pizza Delivery Driver Shot And Robbed
CLAYTON – Police have arrested a suspect in the early morning robbery and shooting of a pizza delivery driver. Around 12:30am Sunday, Clayton Police...
Person Shot During Dispute At Birthday Party
SELMA - One person was shot at a birthday party in Selma. The shooting happened early Sunday morning at the Richard B. Harrison Alumni...
Two Vehicle Accident Injures 4
ARCHER LODGE - A two vehicle, near head-on, accident sent four people to the hospital, Saturday night.
The collision happened on Covered Bridge Road near...
You Decide: Should We Worry About The Declining Birth Rate?
By Mike Walden One of the benefits of aging is that you often see problems completely turn around. In the 1990s there were worries...
Social Security Matters – I’m Already Collecting Social Security – How Will My WEP...
By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American Citizens
Dear Rusty: I don’t understand...
Two People Seriously Injured In Auto Shop Fire
WILLOW SPRING - A neighbor reported there was a large explosion, followed by a fire, at an auto repair shop on Pearidge Road in...
New Wilson’s Mills High School To Cost $113 Million
The school board approved a contract with Barnhill Contracting Company that caps the maximum construction cost of the new Wilson's Mills High School at...
