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Lunch has new meaning at new high schools

At the county's two new high schools, students have lunch breaks with a twist. Updated: Aug. 31, 2010 8:20 PM | Full story

Training center offers new chances

Workforce Development Center celebrates fifth anniversary Updated: Sep. 1, 2010 8:02 AM | Full story

Agency director under fire

Amid claims of poor management and nepotism at the Johnston County Council on Aging, the nonprofit's board has considered firing its executive director, the board's chairman said last week. Updated: Aug. 31, 2010 8:15 PM | Full story

Former town worker jailed

A former Town of Smithfield employee faces charges of looking at child pornography at work. Updated: Aug. 31, 2010 8:20 PM | Full story

Counterfeit payroll checks surface in Johnston

Someone is counterfeiting payroll checks and cashing them at banks and grocery stores in Johnston County. Updated: Aug. 31, 2010 8:20 PM | Full story

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Trojans have the magic

It was definitely an emotional win, as Unek Lloyd scored the winning touchdown from a yard out with 29 seconds left. Updated: Aug. 30, 2010 9:37 PM | Full story
The ideal start for the Rams
Spartans' offense comes to life late
Panthers dig deep, nip South Johnston, 1-0
Cleveland tops Corinth for first win
Also in this section: D. Clay Best Sports Blog, Area Recreation and the Outer Loop Sports Show.

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Faith Notes

St. Peter's Church of Christ Updated: Sep. 1, 2010 8:11 AM | Full story
Hospital Calendar
Arts Notes
Community Notes
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Business More Stories

Cold-storage facility near Benson changes hands

An industrial cold-storage facility near Benson has new owners. Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co. purchased Burris Logistics' warehouse on Gilbert Road for about $4.4 million. Updated: Aug. 31, 2010 8:20 PM | Full story
New Smithfield shop caters to bow hunters
Business Notes
Real Estate
Real Estate

Education More Stories

Lunch has new meaning at new high schools

At the county's two new high schools, students have lunch breaks with a twist. Updated: Aug. 31, 2010 8:20 PM | Full story
College Classes
School Notes
JCC helps teachers get WILD
School Notes

Opinion More Stories

Here's why flags don't fly downtown

After July 4, a letter writer harshly criticized the Town of Smithfield for failing to display the U.S. Flag downtown on Independence Day. In an e-mail copied to The Herald, the town tried to defend itself but, we think, took the wrong approach. Updated: Aug. 31, 2010 8:20 PM | Full story
Town should back away from ban
This Week in Johnston History
Health costs are our fault
Life's most important book
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  • New testaments to county's growth
    Students began classes this week at two new Johnston high schools - symbols of the residential growth that has transformed the western part of the county over the past two decades. | Full story
  • Toll road has few fans
    At a workshop last week, folks were quick to suggest upgrades needed on Interstate 95. But it was hard to find anyone willing to pay tolls to fund those improvements. | Full story

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Blacksmith at home at museum in Kenly
In a wooden blacksmith shop, canvas belts whir overhead and connect machines twice the age of the blacksmith. Amos Tucker heats steel rods in a forge first built in the late 1920s, then hammers their red-hot tips on a nearly ancient anvil.


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