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Local news for Selma, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

16 hrs ago | The Smithfield Herald

Four schools face sanctions

Four of the county's elementary schools face sanctions in the coming year for failing to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind.

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Related Topix: Smithfield, NC, Education Etc., Johnston County, NC

Tue Jul 22, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Four schools face sanctions

Four of the county's elementary schools face sanctions in the coming year for failing to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind.

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Related Topix: Smithfield, NC, Education Etc., Johnston County, NC

Sun Jul 20, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Group seeks grant to turn a new leaf

Ray Jaklitsch and Eric Jackson hope money from a North Carolina nonprofit can help Selma turn over a new leaf.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Growth spurt continues

Johnston County towns continued their growth last year, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimate.

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Related Topix: Smithfield, NC, Johnston County, NC, Cary, NC

Wed Jul 16, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Smithfield is poised to grow

Is anyone really surprised that Clayton now has more people than Smithfield? Of course not.

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Related Topix: Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro, Johnston County, NC, Smithfield, NC, Clayton, NC, Opinion

Mon Jul 14, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Church Bulletin July 9-16

Fellowship time Smithfield District fellowship time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 14, at Four Oaks Church of God, 315 E. Wellons St., Four Oaks.

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Related Topix: Gospel, Melody Boys, The Dixie Melody Boys, Pikeville, NC, Newton Grove, NC, Pine Level, NC

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Kenly News

Pine Level to consider curfew at next town meeting

Pine Level to consider curfew at next town meeting By Cami Jo Narron, News Editor 09.JUL.08 Police Chief Keith Sparks will talk to Pine Level Commissioners on July 21 on implementing a nightly curfew to cut ...

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Related Topix: Smithfield, NC, Johnston County, NC, Pine Level, NC

Thu Jul 10, 2008

News Observer

Police arrest Selma man for holiday shooting

Selma police have arrested one of three people involved in a shooting during a July 4 weekend party.

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Related Topix: Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro, Johnston County, NC

Wed Jul 09, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Power rates increase in Selma

Power customers in Selma will see a rate increase next month. A June rate-setting meeting of ElectriCities, the public power agency that provides electricity to 32 North Carolina towns, left Selma leaders with ...

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Tue Jul 08, 2008

News Observer

Wilson jury adjourns without verdict

A Wake jury began meeting late this morning behind closed doors to decide whether Jakiem Wilson plotted to kill his wife.

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Related Topix: Wendell, NC

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Kenly News

Mission Serve students helping strangers

They are on a mission that seems impossible to fail - service. Two Sundays ago, non-profit Christian service organization Mission Serve hit Kenly and the surrounding area.

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Related Topix: Princeton, NC, Four Oaks, NC, Clayton, NC, Smithfield, NC

Sat Jul 05, 2008

WNCN-TV Raleigh

Domestic Dispute Ends In Shooting, 4 Injured

Police say a domestic dispute ended in a shooting at a July 4 Party in Selma. Four people were injured during the shooting.

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News Observer

Three critical after Selma shooting

Three people are in critical condition from gunshot wounds sustained at a Fourth of July party in Selma early Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Raleigh Metro

News Observer

Friends: Killer showed no guilt

Jakiem Wilson thought his friends would help him get away with his wife's murder.

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Related Topix: Wake County, NC, Garner, NC

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Kenly News

Scholarship established at JCC in memory of Melba Woodard

A scholarship endowment has been established at Johnston Community College in memory of Melba Watson Woodruff.

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Related Topix: Fine Arts, Arts, Wake Forest, NC, Smithfield, NC, Johnston County, NC

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Fire chief laid to rest

Had George Crocker attended his own funeral, close friend Gary Wood felt sure the 32-year-old firefighter would have had a simple message for those mourning his loss.

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Related Topix: Wake County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Clayton, NC, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro

Sun Jun 29, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Firefighters mourn loss of chief

Firefighters from at least five surrounding departments were expected to come to the town's fire station on Tuesday to provide mutual aid to their colleagues mourning the loss of their chief.

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Related Topix: Pine Level, NC, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro

Fri Jun 27, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Teaching a foreign language a good idea

The Johnston County Board of Education is looking for money to expand foreign-language programs in the lower grades.

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Related Topix: Johnston County, NC, Smithfield, NC, Clayton, NC, Opinion

Wed Jun 25, 2008

NBC 17

Feds OK Study For Five-State Toll On I-95

North Carolina residents are closer than ever to paying a toll to drive on I-95. And it's not just on the section of the Interstate in the Tar Heel state.

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Related Topix: Tar Heel, NC

Tue Jun 24, 2008

FireFightingNews.com

Firefighter Gave Job His All - Pine Level Chief Found Dead

George E. Crocker found his best friend, fiancee and life's calling in firefighting.

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Related Topix: Micro, NC, Pine Level, NC, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro, Johnston County, NC

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