Clinton police investigators are continuing their search for two armed men who robbed the local Dominos just over three weeks ago, forcing employees to the floor and running off with an undetermined amount of cash.

After 30-plus passionate years of dousing fires and helping keep Clinton residents safe, Joe Dixon finally decided to extinguish the flame on his career at the Clinton Fire Department, opting now for a life of retirement.

After 25 years of appreciating history and syrup, the Old School Sorghum Festival that took place every October in McDaniel has come to an end.

The auction for a county-owned property will continue, as a sixth round of upset bidding for the former Sampson County EMS headquarters has seen another high bidder come to the forefront, with now a seventh round underway for a process than began in April.

Legalizing sports gambling was a big bet for North Carolina, and its $7.2 million gain to state coffers from legalized sports gambling in June is a 36.1% decline from May and a 61.7% drop from April.

John Matthews stood tall, even with his age catching up to him, as he made his way into the office. He sat softly in one of the chairs offered to him, leaning forward so he could hear the questions better. He was here for one reason only — to explain why the Old School Sorghum Festival was ending, and what it meant to him to see the end.

NEWTON GROVE — The first steps toward major development of a large subdivision came to fruition for Newton Grove following the town board’s OK on the project’s first plat Monday night.

The housing market is alive and well with people moving in and out of area counties for a multitude of reasons, and Sampson County is also seeing its fair share of movement, sources say.

Clinton police investigators are continuing their search for two armed men who robbed the local Dominos just over three weeks ago, forcing employees to the floor and running off with an undetermined amount of cash.

After 30-plus passionate years of dousing fires and helping keep Clinton residents safe, Joe Dixon finally decided to extinguish the flame on his career at the Clinton Fire Department, opting now for a life of retirement.

Last week’s Garland Board of Commissioners meeting saw more than just discussion about the 2024-25 fiscal year budget. Talk of pay hikes also stirred emotions.

Growth in the form of more housing development was further green-lighted byClinton’s City Council last week following a second approval of a pair of rezoning requests that will restructure a building on College Street into new dwellings.