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Some say magnet schools can't go

Victoria Ragan was drawn to Garner High School for its magnet program.

Heritage Center salutes donors

The Johnston County Heritage Commission has raised more than $25,000 in this year's campaign to support the Heritage Center. That's up 24...

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A California man who violated his parole was arrested in Clayton on Jan. 27.

Trucking company is family affair

Trucking is all in the family for Joe Jones, wife Wendy and their three sons, Carlton, Jonathan and Jeremy.

Tea time comes to Cleveland

The antique wooden table is set with fine china, teacups and candelabras. A porcelain doll stands watch from across the dimly lit room.

Winter storm brings snow, ice

A wintry mix of snow and ice sent cars into ditches and snow-struck Southerners onto sleds.

Authorities arrest 2 in church theft

The Wake County Sheriff's Office has arrested two men on charges of stealing about $80,000 worth of copper piping from a Garner-area chur...

Garner karate team brings home honors

Instructors and students from JKO Karate in Garner won several awards at the 37th annual JKO Masters Seminars and Championships on Jan. 1...

College enrollment climbs again

A tough job market continues to swell the student ranks of Johnston Community College.

Residents don't want library to close

Residents and town leaders are coming together to send Wake County officials a message: Don't close the Southeast Regional Library.

Relief flights take off

Michael and Gord Tessier couldn't bear to see the devastation in Haiti playing across their television screens. So last week they fueled ...

Wake might close Garner library

To cut costs, county officials are thinking of closing the Garner library.

Debt worries some leaders

An audit released last week found the county's finances in order. But the audit's mention of the county's soaring debt had some commissio...

Garner mayor calls for optimism in 2010

This town and its residents have shared the pain of a recession marked by job losses, a credit squeeze and massive home foreclosures.

SBI takes over fire department case

The state Bureau of Investigation has taken over a probe into money missing from the Garner fire department.

Church hopes to bring back orphans

It would seem a no-brainer to allow 10 Haitian orphans to stay in the United States while their country rebuilds.

Police looking into house fires

Police are probing whether fires last week at two vacant houses are tied to a similar arson case in October.

Wake says no to ConAgra

Wake County leaders will not offer ConAgra Foods tax breaks or other incentives to help persuade the company to keep its damaged Slim Jim...

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Johnston Health officials say they think the critical stage of this H1N1 flu season has passed.

Churches open doors to homeless

Since cold weather set in last fall, Robert Brown has been sleeping at friends' houses. When it's warmer, the 59-year-old often sleeps in...