Brogden News

Franklin Baking Co. president Tom Buffkin, second from left, and company human resources manager Charles Brogden, third from left, hold the awards honoring the company as Wayne County's Industry of the Year.

Police learned a federal fugitive was inside a Wilmington business Saturday, and that started a difficult chain of events.

This weekend brings the fifth annual Ava Gardner Festival to town. The celebration of the Brogden-born 20th century starlet will feature a new Ava Gardner Museum exhibit about Gardner's friendship with the writer Ernest Hemingway.

William Drake wasn't a cowboy when he left for Hollywood. But when he came back to Johnston County, he brought Tinseltown's Old West with him.

Several months ago we examined the strange and unusual subject of chicken feet, more specifically the kind found in raw form in grocery store meat counters that are sometimes cooked and served as a food item.

Published: Friday, July 24, 2009 at 3:37 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 24, 2009 at 3:37 p.m. Lucas Brogden, son of Brian and Beverly Brogden of Wilmington, served as a North Carolina governor's page in Raleigh July 6-10. Lucas is a sophomore at E.A. Laney High School.

Time to get your groove back? Bryant Brogden is offering clogging and hip-hop dance classes at CheerZone Allstars on Boywood Road in Graham.

Mary Ann Futrell, center, a part-time tutor at Grantham School, has a 50-year career in education, 48 of those in Wayne County Public Schools.

Individual Teachers of the Year have been announced by Wayne County Public Schools.

Wayne County Public Schools has received a $146,063 "Summer Youth Employment Program" grant that will allow at-risk students to obtain jobs over the summer months.