Clinton News

If the Democratic Party has a stronghold on Wall Street, it is JPMorgan Chase. Its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, is a friend of President Obama's from Chicago, a frequent White House guest and a big Democratic donor.

A self-proclaimed candidate for Sampson County Sheriff, who said he filed for office in Raleigh before the filing period opens Monday, was found guilty of assaulting a female in an incident that took place on Thursday, Nov.

Three Clinton teens, already jailed in the Sampson County Detention Center, are facing a laundry list of additional felony charges in connection with two break-ins that took place back in late December and one in early January.

A 75-year-old Autryville man has been cited for driving left of center Wednesday afternoon and causing a three-car pileup along N.C. 24, about a mile east of Clinton that snarled traffic for about an hour.

Image 1 of 10 From sledding, like Chelsea Keene and Gus who went sledding behind their Newton Grove home, to children rollicking in the Clement community; from picturesque, though slippery, roadways to ice hanging from shrubs and bushes, Sampson was blanketed in sleet and ice, slowing, but not crippling, the county over the weekend.

Clinton native and professional photographer Ann Holland will be the featured artist at the Small House throughout the month of February.

On Wednesday, vinyl siding was being placed as part of continuing work on Last Day Gospel Fellowship Church in Clinton.

A Roseboro man was placed under a $100,000 secured bond Tuesday afternoon, charged after being the prime suspect in the beating of a sleeping man.

A Titan subsidiary bought this office building at the corner of Oleander Drive and Greenville Avenue in Wilmington for more than twice the tax-assessed value.

Photo by Chris Berendt John Swope, executive director for the Sampson County Economic Development Commission, speaks to the county commissioners about the benefits of offering incentives to a local manufacturing company.

Michael Lee Wright, Jr., 22, left, and Donte Singleton mugged it up for the camera as they were escorted by Clinton police Lt.

A colorful millstone-themed design on a freestanding glass piece, to be located at the College Street parking lot, would be the focal point of a downtown project proposal by artist Heidi Lippman.

Eight of the nine sets of twins currently enrolled in Head Start throughout Sampson County get ready to play on the playground.

Clinton mayor Lew Starling urges hundreds in attendance at the Martin Luther King Jr.

One side of Elizabeth Street has been closed for a stretch between Clinton Family Worship Center and the Faircloth Freeway bridge after a water main leak was discovered this morning.

Clinton police investigators are still searching for that one clue that could be the key in solving the murder of a 31-year-old Clinton man on New Year's Day.

On the heels of October legislation banning plastic bottles and other items from state landfills, recycling in Clinton has skyrocketed and left city officials to figure out how best to meet a mounting demand for service.

Sampson Regional Medical Center recently announced the purchase of Clinton Urgent Care.

A Clinton man with felony convictions dating back to 2008 was arrested at his home last week on nine felony charges relating to an incident that took place on Dec.

With just under a month left until the filing period officially opens, local and state officials whose seats are up for re-election are looking toward their prospective campaigns.