Selma News

The Johnston County Association of Chambers of Commerce and Johnston Community College are accepting applications for the next Leadership Johnston class.

The Johnston County Sheriff's Office is investigating after someone spray painted a satanic message on the main sign for the Branch Chapel Church in Selma.

RHA Howell is seeking sponsors for this year's Epicurious Vino Challenge, which is scheduled from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at Hinnant Family Vineyards, 826 Pine Level Micro Road, Pine Level.

A country breakfast is scheduled from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at New Zealand Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, 5312 Meadowbrook Road in the Meadow community.

Senate leaders say the tax overhaul is necessary to create a more stable and fair system and they encouraged taxpayers to test drive the plan by using an online calculator to personalize the results.

A man and woman were injured Thursday evening when their small plane crashed in Johnston County near Selma, authorities said.

Watercolors by students of Jim Brown are on display this month at the Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield, 305 Market St., Smithfield.

The JobLink Career Center will hold a job fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, in the lobby of the Paul A. Johnston Auditorium at Johnston Community College, 245 College Road, Smithfield.

Imam Qasim Siddiqui organized the event, inviting neighbors and pastors from other faiths to break bread with Muslims at the Masjid Noor-ul-Mustafa in Selma.

Louie Bowen bursts onstage in a pair of spangled purple boots, sporting a pair of overalls that appear to be stuffed with a pillow, wrapped in a zebra-striped blouse she's tied up with a gingham scarf, looking for all the world like a redneck peacock.