WALLACE — At just 14 years old, Hayes Skidmore is already making a significant impact in his community. A former student of Wallace Elementary School and a dedicated baseball player, Hayes recognized an opportunity to create lasting change through teamwork and a visionary idea. For his Eagle Scout project, he focused on establishing a space […]

WALLACE — River Landing’s annual Swing for a Cure fundraiser is set to return this October, with a goal of exceeding last year’s donation of $20,000 to ECU Health Cancer Center. Organized by the River Landing Golf Association for Ladies (RLGALS), this multi-day event will culminate in an 18-hole charity tournament on Oct. 18. One […]

ROSE HILL — In the early 1970s, a young freelance writer named Reed Wolcott arrived in Rose Hill. A graduate of a small college in Vermont and originally from upstate New York, she had secured an assignment with the New York Times to write a story about a small southern town during a time when […]

KENANSVILLE — Members of Kenansville Baptist Church joined the Tiger family Saturday morning for a clean-up day at both James Kenan High School and Kenansville Elementary. Principal Michael Holton and his assistant Brian Jones donned power tools to cut back overgrowth and blow debris from parking lots at James Kenan. Teachers, parents, students and employees […]

BEULAVILLE — Members and guests of Beulaville Masonic Lodge Number 618 gathered Saturday evening, Aug. 9, for a dinner program that featured three awards for longtime members and a presentation on the North Carolina connection to a man known as D.B. Cooper — the infamous airline hijacker who parachuted out of a plane in the […]

KENANSVILLE — It’s only natural that Charles Ingram of Kenansville ​​would take an interest in the long history of the town’s Masonic Lodge. “As long as I can remember, I was brought to this lodge,” Ingram said during an interview with Duplin Journal inside the historic building. “My father was the Master of the Lodge […]