Duplin County celebrated the late airport director and assistant county manager with a special ceremony KENANSVILLE — Last Tuesday marked an incredibly special milestone for Duplin County as more than 60 distinguished guests, including local, regional and state leadership, gathered at the Duplin County Airport to celebrate the memory and legacy of George Futrelle, the […]
Charley Farrior has lived most of his life in Wallace, save for four years at N.C. State University and about a year and a half in Kannapolis working for Canon Mills. So it’s perhaps no surprise that he’s one of the town’s biggest cheerleaders and supporters. Farrior served on the town council for 35 years, […]
Leah Penny, 13, of Beulaville has made a name for herself on the coonhound dog show circuit, recently winning the youth senior division world championship at the American Coon Hound Association (ACHA) dog show in Patrick, South Carolina. “Leah has been showing coonhounds for around three years now,” her dad, Brent Penny, told the Duplin […]
Tri-County EMC visits North Duplin Elementary By Ena Sellers Duplin Journal Approximately 100 first-grade students at North Duplin Elementary enjoyed an exciting afternoon on April 12 as Lineman Lance Wise and Line Superintendent Ron Miller, both with Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation, visited the school to provide a safety demonstration. Miller spoke about the dangers of […]
By Abby Cavenaugh Duplin Journal For the first time this year, Wallace’s premier event, the Carolina Strawberry Festival, will kick off a week early, with the Garden Gala on Saturday, April 27, from 1-6 p.m. The gala, a formal party, will be hosted by the Gardens at Johnson Nursery. The Gardens are located about […]
By Curt Simpson Special to the Duplin Journal KENANSVILLE — “I was born without a voice, one cold, overcast day in Brooklyn, New York. No one ever spoke of my condition. I did not know I was mute until years later, when I opened my mouth to ask for what I wanted and realized no […]
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