Last week, the Carolina Strawberry Festival Committee announced the winners of the 2026 art contest which drew strong participation from Duplin County high school students, prompting organizers to recognize three winners this year. First place went to Presley Brown, a freshman at Wallace-Rose Hill High School. Presley’s colorful design will be featured on the back […]

MOUNT OLIVE — Last week, the University of Mount Olive welcomed nearly 200 middle and high school students from Duplin, Onslow, Edgecombe, Wayne and Lenoir counties for its inaugural Trojan Teach Forward Conference. Organized by UMO’s School of Education, the conference highlighted the university’s “grow-your-own” strategy for cultivating future educators in a region where many […]

WALLACE — As far as places to go and things to see in Duplin County, a stop at Farrior Park in Wallace is a must-visit on the list. It’s located just west of Tin City along N.C. Highway 41 in the heart of Wallace. You can see nature, fish, walk a trail, see history and […]

If you talk about local history with anyone in Duplin County, her name will inevitably come up. Anne Stroud Taylor, 94, is a local historian and an understated treasure of Faison, N.C. Having lived through the Great Depression and World War II in Faison, Taylor is quick to highlight the greatness of others rather than […]

Just a few weeks ago, when the clock struck midnight, ushering in a new year, people in towns and cities all over the country, all over the world for that matter, broke out in song. “Should old acquaintances be forgot . . .” The question is, how many people know who wrote those words? Those […]

MOUNT OLIVE — An estimated crowd of more than 5,000 people poured onto the campus of the University of Mount Olive on New Year’s Eve for the annual Pickle Drop. To make the event family-friendly, the drop took place at 7 p.m. The drop was considered a “midnight” celebration based on Coordinated Universal Time, also […]