With elections around the corner, many citizens in Duplin County are looking forward to making their votes count. Carrie Sullivan, Duplin County Board of Elections director shared with Duplin Journal the efforts of an assisted facility that is going above and beyond to help their residents be able to vote in the upcoming election. “Megan […]
WARSAW — Smiles shone bright at James Kenan High School on Aug. 28, as Amirah Loveless was surprised with a $40,000 BigFuture scholarship in front of hundreds of classmates. Amirah’s parents, Kimberly Rose and Charles Whitfield, were just as surprised with the announcement. According to Michael Holton, James Kenan High School principal, the school asked […]
ROSE HILL — Last Monday, Aug. 26, longtime Rose Hill Commissioner and Fire Chief Gary Boney turned in his resignation from the town board. Town Administrator Angela Smith said, “It was a big shock” for her and other town officials. Boney’s resignation letter stated he was resigning for personal reasons, but he did not elaborate. […]
CURRIE — Moores Creek National Battlefield may be across the county line into Pender, but Duplin County played a critical role in America’s first decisive victory in the Revolutionary War. The patriots’ only fatality in the battle at Moores Creek was John Grady of Duplin County, who died a few days later due to injuries […]
KENANSVILLE — Children across Duplin County Schools are now learning about the dangers of drugs thanks to the implementation of the Too Good for Drugs curriculum, which is being taught by 89 organizations in North Carolina. The program is one of the Opioid Response strategies for early intervention designed to mitigate risk factors associated with […]
WALLACE — Approximately 30 participants, including county and town leadership, gathered for the annual Opioid Town Hall at the Mad Boar Restaurant last week. “We are trying to get our towns to think about what we can do to help the vaping and opioid crisis and give examples of what other counties are doing,” said […]
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