By Abby Cavenaugh Duplin Journal    While most toddlers are learning to walk and talk and just having fun exploring the world around them, 19-month-old Miley Byrd of Beulaville is hooked up to IVs and mostly confined to a bed at Duke Children’s Hospital. She’s already undergone two open-heart surgeries and is currently on the […]

By Ena Sellers Duplin Journal KENANSVILLE — After much discussion about the Duplin County Unified Development Ordinance  (UDO) presented by Austin Brinkley with Insight Planning, at the Board of County Commissioners meeting on March 4, the Board voted 4 to 1 to adopt the ordinance with a change to the proposed 30-feet easement to remain […]

By Abby Cavenaugh Duplin Journal Retired Beulaville Police Chief Jamie Rogers was presented with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Mayor Hutch Jones at Monday night’s Beulaville Board of Commissioners meeting. The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is presented to “persons who have made significant contributions to the state and their communities […]

ROSE HILL – The Office of District Attorney Ernie Lee announced on March 4 that Antwan Terrell Wright of Goldsboro, was found guilty of murdering Darius Atkins of Rose Hill. Wright was charged with first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole on March 1. According to the District Attorney, on Nov. 25, 2020, at […]

By Ena Sellers, Duplin Journal KENANSVILLE (Feb. 28, 2024) — Members of the Kenansville Area Chamber of Commerce, local leadership and special guests gathered at the Country Squire Restaurant on Feb. 22, for the Chamber’s annual banquet celebration.  Duplin County Manager Bryan Miller and Assistant County Manager Carrie Shields were the guest speakers.   Miller said […]