KENANSVILLE — Duplin County Emergency Management Services officials attended the County Commissioners meeting on Aug. 5 to provide a briefing on Tropical Storm Debby. “A stall in the system is expected and will cause increased rainfall amounts, resulting in widespread flooding. It’s going to be a prolonged event spanning three to four days,” EMS officials […]

During the month of July, seven of the planned 12 all-way stops throughout Duplin County were installed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT). The most recent all-way stops are at the intersections of NC Highway 11 and Bay Road, NC Highway 11 at Register’s Crossroads (Register Road and Stocking Head Road), and Charity […]

WARSAW — Agricultural roots run deep for Justin Snider, James Sprunt Community College livestock and poultry instructor. “I grew up on a ranch in western Oklahoma — in a big rodeo family. I rodeoed professionally until I was in my 30s,” said Snider. “I grew up with horses and cattle and all that — It’s […]

Several Duplin County emergency crews responded to a corn silo explosion at the Nash Johnson & Sons Farms Rose Hill Feed Mill, located at 3362 S. US 117 Highway on Monday morning.  Duplin Emergency Communications Center received the call about an explosion at approximately 11:15 a.m. According to Duplin County Fire and Emergency Management officials, […]

KENANSVILLE — With the ceremonial shoveling of dirt by county officials, construction is officially underway on Duplin County’s new detention center. The much-needed center will replace the county’s current overcrowded and outdated jail. At the start of the groundbreaking ceremony, County Manager Bryan Miller called the new detention center “a new and essential addition to […]