Sampson County fire officials, including area fire chiefs and others with a vested interest in emergency response, are urging county leaders to keep fire tax rates exactly where they are for the upcoming 2024-25 budget in order to maintain operations for what they said has become an increasingly arduous effort in recent years to sustain local volunteer departments.

The Garland Board of Commissioners made less than 10 decisions at Tuesday night’s meeting, but the decisions they made will be ones to last for a long time.

Two teenagers and a 10-year-old were airlifted following an early-morning shooting Sunday just outside of Clinton, according to authorities, who said suspects stood outside the residence and opened fire into the home where the victims were staying.

The bidding cards were flying Thursday night at Clinton High School from those who came out to support the annual Clinton Area Foundation for Education, known as CAFE, Art Auction.

“Columbine changed the whole process of lockdown drills,” Sampson County Sheriff’s First Sgt. James Jones II said to start Thursday morning’s active shooter training at the Sampson County Social Services building.

In an ongoing attempt to beautify downtown, the city of Clinton has been awarded a grant to begin an alleyway improvement project the Clinton Main Street Program Design Committee is calling “ART WAY”.

With graduation this week, staff within the nursing program at Sampson Community College will be handing out associate nursing degrees to 47 students, who will then take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) to become registered nurses.

The first ever “Sampson County’s Got Talent” event was a smashing success and went off without a hitch as it shed new light on the many artist talents in Sampson.

In less than a week, Clinton officials are cleaning up yet another agriculture byproduct spill, this one occurring Wednesday inside the city limits.