As Christmas approaches, and time draws near for old Saint Nick’s one night trip around the world, the jolly man himself made a quick pit stop in Clinton Monday night where he visited Lydia’s Grill to double-check his naughty or nice list, as well as to add a few last minute items to his Christmas list.
Seeking to bring the gift of Christmas to students throughout Clinton City Schools, local church Sampson Chapel and the Clinton High School class of 1972 came together to donate funds to students in need, so no child goes without during the holiday season.
A simple Facebook post from Hobbton’s Carla Sutton looking to help raise money to buy graduation caps and gowns for students at a western North Carolina high school exploded into an outpouring of community support that saw Sutton and her students reach their goal in just a week.
Seeking to bring the gift of Christmas to students throughout Clinton City Schools, local church Sampson Chapel and the Clinton High School class of 1972 came together to donate funds to students in need, so no child goes without during the holiday season.
A simple Facebook post from Hobbton’s Carla Sutton looking to help raise money to buy graduation caps and gowns for students at a western North Carolina high school exploded into an outpouring of community support that saw Sutton and her students reach their goal in just a week.
With one eye focused on student achievement and the other firmly placed on overall academic improvement to its high school, Clinton City Schools administrators, along with staff from Clinton High School, have begun work on plans to move their academic needle forward.
School transportation in Sampson County and Clinton City has shown marked improvement over the last year, doing a far better job of using resources that, in the end, equate to safer buses and less expenses.
A new county manager will take the helm in Sampson County, for the time being, as the board of commissioners continue their search for a permanent manager.
The movie is on the “Hallmark Channel.” It could just as easily be on “Lifetime,” “Up,” or just about every other TV network this Christmas season. Because it’s basically the same movie, no matter which network it is on. I know, because they have been on at our house since before Thanksgiving. (Thank goodness for more than one TV!)
Just over two years after Glen Allen Stewart Jr. was charged with the 2012 first-degree murder of 25-year-old Kim Douglas McKoy Jr., a Sampson County jury has found him guilty.
