Neuse Charter seeks 8 million for new SMITHFIELD building
Neuse Charter School asks Johnston County Commissioners for 8 million in state aided funding to help finance a new elementary building and ballfields, part of an 15 million capital project. Superintendent Melissa Blackwell says the school operates in two modular buildings and lacks a library cafeteria or auditorium.
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Smithfield
Neuse Charter School
Johnston County
Melissa Blackwell
Blackwell
Neuse Charter
Southern Fried Nuptials at Benson Little Theater
D H Johnson directs the Benson Little Theater sequel Southern Fried Nuptials about the Frye family of New Edinburg Mississippi. A daughter marries a local lawyer but an ex flame disrupts the wedding. The show follows the couple’s fate amid family comedy and audience success.
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Benson
D.H. Johnson
Benson Little Theater
Frye
New Edinburg
Mississippi
Johnson
DSS worker jailed in theft of food stamps scheme
McCrary, 44, of Goldsboro, NC, faces 10 counts each of embezzlement identity theft illegal possession and use of food stamps obtaining property by false pretenses and unlawfully accessing computers. Investigators say a client reported zero balance though she had spent none, revealing $30,000 in goods bought and delivered to McCrary. Bond set at $1 million.
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Smithfield
Sheriff’s Office
County Department of Social Services
Shermeea Nikole McCrary
Goldsboro
McCrary
DSS
North Carolina
Ride hailing service faces uncertain JCATS funding
QuickRide in Smithfield has drawn nearly 12 000 riders in ten months as JCATS reports the one year grant expires in June and no sustainable funding is found. Officials discuss options to continue service without county money, including restricting access or reallocating funds from other services.
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Smithfield
JCATS
Josh Jensen
Jensen
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