SAT is a good indicator of academic skills.

Public education is always in the spotlight.

Clemmons State Forest is a hidden gem in our community.

Graduation day is near, and following this much-anticipated event, many high school students intend to pursue higher education after receiving their diploma.

Finding a satisfactory middle ground proved to be too difficult a job for Clayton officials, who have halted work on a proposed noise ordinance.

Editor’s Desk:  Like most people, I normally throw away the junk mail special offers that fill our mailbox every week.

Journey to black belt level helps develop life skills.

Here are two troubling things about Johnston county commissioners’ rejection of soccer fields on Eatmon Road south of Zebulon:

Archer Lodge firefighter Jordan Pace gives us peace of mind that people will help us long into the future.

Editor’s Desk:  It’s only been 52 weeks since the last ACC tournament, but the excitement still energizes many in this region.

March 10-16 is National Sunshine Week, a contrivance of the media. But openness in government is something we should all want.

Editor’s Desk:  Try as we might, there’s little we can do to stop the steady drumbeat of time.

Law enforcement officers have taken the unusual step of filing charges and citations against nearly a dozen people for their role in a party that ended with the death of a local teenager who was in a car with an alleged drunk driver.

Clayton council members continue to wrangle with the question of how much noise is acceptable in the town limits. There is no one-size-fits-all answer.

DOT shook its head at a request by Clayton officials to slow traffic along Vinson Road near Powhatan Elementary School. There’s no good reason for that decision.

Editor’s Desk:  What we often take for granted is considered idyllic in the eyes of others.

Gov. Pat McCrory made Clayton one of his first stops on Tuesday following his State of the State address. He was welcomed warmly, but he has work to do to convince the rank and file that he can turn North Carolina’s economy around.

No one likes spreading unwelcome news, but when it’s necessary to do so, clarity is vital.

Editor’s Desk:  Once called the Variety Vacationland, North Carolina still has a ton to offer a willing adventurer.

Editor’s Desk:  As students, we all learned one important lesson from our teachers when it was time to write those dreaded reports for language arts and English class.

It’s an oft-heard message around Johnston County of late: Teens need to be more careful when they drive.

Worship and fellowship are important to Christian faith.

Town council members are being asked to provide some guidance on just how the town should proceed when it comes to incurring more debt.

How will tighter gun laws keep the guns out of criminals’ hands?

It may not seem like a big deal, but the pill box at the Clayton police department serves an important purpose.

A bill in the N.C. Senate would give school boards the right to authorize teachers to carry guns in schools. We can’t think of a more bone-headed idea.

Editor’s Desk:  Commercials are usually the time to get a snack, hit the bathroom or just exercise some muscles other than your gluteus maximus, but not during the Super Bowl.

Clayton officials have been persistent in their effort to communicate with property owners in the John Street townhome neighborhood. That persistence has paid off.

Editor’s Desk:  Fireplaces heated homes on a room by room basis.

Feb. 3, 1913 was not a good day.