5 OF OUR
LOCAL SCHOOLS GET
"D"
GRADES;
2 GET "F"
The N.C. Department of
Public Instruction's "report
card" for the
2017-18 academic
year shows grades of
"D" for Smithfield-Selma
High,
Smithfield
MIddle, and
South
Smithfield,
West
Smithfield,
and Wilson's
Mills
Elementary.
Selma Middle
and Selma
Elementary graded
"F." Neuse
Charter School –
a regional
school based
at Smithfield
– graded "B."
Click here to see the state's grades for all of Johnston
County's
traditional
public
schools.
N.C.
HIGH
SCHOOL
FOOTBALL
BRACKETS
Click here to
access
pairings for
all 8 NCHSAA
playoff
divisions.
Johnston teams
in the running
are Princeton
(1AA), South
Johnston (3A),
Clayton (3AA),
and Cleveland
(3AA).
FOR LOCAL
NEWS UPDATED DAILY, check out "Johnston County Report"
from radio station WTSB.
LOCAL OBITUARIES
Click here for
links to funeral homes posting obituaries
online:
Parrish &
Underwood
Sanders Funeral Home
Walter
Sanders F.H.
WEATHER DATA
Temperature and conditions
at Johnston County Airport
Regional radar from weather.com
Neuse River depth at
Smithfield from National
Weather Service (including current
readings, predicted
levels, and historical high marks)
Click here for all sorts of
historical weather statistics for Smithfield
OFFICIAL TIME
Click here and set your
clock
ALMANAC
Click here for today's times
of sunrise, sunset (plus moonrise,
moonset)
Next
full moon:
• Nov.
23
@ 12:39
a.m.
WINTER
begins:
• Dec.
21
@ 5:23 p.m.
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JOBLESS RATE RECORD
LOW
OF
2.8%
IN SEPT.
Johnston County's unemployment
rate reached an
apparent record low of 2.8% in
September –
down from 3.6% in August,
according to the N.C. Department of Commerce. The
number of employed Johnstonians rose
slightly to 92,962 in September,
while the number looking for work
decreased significantly to 2,727.
For more information from
NCDC, click here.
RETAIL SALES UP
12.9%
IN 2nd QUARTER
According to the N.C. Dept. of Revenue,
taxable retail sales of more than $509.2 million
in Johnston County
April-June of this year
were up 12.9% from
$451.2
million reported
for the second quarter
of 2017.
For monthly reports compiled
by NCDR, click here.
JOHNSTON HAS
196,708
RESIDENTS
That official
Census estimate –
for 2017
– shows
a gain of almost
28,000
since the 2010
U.S. Census.
Smithfield's
estimated population
is 12,309, up
from 10,966
in 2010.
Selma's estimate
is 6,684,
up from 6,073
in 2010.
For
more Census
data about
Johnston
County and
Smithfield,
click here.
JOHNSTON
NO. 3
IN CASH CROPS
Local farmers produced crops worth $136,225,598 in
2016, ranking
3rd
among the state's 100 counties. We continue to
rank 2nd in
flue-cured tobacco (behind
neighboring Sampson County), and we're 4th
in sweet potatoes. In addition to
income from crops, Johnston's farmers earned $97,789,707 from
hogs, chickens, turkeys, and other livestock.
For more stats about N.C.
agriculture, click here.
MORE
ECONOMIC DATA
ABOUT
JOHNSTON CO.
Click here to
access the website of the county's
Economic Development
Office.
SMITHFIELD-SELMA
MAP
Click here for an
interactive Google map of our area.
THINGS TO SEE & DO
Click here for a rundown of
upcoming cultural events – compiled by
the Johnston County Visitors Bureau.
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AMTRAK TRAINS
STOP HERE DAILY
Click here for information
about passenger trains that stop at Selma
Union Station.
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