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  • Students share RYLA experience

    Students share RYLA experience

    Students from Sampson County Schools, Clinton City Schools and the Sampson Early College talk Monday with Clinton-Sampson Rotarians about their experience attending the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards event they attended earlier in the year. The students thanked Rotarians for the opportunity and noted that the experience taught them a lot…


  • Packed Pickle Festival celebrates 40th anniversary

    Packed Pickle Festival celebrates 40th anniversary

    The Mount Olive Tribune’s NC Pickle Festival magazine heralded the 40th anniversary this year. Copies of the magazine were all over town. Thursday before the festival, the carnival rides were being set up — a main attraction event for kids and their families on Friday night. Friday morning, cars were…


  • In times of storms, turn to the rock

    In times of storms, turn to the rock

    Psalm 18:2 states (NIV), “The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” This scripture lets us know that in times of storms, we must turn to the rock,…


  • WCC to hold Spring Fine Arts Festival

    WCC to hold Spring Fine Arts Festival

    GOLDSBORO — Wayne Community College will hold its annual Spring Fine Arts Festival on Thursday, April 30, providing an evening of visual and performing arts for the community to enjoy.


  • Sachindada Dharmadhikari inspires grassroots environmental change through DSNDP

    Sachindada Dharmadhikari inspires grassroots environmental change through DSNDP

    RALEIGH — Volunteers from Wake County came together for an environmental service initiative as part of a river cleanup organized by the global nonprofit Dr. Shri Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari Pratishthan (DSNDP).


  • Pickle Festival magazines hit stands today

    Pickle Festival magazines hit stands today

    The 2026 Pickle Festival magazines are out, so grab a copy today. Magazines are available at local businesses across Mount Olive, in racks and at the festival.


  • Mount Olive hires new town manager

    Mount Olive hires new town manager

    City of Goldsboro employee Octavius Murphy was hired as Mount Olive’s town manager during Monday night’s town council meeting.


  • Why is it important as a Christian to have an accountability/prayer partner?

    Why is it important as a Christian to have an accountability/prayer partner?

    In Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NIV), it states, “9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. 11 Also, if…


  • EEOC sues Butterball for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act

    EEOC sues Butterball for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act

    Local food processing company Butterball, LLC has found itself named in a federal lawsuit.


  • AgFest draws thousands to UMO for 11th Annual Celebration of Agriculture

    AgFest draws thousands to UMO for 11th Annual Celebration of Agriculture

    MOUNT OLIVE — Buses lined the University of Mount Olive campus as students stepped into a scene where country music carried across the grounds, conversations filled the air, and the aromas of food vendors mingled with the energy of a day built around agriculture, education, and opportunity.


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