The Johnston County Visitors Bureau is opening our visitors center to local businesses selling local products. This initiative aims to promote our tourism partners through visitor center events. The…
Continue Reading →
The Johnston County Heritage Center and Heritage Commission will unveil five historical markers in various Johnston County locations during June and July. Each unveiling ceremony will feature special…
Continue Reading →
If you’re a country music fan, you’ve probably heard Jimmy Capps on one of your favorite songs. He’s been described as a “king” among Nashville session guitarists and his list of credits includes…
Continue Reading →
The weather is warming, the sun is out. It's time to emerge from your long winter's nap. Take a day trip. Take a weekend excursion. Here is a small round-up of things to do in JoCo this Spring. 1…
Continue Reading →
1969 was a year to remember in Clayton. The men grew beards. Families dressed in pioneer clothing. There were special tours, three grand balls, class reunions, old-fashioned bargain days with…
Continue Reading →
The Southeast Tourism Society has named the 301 Endless Yard Sale one of the STS Top 20 Events in the Southeast for June 2018. This year’s 301 Endless Yard Sale is June 15 th and 16 th . The STS Top 20…
Continue Reading →
Sweet Potato Recipes and a BBQ Cook-off... Must be Fall in the South In the South, the long stretch from late September to early November becomes a time of daily weather uncertainty. A North Carolina…
Continue Reading →
CoCo Daughtry knows a lot about sweet potatoes — the curious orange tuber you’ll probably have this Thanksgiving and again during Christmas, likely in candied or baked form. But have you had grilled…
Continue Reading →
On October 21st the Ava Gardner Museum in Downtown Smithfield will show two vintage movies on their 60th anniversary. Released in 1957, Frank Sinatra’s “Pal Joey”, a musical-comedy starring Rita…
Continue Reading →
In Johnston County, NC the peak of the eclipse event will take place at around 2:30PM-2:45PM. This means that around that time on this coming Monday the 21st, about 93% of the sun will be covered by…
Continue Reading →
