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Book cover for "The Triangle" by Oakley Dean Baldwin
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Wake County NC Author Releases New Book on “The Triangle”

March 9, 2020 Kay Whatley

Author Oakley Dean Baldwin of Garner, North Carolina has released a new work of nonfiction that tackles strange happenings close to home. His book, The Triangle, released in February 2020, is a collection of true […]

Mystery writer Jean Heller and the cover of her novel Burning Rage
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Mystery Writer Jean Heller to Speak at Smithfield, NC Library

October 31, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Mystery writer Jean Heller will be the guest speaker at the November meeting of the Johnston County Writers Group on Thursday, November 14, 2019, 6-7:45pm, at the Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield (PLJCS) […]

Donna Campbell Smith at a NC book signing.
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Self-Publishing Workshop Offered Oct. 27

October 4, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Are you frustrated with querying publishers and agents about your novel? Why not publish it yourself? Turn your bright ideas into books. Author Donna Campbell Smith will lead a self-publishing workshop on Saturday, October 27, […]

Chasing Blackbeard book cover. Source: Steven E. Davis
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Local Author Releases Pirate-themed Novel: Chasing Blackbeard

July 30, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Chasing Blackbeard, a historical novel released July 23, 2018 by author Steven E. Davis, is the coming-of-age story of a cabin boy and scribe that decides to dedicate life and limb to cover the story […]

RJ McCarthy has released a new novel, "Quarry Steps To", the third in his Tony Quarry series.
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Author with Local Ties Releases Third Book in His Tony Quarry Series

June 28, 2018 Donna Campbell Smith

RJ McCarthy has released Quarry Steps To which is the third crime fiction novel in the Tony Quarry series. The novel is set in the Piedmont area of North Carolina’s tobacco country. In Quarry Steps […]

NC Author with her new book, Thinking Out Loud. Source: Donna Campbell Smith
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NC Author Jackie Dove-Miller Releases New Book, “Thinking Out Loud”

January 26, 2018 Donna Campbell Smith

By Donna Campbell Smith Thinking Out Loud. is a Jackie Dove-Miller collection of prose and poetry that speaks about some hard issues including sexuality, racism and prejudice. Her bittersweet words are tempered with humor and […]

Where Seldom is Heard book cover. Source: RJ McCarthy.
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Henderson NC Author Releases a Fourth Book

May 2, 2017 Kay Whatley

North Carolina-based author RJ McCarthy has just released a new crime novel, Where Seldom is Heard, a fourth for the writer. Departing from his previous novels in his Tony Quarry/ Carolina Mystery series, Where Seldom […]

Author Diane Chamberlain. Photo by John Pagliuca.
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Best Selling Author Diane Chamberlain to Speak at FCAC Fifth Annual Writers Retreat

March 11, 2017 Donna Campbell Smith

By Donna Campbell Smith, Franklin County Arts Council Franklin County Arts Council’s Writer’s Guild will sponsor their fifth annual writers’ day retreat on May 6, 2017. The retreat will be held at Rolling View Community building, a […]

Erin Knightley
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Best Selling Author from Franklin County: Erin Knightley Shares Some of Her Writing Secrets

January 6, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

By Jackie Dove-Miller Did you know that there is a best-selling romance author living right here in Franklin County? Erin Knightley, who spent her formative years in Kentucky, lives with her husband at Lake Royale. […]

Braswell Memorial Library in Rocky Mount NC holds programs for all ages. Source: Braswell Facebook page.
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Braswell Memorial Library Schedules October Adult Programs

September 30, 2016 Kay Whatley

Contributed by LaKesha W. Joyner, Adult Programming Librarian October adult programs are held at Braswell Memorial Library, located at 727 N Grace Street, Rocky Mount NC. If an event is being held at another location, the address is included. […]

Author Bob McCarthy and his wife, Sue, signing a book at UpFront Gallery (FCAC) in Franklinton, North Carolina.
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NC Author, RJ McCarthy, Reveals His Writing Process

September 18, 2016 Donna Campbell Smith

By Donna Campbell Smith Raised in New York City and King’s Park, New York, local fiction writer RJ McCarthy has lived in the South more than half his life.  He received his Ph.D. from the […]

Latest News, Events & Features

  • County Lines: A Literary Journal "call for submissions" is open and continues through August 2022. Source: Kim Beall
    County Lines: A Literary Journal: Deadline for Submissions is Aug. 15
    August 3, 2022
  • City of Rocky Mount logo
    Rocky Mount, NC Senior Center on Church Street to serve as cooling location
    July 21, 2022
  • The Grey Area News' UFO with North Carolina outline
    UFO Observer Reports Sighting with Photographs to Rockingham County, NC Authorities
    July 21, 2022
  • Source: The Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum, Selma, North Carolina.
    Selma, NC: Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum Announces 2022 Juneteenth Program
    June 14, 2022
  • Town of Wake Forest, North Carolina logo
    Wake Forest, NC: Freedom Walk to highlight Saturday’s Juneteenth Celebration
    June 14, 2022
  • Musician Freddy Greene. Source: FCAC
    Louisburg, NC: Tickets on Sale for “Diversity in the Arts” Event on Jun. 25
    June 10, 2022
  • Five Points Crossing Groundbreaking June 9, 2022, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Source: City of Rocky Mount
    Rocky Mount, NC: Construction Begins at Five Points Crossing Affordable Housing Community
    June 10, 2022
  • County Lines: A Literary Journal "call for submissions" is open and continues through August 2022. Source: Kim Beall
    Call for submissions: County Lines Literary Journal 2023
    May 20, 2022
  • Strawberries Spring 2022. Photo: Kay Whatley
    “JoCo Grows” Agriculture Initiatives Continue Through 2022 Strawberry Season
    May 17, 2022
  • Cats and Dogs. Credit: Frank and Kay Whatley, Nadia Ethier
    NC Public Animal Shelter Annual Report 2021 Released: Public Cat and Dog Euthanasia Numbers
    May 17, 2022
  • "Chicken" is one of many films to be presented during the Franklin Flicks/NCISAFF dates in May and June 2022
    North Carolina South & East Asian Hollywood Film Festival to be held on May 21
    May 6, 2022
  • Writing time during the Spring Writers' Retreat 2022 at Rolling View State Park. Photo: Donna Campbell Smith
    FCAC Writers’ Retreat Provided Advice, Writing Time in Beautiful Park
    May 5, 2022
  • April Zilg, NC/USA, 2021 and 2022 Carolina Cup Graveyard Race Champion. Source: Robert B Butler
    Coveted Carolina Cup titles won by Booth of Australia and USA’s Zilg
    May 5, 2022
  • Smithfield Ham and Yam Festival, prior year photo. Source: Downtown Smithfield Development Corp.
    Smithfield, NC: Ham & Yam Festival Set for May 7
    May 2, 2022
  • Arbor Day Festival 2022, Raleigh, NC. Source: We Plant It Forward
    We Plant it Forward Celebrates US 150th Arbor Day with Festival at Dorothea Dix Park on Apr. 24
    April 20, 2022
  • Photo from FCAC Writers Retreat. Source: Jackie Dove-Miller
    Register Now for Writers Spring Retreat in Durham, NC on Apr. 23
    April 13, 2022
  • Red wolf puppy. Photo: Ryan Nordsven/USFWS
    Release of Highly Endangered Red Wolves into Wild Gives Hope to Renewed Conservation
    April 13, 2022
  • Sandra Bryant Richardson of Open-Minded Developmental Services, Inc.
    Open Minded Developmental Services, Inc. Is Celebrating 21 Years of Excellence in Home Care Services
    April 8, 2022
  • NC News. Photos: Frank and Kay Whatley
    NC Poultry Shows and Public Sales Suspended until Further Notice Due to High Path Avian Influenza
    April 5, 2022
  • Crowds at the 2021 "301 Endless Yard Sale" shop along a row of vendor booths. Source: Ashby Brame, Johnston County NC
    Selma, NC & Beyond: The 301 Endless Yard Sale Reaches Year 10
    March 14, 2022
  • Kings of Southern Soul Concert poster. Source: MBT Marketing Solutions & Associates
    Rocky Mount, NC: Kings of Southern Soul Concert Set for Apr. 30
    March 7, 2022
  • Carolina Prize contest deadline is March 15, 2022. Source: Kim Beall, FCAC Writers Guild
    Deadline Approaching for Carolina Prize for Writing Contest: Enter by Mar. 15
    March 3, 2022
  • NC Governor Roy Cooper touring PoleVolt in Charlotte. Source: NC Office of the Governor sm
    North Carolina Transition to Clean Transportation Highlighted by EV Charging Station Tour
    February 25, 2022
  • 2022 Snuck 'N' Pluck event notice. Source: Cory Cavallero, Greenville Jaycees 
    Greenville, NC: Shuck ‘N’ Pluck Fundraiser for Soup Kitchen to be Held Mar. 12
    February 24, 2022
  • Author Rose Cushing, "Fortunate Tides" book cover
    Middlesex, NC Author’s First Novel Released
    February 24, 2022
  • Degradation and movement of the wooden beams over time are causing the barn to slide slowly off it’s stone foundation. Source: Melody L. Worthington, Tobacco Farm Life Museum
    Kenly, NC: Tobacco Farm Life Museum’s Historic Tobacco Barn At Risk
    February 24, 2022
  • One of the labels released with the USDA FSIS recall for Morgan Foods, Feb 2022.
    Skyline Chili Products Recall: Can Contents May Be Soup, Not Chili
    February 16, 2022
  • Coastal cities like Miami, shown, already experience high-tide flooding. But a new federal interagency report projects an uptick in the frequency and intensity of such events in the coming decades because of rising seas. Credit: B137 (CC-BY)
    Sea Level to Rise up to a Foot by 2050, US Interagency Report Finds
    February 15, 2022

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Genetic testing for pets is quickly catching up to its human counterpart. Source: PRNewsFoto/AVMA, Shutterstock.
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The Strange-ness: Building a DNA Database for Pets

August 9, 2016

At a time when human genetic testing may be an expensive medical option, or personally done for a hundred dollars or so through genealogy companies, the majority of humans do not have access to their genetic […]

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The Strange-ness: Researchers Sequence Genomes of Parasite That Is Actually a ‘Micro Jellyfish’

December 3, 2015

Released by Brendan M. Lynch, KU News Service It’s a shocking discovery that may redefine how scientists interpret what it means to be an animal. This week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of […]

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The Strange-ness: 3,000+ Ducks Die in Washington State

February 11, 2017

On January 27, 2017, in Yakima, Washington State and federal wildlife-diagnostic centers confirmed an outbreak of avian cholera near the Tri-Cities. At that time, they reported more than 1,200 dead ducks from the previous week. Numbers for […]

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