School Board Hires Stan Williams as New Superintendent   The new Harnett County Board of Education held their first meeting today, they elected Bill Morris as Chairman and Howard Penny as Vice Chairman. In their first meeting today they named Mr. Stan Williams as the New Superintendent on a permanent basis.

Santa invites all to CCCC Foundation’s Christmas Tree Lighting in Sanford   SANFORD — Santa Claus will be at Central Carolina Community College Dec. 4, enjoying the CCCC Foundation’s Third Annual Christmas Tree Lighting. He invites everyone to join him there.   The free event takes place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4,

County Manager Tommy Burns Resigns                

  Harnett County To Dispatch Dunn 911 Calls Starting December 3 Dispatch of Dunn Police Calls Will Begin January 5   Harnett County will begin dispatching 911 calls for the City of Dunn Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 9 a.m. The county will dispatch Fire and EMS calls for the City of Dunn beginning December 3, however Dunn Police Communications

Political Video of the Day With Election Day right around the corner I felt like that all of us could use a good laugh, now this is real as you can get.

Harnett County Schools, in conjunction with WNCN-TV and the Department of Public Instruction, recently participated in filming a public service announcement (psa) about school bus safety. This is one of several PSA’s created to promote the #Brake4Buses Campaign in our state. Nicole Smith, bus driver at North Harnett Primary, and her bus are featured in the video

Congratulations to Jeffrey Loewen, Overhills High math teacher, who was named Harnett County Schools Teacher of the Year!! Mr. Loewen will now represent Harnett County in the regional Teacher of the Year interviews in October.Mr. Loewen came to Harnett County from California, where he taught high school math for 14 years. He joined the HCS