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CLAYTON -- N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that Caterpillar Inc., will expand its manufacturing facilities in Johnston County.

The company plans to create 199 jobs during the next five years and invest $33 million.

Caterpillar, located off N.C. 42 East in Clayton, is the largest maker of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines in the world.

The new project was made...

Teachers and students will have five extra school days next year, and this year's 15 coveted teacher work days will be cut down to nine.

Johnston County Schools received a waiver to keep the 180-day school year despite a mandate in June's budget bill that added five more days.

That waiver expires for the 2012-2013 year, forcing the school board to approve a 185-school-day calendar at their meeting last week.

But the N.C. General Assembly i...

The Sacca family won the Clayton News-Star's Christmas decoration photo contest.

A family affair, they add something to their front lawn menagerie and lit-up house every year.

When the Sacca family was getting ready to move to Clayton from Massachusetts five years ago, they filled extra bins with discounted Christmas decorations during the post-holiday discounts.

The...