Ourtoonjohnstone.co.uk News, photos and chat from Johnstone Town and Renfrewshire

A primary pupil in Renfrewshire is the toast of his class after he got a helping hand with a school project from US president Barack Obama. Eight-year-old Robert Robertson, from Linwood, near Paisley, decided to write to the US leader after he was asked to get in touch with someone in a different country.

HUNDREDS of patriotic Scots will descend on Braveheart Sir William Wallace’s Elderslie birthplace later this month to commemorate his murder over 700 years ago. The traditional Wallace Day parade will take place on Saturday, August 21, and leaves from Ludovic Square, in Johnstone, at 2.30pm to walk to the Wallace Monument, in Elderslie, where wreaths [...]

A young woman was injured when she got caught up in a row with two female queue jumpers at a town centre taxi rank. During a war of words the 26-year-old was brutally assaulted by the pair and suffered injuries including a suspected broken wrist.

A planning application has been submitted to Renfrewshire Council for the new Park Mains High School, in Erskine.

Police who were called to a disturbance in Paisley town centre yesterday got more than they bargained for … when they stumbled across thousands of pounds worth of illegal drugs. A worried resident in Orchard Street had called the police after hearing a rammy taking place.

An amateur internet master hopes to help Paisley return to its former glory – with a website. Buddie Scott Manson got fed-up driving round the town seeing shop after shop lying empty. So he has now launched his own site – www.Paisley2020.org – in a bid to make it easier for business chiefs to identify [...]

A woman who admitted killing her mother by strangling her during a row over the family cat has been jailed for three years and three months.

A man is fighting for his life and his wife has been seriously injured after they were stabbed by two men who broke into their house in Renfrewshire.

A four-year-old boy looked on in horror as his dad was slashed across the face. The Johnstone man had challenged a would be thief after spotting him crouching in a local garden.

Paolo Nutini is to play at Paisley Town hall, but it may not be easy to get a ticket. You can apply for tickets here for the BBC Radio 2 show on the BBC Shows website. Here is part of a story from yesterdays Paisley Express: Thousands of Buddies will be hoping to snap up [...]