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

Hundreds of angry parents and pupils have signed an online petition to protest against plans to axe school transport.
Mums and dads across Renfrewshire are up in arms about the council’s cost-cutting plans to stop the school bus for all secondary school pupil who live more than two miles from their school.

A 28-year-old man is to stand trial accused of murdering a serving soldier once decorated for his bravery.

Renfrewshire is celebrating its first birthday as a Fairtrade county. The campaign to make the whole area an official Fairtrade zone got the go ahead this week in 2009 and to mark the occasion the Renfrewshire Fairtrade Steering Group, who ran the campaign, celebrated with a special Fairtrade birthday cake.

Hundreds of angry parents and pupils took to the streets early yesterday to protest against plans to axe their free school bus.

I was handed an old newspaper that shows Johnstone’s war dead as at 24th December 1920. I will work on the image to lift all the text off it so everyone can have a read, but below is a preview.

A bingo hall worker who was snared by cops SEVEN YEARS after he raped a teenage girl was finally behind bars last night.

Take a stroll down Paisley’s High Street and the difficulties facing the town are clear for all to see.
Closed and boarded-up shops, a rash of ‘To Let’ signs and the growing number of discount stores all make for depressing viewing on what was once the jewel in Renfrewshire’s retail crown.

Spiritualists who claim to have powers to communicate with the dead have created a new church.

The parents of a Johnstone man – who was left brain damaged after a brutal assault – have accused prosecutors and the law of not doing enough to protect their son.
Last week, David and Morag Collins lost their appeal to have their son’s attackers sentences increased.
In November 2008, their son David was attacked by three [...]

You may not recognise his name or his face but, if you live or work in Paisley, you can be sure that Crawford Russell has had an impact on your life.