Walmart has hired around 100 employees - 75 percent of which are full time - for its new store at the intersection of Brown Bridge and Salem roads. Several hundred applicants showed up at Prospect United Methodist Church Dec. 21 for the opening of Walmart's hiring center, and they've continued to come, Prospect Pastor Ronny Brannen told the Newton County Board of Commissioners Tuesday. Brannen said news crews showed up to film the large crowds the first few days, and Walmart hired sheriff's deputies and organized the parking lot to improve traffic flow.