Shelton Fitts of Raleigh is celebrating his good fortune after he won the last top prize in the $2,500 A Week for Life game. Fitts bought the $5 scratch-off ticket at the T&D Energy Store on Wake Forest Road in Raleigh. He claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. The top prize is $2,500 A […]
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Man Wins $2,500 A Week For Life Top Prize
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South Johnston Students Arrested
Two students from South Johnston High were arrested Monday afternoon following an incident in the parking lot of the school. Around 2:35pm, officials said the students started fighting in the parking lot. After the affray was broken up, a pocket knife was found in possession of one the student’s but the weapon was not displayed or used during […]
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Man Arrested For Flashing McDonald’s Drive Thru Worker
A 24 year-old man is facing indecent exposure charges after he allegedly exposed himself to a woman working the drive thru window at a local McDonald’s. The incident was reported around 10:15pm Saturday at the McDonald’s on Highway 210 near Interstate 40 outside of Benson. Johnston County deputies allege the suspect, Silvio Rodriguez 24, of Beaver Creek Drive, […]
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Woman Charged With Severely Abusing 4 Year-Old
A 25 year-old Johnston County woman has been arrested following a two month investigation into the alleged abuse of a 4 year-old child. On August 1st, the young boy was rushed to an emergency room at a Wake County hospital suffering from several injuries including bleeding from both ears, ruptured ear drums and marks on […]
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Pine Level Man Sentenced To 32-45 Years In Prison
A Pine Level man has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term after being convicted by a jury of first degree sex offense and first degree kidnapping. The incident occurred between July 29 and 30th, 2015. During his trial prosecutors said David Lee Brinkley placed duct tape over a woman’s mouth, handcuffed her and secured […]
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4th Candidate Applies For Commissioners Seat
A fourth candidate has applied for a vacant seat on the Johnston County Board of Commissioners. On Tuesday, Brent Wiggs of Little Creek Church Road, Clayton applied for the District 6 seat being vacated by Commissioner Keith Branch who is stepping down effective September 30th. Branch won election in November but recently accepted a new job that […]
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Water Service Interruption Tonight
Home and businesses in parts of Benson will be without water service overnight tonight. The Town of Benson has scheduled repairs to waterlines that will cause parts of town to be without water service from 10:30pm until 2:30am. Businesses and homes east of the I-95 corridor and east of the US 301 corridor in the […]
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Cleveland High Seeks To Honor Its Past And Inspire Its Future
Using two sheets of paper as pompoms, Ret. National Guard Inspector General and Cleveland School alum Cronin Byrd roused spirits with his enthusiastic rendition of his favorite cheer from his high school days, “Watermelon, watermelon, growing on the vine…Cleveland! Cleveland, lead the line! Benson, Benson, way behind!” His performance was met with shouts of encouragement, […]
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Charity Fundraiser Being Held Sunday For Medical Mission Trip
There will be a Charity Eye Ball Fundraiser this Sunday, October 1st beginning at 5:30PM at The Hall and Gardens at Landmark, located at 12450 Cleveland Road, Garner. The event will feature dinner, dancing, and a silent and mini auction. Tickets are $125 per person. Proceeds are to benefit a humanitarian project and medical mission trip to Honduras by Dr. […]
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Clayton Youth Donate $1,141 To Hurricane Relief Efforts
In just four days, members of the Clayton High School Interact Club raised $1,141.31 towards Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Texas. “It was shocking that so many students cared about the devastation caused by the hurricane,” said Haley Bice, Public Relations Officer for the Clayton Interact Club. Marty Bizzell, President of the Clayton Rotary Club […]
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12 Overnight Car Break-Ins Reported
Starting early this morning (Wednesday), Clayton Police starting receiving the first of 12 reports of thieves breaking into unlocked cars. The reports of break-ins came from three different areas around town. Five car break-ins were reported at The Arbors at East Village apartment complex off East Front Street. Another 5 incident happened at the Amelia Station apartments located off Amelia Church Road near Highway 42. Two reports came in from the Summerlyn […]
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Ribbon Cutting Held For New Idle Air Facility At Big Boy’s Truck Stop
There was a ribbon cutting for a new ‘Idle Air” facility at Big Boy’s Truck Stop in Kenly on Tuesday morning. The facility offers truckers a place to park with their engines off and enjoy all the comforts of ‘home.’ Each Idle Air spot provides heat or air, high-speed internet, TV, telephone service and electrical […]
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US 70 Resurfacing To Close Lanes At Night
One lane in each direction on U.S. 70 will remain open overnight Motorists in Selma will encounter nightly lane closures when a resurfacing project on US 70 in Johnston County begins Wednesday, Sept. 27 (tonight). The NC Department of Transportation is repaving a half-mile section of US 70 between US 301 and Interstate 95 in […]
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Juvenile Driver Crashes Truck Into Tree
The Highway Patrol says an unlicensed 15 year-old driver was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that ran off a rural roadway Tuesday afternoon and slammed head on into a tree. The single vehicle accident was reported shortly after 5:00pm on Old Beulah Road near the intersection of Johnson Road outside of Selma. The 15 year-old was […]
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Mom Arrested After Baby Tests Positive For Meth
A young mother has been arrested after her baby reportedly tested positive for methamphetamines. The 28 year-old mother, Courtney Nicole Jordan of Junny Road, Angier was arrested Tuesday night and charged with child abuse. The age of the child was not disclosed. WTSB News has learned Jordan’s arrest stemmed from an investigation that followed a methamphetamine lab bust […]
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Commissioner Candidate Arrested For Assaulting Police Officer
A candidate for the Johnston County Board of Commissioners is facing criminal charges after his arrest in Guilford County. The incident occurred at the Greensboro Coliseum during an event where former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, were appearing. Republican commissioner candidate David Lee Jackson was arrested at the September 17th event by […]
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Cops Looking For Beer Thief
A Johnston County homeowner slept through a break-in Monday night where a thief stole only beer and wine from their refrigerator. The break-in was reported between 11:00pm Monday and 5:00am Tuesday at a home on Weldon Drive near the intersection of Cleveland and Cornwallis Roads. While the female homeowner was asleep, someone entered the enclosed back porch of her home and stole 18 […]
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Arrest Made In Drive By Shooting
Authorities said that shots fired into a Johnston County home this month was an intentional act. An Orange County man has now been charged with committing the crime. On September 16th, a man and woman were inside a home on Whitley Road near the Johnston-Nash County line when bullets were fired into the residence. The […]
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Suspects In Dollar General Robberies Identified
Two men have been linked to robberies at two Dollar General stores in July. On July 8th, the Dollar General in Mount Olive was robbed. On July 15th, an attempted armed robbery was reported at the Dollar General on Pikeville-Princeton Road at Highway 581 North. Anthony Demarcus Langston, 36, of Goldsboro and Raymond Lemuel Cheadle III, 30, both […]
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More Clayton Car Break-Ins Overnight
This morning, Clayton Police received six new reports of overnight break-ins to unlocked cars parked in Riverwood Athletic Club. This is the second night of break-ins to unlocked cars. Wednesday morning, between midnight and 7am, Clayton Police received 12 reports of break-ins to unlocked cars from around Town: Five reports from The Arbors at East Village apartment […]
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