Stepfather Arrested After 10 Year-Old Accidentally Shot Himself
A 10 year-old boy is recovering from a serious gunshot wound to the face after he shot himself Thursday night. The Sampson County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting was accidental. The juvenile was...
View ArticleTwo More Arrests Made In Meth Lab Find
Two more arrests were made Thursday bringing the total number of people now charged with a methamphetamine lab investigation to four. On September 14th, agents with the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleCar Strikes Mobile Home
Two vehicles collided Friday morning in northern Johnston County sending one of the vehicles into the side of a mobile home. The accident was reported at the intersection of Covered Bridge Road and...
View ArticleSUV Overturns On Highway 301
A SUV ran off Highway 301 and overturned in a ditch Friday morning. The single vehicle accident was reported around 8:30am near the intersection of Oak Grove Inn Road near Micro. The driver was...
View ArticlePolice Impersonator Arrested After Stopping Car
A blue light bandit was arrested Thursday night after he alleged stopped a car near Benson. A motorist was traveling down Highway 242 South and noticed another vehicle began following his car very...
View ArticleMurder Charge Filed In Death Of 2017 West Johnston High Graduate
A person accused of providing heroin to a Benson teenager who overdosed and died from the illegal drug last month has now been charged with his murder. Friday morning, the Johnston County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleCelebrate Take A Child Outside Week By Visiting An Educational State Forest
September 24th – 30th is Take a Child Outside Week and the N.C. Forest Service is encouraging adults and children to get outside and visit one of the agency’s Educational State Forests. “Fall is a...
View ArticleHundreds Turn Out For Selma Farmer’s Day
Hundreds of people turned out for Farmer’s Day in Selma on Saturday. The event is part of Selma’s 150th anniversary celebration taking place all year. Saturday’s activities included a baby contest,...
View ArticleLarge Turnout For 2017 Benson Mule Days
One of the largest parades in North Carolina took to the streets of Benson Saturday morning as the annual Mule Days Parade took center stage. The parade, with more than 100 traditional entries and...
View ArticleOfficer Crashes Car Responding To Robbery
A Smithfield police officer escaped injury after crashing his patrol car into a light pole while responding to an armed robbery at Domino’s Pizza around midnight Sunday. Officer W.T. Faircloth was...
View ArticleGunman Robs Domino’s Pizza
Smithfield Police are looking for a gunman who robbed Domino’s Pizza at 825 N. Brightleaf Boulevard. As the business was closing around midnight Sunday, a lone black male wearing all black clothing...
View ArticleMinivan Found In Neuse River
A minivan was fished from the Neuse River in Johnston County Saturday morning. A passing motorist spotted the Honda minivan floating in the Neuse River next to the bridge on Highway 42 East of Clayton....
View ArticleNew Trooper Assigned To Johnston County
The NC Highway Patrol graduated 23 new troopers on Friday, including one trooper who will be assigned to Johnston County. The graduation ceremony for the 142nd Basic Highway Patrol School was held at...
View ArticleMotorcyclist Killed In Crash
A 62 year-old Johnston County man died in a motorcycle crash Sunday evening in Johnston County. The accident was reported at 6:56pm on Lakewood Road off Highway 210 outside of Four Oaks. According to...
View ArticleFired 911 Dispatcher Arrested After Threatening Courthouse Shooting
A former Johnston County 911 dispatcher has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to commit an act of violence at the Johnston County courthouse. WTSB News has learned former telecommunicator...
View ArticleWorld War II Veteran Sam Robertson Celebrates 100th Birthday
Clayton residents said Happy Birthday Monday to perhaps the most beloved and well-known resident. World War II veteran Sam Robertson turned 100 today, and his family hosted a party earlier today inside...
View ArticleTeen Reported Missing At Benson Mule Days
The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance locating a missing 15 year-old girl last seen at the Benson Mule Days festival Connor JoLeigh Ruby McLeod was last seen at the festival...
View ArticleMerritt Collects National Honorable Mention
Buies Creek – With two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown, Campbell’s Carlos Merritt has been named honorable mention National Defensive Player of the Week by STATS FCS. The redshirt senior...
View ArticleStudy Shows NC Wine And Grape Industry Grows To $1.97 Billion
A recent study has found that North Carolina’s wine and grape industry continues to grow, posting a 15 percent increase since the last study was conducted two years ago. The total economic impact of...
View ArticleClayton Man Arrested Following Search Warrant
A Clayton man was arrested on felony drug charges after agents with the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division executed a search warrant at his home on Friday. Authorities went to the home...
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