Johnston County Career and Technical Leadership Academy
Honor Roll and Principal’s List 2017 – 2018 School Year 9th Grade Principal’s List Brandon Acevedo, Allison Brown, Casee Carter, Joshua Diggs, Brandon Hurtado, Connor McInnis, Katarina Pokorny, Dylan...
View ArticleShots Intentionally Fired Into Clayton Area Home
A weekend shooting at a Clayton area home appears to be intentional. Around 1:00am Sunday someone reportedly fired 4 shots into a home on Fieldstone Lane off Jack Road. Authorities recovered the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Tech Support Scam Costs Victim $6,000
A Johnston County woman has fallen victim to a widespread internet technical support scam. She lost $6,000 and authorities say there is little they can do to recover the money. In March, the 68...
View ArticleStepmother Of Missing 5 Year-Old Kansas Boy Found By Smithfield Private...
The stepmother of a 5 year-old boy who went missing Feb. 17, 2018 from his home in Wichita, Kansas has been found dead. Emily Glass reported her stepson, Lucas Hernandez missing, claiming she had...
View ArticleWayne Memorial Drive in Goldsboro Will be Improved
Culvert installation to require road closure starting Monday Contract crews need to close a section of Wayne Memorial Drive on Monday, June 11, for a project that includes installing a culvert. The...
View ArticleFeds Award Grant To Help With I-95 Widening
Part of a $147 million grant will help pay for eight-laning The federal government is pitching in money to help pay for the eight-laning of Interstate 95 from Benson to Eastover. The U.S. Department of...
View ArticleCommissioners To Consider Brunch Bill For Unincorporated Areas
In 2017, state lawmakers approved Senate Bill 155 allowing local towns, cities and county governments to vote on the Brunch Bill, a measure allowing the sale of malt beverages, unfortified wine,...
View Article5 People Injured In US 301 Crash
Five people were injured in Johnston County Sunday afternoon at the same intersection a deadly crash had occurred just 2 hours and 15 minutes earlier. A fatal motorcycle wreck occurred at 10:45am on US...
View ArticleMotorcyclist Killed In Wreck On US 301
Update 8:50am Monday – The NC Highway Patrol has identified the victim who was killed as Dennis Lee Jones of Wilson. KENLY – A motorcyclist was killed following an accident Sunday morning in Johnston...
View Article2 Killed, 3 Injured In House Fire
Two people were killed and three others were injured in a tragic house fire Sunday morning outside of Kenly. The blaze was reported around 10:30am in the 1500 block of Beulahtown Road. The victims...
View ArticleBooker Dairy Road Widening Requires Road Closure
A contractor must close a portion of Booker Dairy Road in Smithfield overnight Tuesday to install a drain pipe associated with a widening project. The closure of Booker Dairy Road will take place near...
View ArticleFree Meals Available To Students Over Summer
Johnston County Public Schools School Nutrition Services will be offering free meals during the summer months to children and teens 18 and younger through USDA Food and Nutrition Services. Schools in...
View Article4 DWI Arrests Made, 2 Wanted Persons Apprehended At Wayne County License...
Multiple law enforcement agencies participated in a DWI Checkpoint Saturday night on US Highway 117 South near Arrington Bridge Road in Wayne County. Agencies included the Wayne County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleLarge Amount Of Meth Seized During Traffic Stop
A large quantity of methamphetamine was reportedly seized from a pickup during a routine traffic stop near Princeton. Around 1:19am Friday, a Johnston County deputy stopped the vehicle in the 7100...
View ArticleNeighbor Linked To Theft
A Four Oaks woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing a debit card from her neighbor’s car, then using the stolen debit card to make withdrawals from three ATM’s in the area. Heather Annette...
View ArticleJuvenile Playing With Lighter Sparked Fatal Kenly House Fire
The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday a juvenile playing with a lighter was the point of origin for a fatal house fire near Kenly on Sunday morning that claimed 2 lives and injured 3...
View ArticleWoman Wanted For Child Abduction Surrenders To Police
A Maryland woman wanted on a fugitive warrant for child abduction surrendered to police in Smithfield on Saturday. Chasity Candice Brubaker, 30, of Salisbury, Maryland was reportedly camping in the...
View Article$807,000 Worth Of Heroin Found Inside Pillow
Nearly four pounds of heroin with a street value of $807,000 was found in a pillow in the trunk of a car stopped on Interstate 95 in Nash County on Monday. The Nash County Sheriff’s Office Highway...
View ArticleImmigration Officials Place Detainer On Sex Offender
A sex offender arrested Monday by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office is now being held on an immigration detainer. Eduardo Aguilar Arellano, 33, was found at a home on Elevation Road near Four Oaks...
View ArticleSenate Passes NC Farm Act of 2018
The N.C. Senate voted Monday evening to pass the N.C. Farm Act of 2018 which contains numerous provisions aimed at supporting the state’s largest industry and ensuring that farmers have the intended...
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