Student Arrested After Threatening To Blow Up School
For the fourth time this year a Johnston County student has been arrested for allegedly threatening to cause violence on school grounds. On Thursday, a teacher reportedly overheard a student in the...
View ArticleSSS Student Assaulted, Taken By Ambulance To Hospital
A student at Smithfield Selma High school was taken from the school by ambulance Thursday afternoon after being attacked. School resource officers said 16 year-old J. Seleana Allen of Selma got into an...
View ArticleTop Pro Mod Racers Head To Benson This Weekend
PDRA returns to GALOT for first of two shows The eight-event Pro Drag Racers Association season comes to GALOT Motorsports Park for the first of two events the Benson track will host this season. After...
View Article$10-15 Million Lottery Ticket Sold In Johnston County
One lucky player woke up Friday morning to the prize of a lifetime: $1,000 A Day For Life. The winning Lucky For Life ticket was sold at the 7th Street Marketplace on East Market Street in Smithfield....
View ArticleEagle Scout Recognized
Eagle Scout David Asher Bizzell from Boy Scout Troop #124 of Clayton was presented an “Eagle Scout Good Citizenship Award” during a ceremony Sunday at Horne Memorial United Methodist Church. Bizzell...
View ArticleSecond Annual FFA Alumni Scholarship Fundraiser
FFA supporters hosted the second annual South Johnston High School FFA Alumni Reverse Raffle on February 24th at the school. The event was held during National FFA Week. Money raised from the event...
View ArticleYou Decide: How Can We Get to Four Percent Economic Growth?
By Dr. Mike Walden – North Carolina Cooperative Extension One of the major goals of the new Trump Administration is to increase the rate of economic growth in the country. The objective is to move from...
View ArticleCorinth Holders Senior Receives Assurance Into Brody School Of Medicine
Corinth Holders High senior Phoenix Little received the Social Science Scholar scholarship and was named an East Carolina Scholar for the East Carolina University class of 2021. Through the Social...
View ArticleJohnston Man Arrested Following Undercover Investigation
A Johnston County man is facing serious charges following an undercover drug investigation. Gary Glen Hodge, 48, of the 7900 block of Flower Hill Road, Middlesex was arrested following a investigation...
View Article5 Arrested On Drug Charges During Separate Search Warrants
Five people were arrested after agents with the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Division served two separate and unrelated search warrants on Thursday. Agents responded to a...
View ArticleBurglary Suspects Confront Homeowner
Deputies were able to quickly arrest two burglary suspects minutes after a home invasion was reported. At 9:23am Friday, Wayne County deputies were dispatched to a burglary that had just occurred on...
View ArticleWilson Man Dies In Shooting
Wilson Police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound around 12:22am Sunday after responding to a 911 call in the 600 block of Lincoln Street. Officers said they found the victim lying in the...
View ArticleClayton Man Held On Child Sexual Assault Charges
A 34-year-old Clayton man is behind bars after he was arrested and charged Thursday with sexual offenses against a child. Chenault Lamont Moore is accused of taking in indecent liberties with a girl...
View ArticleMissing Kayaker Found Safe
A large search took place Saturday night and early Sunday for a missing kayaker on the Neuse River. Around 9pm, search and rescue crews responded to a 911 call reporting a canoe or kayak had overturned...
View ArticleInvestigators Reopen Unsolved 1992 Dunn Rape
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department’s Cold Case Sexual Assault Unit are working to solve several cold case investigations. On September 25th,...
View ArticleHusband Charged With 2009 Murder Of Missing Wife
More than 8 years after Mary Avellaneda was killed, authorities hope an arrest in the case can help bring closure to her family. On January 6th, 2009, relatives of the 38 year-old Sampson County woman...
View ArticleRetired Highway Patrol Captain To Run For Sheriff
Harry Ennis, a retired captain of the North Carolina Highway Patrol has announced his plans to run for Sheriff of Harnett County. “I want our Sheriff’s Department to reflect the strength and goodness...
View ArticleDriver Killed In Fiery I-95 Crash
One person died in a fiery single vehicle accident on Interstate 95 in Johnston County Monday afternoon. The accident occurred around 1:00pm in the northbound lanes of I-95 near the I-40 interchange...
View ArticleClayton Teens Reported Missing
Clayton Police are searching for a teenage boy and girl who disappeared from their homes early this morning (Monday). Their parents reporting them missing just after 3 a.m. today. Both live in Clayton....
View ArticleEagle Scout Recognized
Eagle Scout Joshua Edward Williford was presented with the Eagle Scout Good Citizenship Award by the Johnston County Marine Corps League during a ceremony held Sunday at Oakland Presbyterian Church on...
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