Major Election Reform Bill Would Aid Unaffiliated Voters Seeking Office
State Representative Ken Goodman (D-Richmond County) on Tuesday introduced House Bill 737 to make major reforms to the state’s election process, allowing unaffiliated voters to file for office without...
View ArticleJohnston County Woman Suspected In Nationwide Internet Scam
A month long investigation by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office and Michigan police has led to the arrest of a 49 year-old woman suspected of defrauding victims online. A Michigan resident recently...
View ArticleTown Honors Selma Boys And Girls Club
The Town of Selma honored the Boys and Girls Club in Selma Tuesday night. During their monthly meeting, Selma Mayor Cheryl Oliver read a proclamation honoring the Selma chapter which provides services...
View Article11 Year-Old Killed In Crash Near Benson
The Highway Patrol has released the name of a young child who died in a fiery four vehicle accident on Interstate 40 near Benson Tuesday afternoon. Isiah Jones, 11, was riding with his 9 year-old...
View ArticleFormer Clayton Town Manager Dies
Steve Biggs, the former Clayton town manager for 19 years, died Wednesday morning in a Virginia hospital. Biggs left the Town of Clayton last June to accept a job as city manager in Christiansburg,...
View ArticleNew Clayton Police Chief Selected
WTSB News has learned that a Captain on the Apex Police Department will formally be named the new Town of Clayton Police Chief. Following a nationwide search, Apex Police Captain C. Blair Myhand will...
View ArticleSchool Board Asks For 35 Percent Funding Increase, 105 New Positions
Johnston County Public Schools has released their 2017-18 budget proposal which is seeking substantially more money and more employees next year. Johnston County Public Schools received $57.89 million...
View ArticleCampbell Falls To Duke 12-10
Buies Creek – Griffin Conine homered twice and drove in five to lead Duke in a 12-10 come from behind win at Campbell Tuesday night at Jim Perry Stadium. Duke moved to 18-17 on the season with the win,...
View ArticleDollar General Robbery Suspect Indicted
A Johnston County Grand Jury has indicted a suspect in the robbery of the Dollar General at 10525 Cleveland Road near the I-40/NC42 interchange earlier this year. On February 27th, Christopher James...
View ArticleJohnston Health Receives Highest Rating For Safety
Johnston Health, which has hospitals in Smithfield and Clayton, has earned an “A” safety grade from The Leapfrog Group for the second time in the past two years. The rating highlights the health care...
View ArticleJohnston Man Charged With Secret Peeping
A Johnston County man was arrested for allegedly sliding a cell phone under the door of a changing room at an Old Navy Store in Raleigh. Raleigh Police said Raleik Joshua Goodwin, 23, of Averasboro...
View ArticleMurder Suspect Arrested
Deputies have made an arrest in connection with the murder of a 63 year-old woman found dead in her home late-Monday. Around 5:00pm, deputies with the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office responded to 546...
View ArticleWilliam Kenneth “Bill” Parrish, 78, Retired Educator
William K. “Bill” Parrish, 78, passed away on Tuesday following an illness. Bill graduated from Selma High School and Barton (Atlantic Christian) College. He received his Master of Arts in Education...
View ArticleBenson Realtor Kill In Crash, Second Driver Critically Injured
A well known real estate agent from Johnston County was killed in a two vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon in Harnett County. The accident was reported around 4:15pm on Highway 27 at Old Stage Road...
View ArticleTown Orders Social Workers To Remove Child Abuse Awareness Pinwheels
Motorists who have driven past the Johnston County Department of Social Services Building on North Brightleaf Boulevard (US 301) near Johnston Medical Center may have noticed bright blue pinwheels...
View ArticleMan Wearing Only Pajama Pants Assaults Deputy
A Johnston County sheriff’s deputy was assaulted while trying to arrest a wanted person. It happened Monday after the officer responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on Futrell Road near Selma....
View ArticleFate Of Former Town Hall Delayed
Town leaders in Selma have temporarily postponed taking any action on the fate of the former Selma Town Hall. In 2016, the Town Hall was relocated into the former First Citizens Bank Building on...
View ArticleSmithfield Man Wins State Bodybuilding Championship
Ten years after he won the 2006 Mr. North Carolina competition, Mike Wolbert once again brought home first place trophies in a statewide competition held last weekend. Wolbert, 48, won the North...
View ArticleWife Helps Inmate Escape
Authorities said an inmate was able to briefly escape from custody on Thursday with the assistance of his wife. Around 9:00am, an inmate from the Wayne County Detention Center was working a trash...
View ArticleFather, Daughter Indicted For Incest
A Grand Jury has indicted a 59 year-old man and his 37 year-old daughter on incest charges. Ronald Lee Wade of Savannah, Georgia is accused of fathering three children with his daughter, Bambi Roxanne...
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