2017
Highway 42 Widening Project Could Start In 2022
To ease traffic congestion and plan for expected growth, state transportation officials are finalizing a proposal to widen an eight-mile stretch of NC 42 in a fast growing section of…
Local Girl Scout Earns Highest Award
A local girl scout, Gwyneth Reece of Smithfield, has received the Girl Scout Gold Award, which is the highest and most prestigious achievement in Girl Scouting. Awarded to fewer than…
Quarantine Area For Imported Fire Ant In NC Expanding
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is expanding a state quarantine for the imported fire ant to include all of Warren County effective Jan. 1st. With the expansion, the…
A Look Back To 1935 In Smithfield
It’s 1935. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’ is approved by Congress and the federal gold vault is built at Ft. Knox, the first Sugar and Orange Bowls are played,…
Partnership For Children Of Johnston County Receives Funding For Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Smart Start and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library are working together to bring books to North Carolina’s youngest children through funding provided by the North Carolina General Assembly. During the 2017…
Homeless Woman Killed In Crash That Went Unnoticed For Hours
A 33 year-old woman was killed and her boyfriend seriously injured in a fatal crash in southern Johnston County overnight. Authorities believe the accident happened around midnight but wasn’t reported until 5:30am Friday, when…
Commissioners Will Display “In God We Trust” Motto At Courthouse
Johnston County leaders have agreed to display the motto In God We Trust inside the Johnston County Courthouse in Smithfield. The decision was unanimous. A group called the US Motto Action Committee recently…
Frosty The Snowman Reported Stolen
Here’s a story that really melts your heart. A real life Grinch is being sought after they allegedly stole a white male that goes by the name of Frosty the…
Interim DSS Director Named
Johnston County Commissioners have approved a recommendation made by the Department of Social Services Board to appoint Denise Boyette as the interim director of the agency. Boyette has most recently…
Mother Pleads Guilty To Concealing Deaths Of Infants
Admits To Abusing Drugs, Alcohol During Pregnancies A Smithfield woman pled guilty today (Thursday) to concealing the deaths of two infants whose remains were found under a West Smithfield home…
Couple Living In Shed Robbed
A Johnston County couple living in a shed behind a relative’s home were the victims of a robbery. A 21 year-old man and his 21 year-old girlfriend were in the…
Carver Reappointed Board Chairman
With the appointment of a new member to the Johnston County Board of Commissioners this week, the 7-member board voted on the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board. Commissioner…
