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Concealed Handgun Permit Application Now Online
Sheriff Steve Bizzell and the concealed handgun permits team at the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office has announced that effective on Monday, January 4th, 2016, resident of Johnston County may now apply for concealed handgun permits and renewals online. By going…
New Four Oaks Bank Facility Nearing Completion
Four Oaks Bank’s new branch facility, located at 115 Four Oaks Place, off of Ashe Street in Dunn, is nearing completion. Four Oaks Bank originally entered the Dunn market in November of 2007, when they opened a Loan Production Office…
New Year Ushers In New NC Laws
A number of laws adopted by the NC General Assembly took effect on New Year’s Day. About 20 new laws are on the books for the first time in 2016. Among them is a new Election Reform law, adopted during…
Drunk Driver Collides Head On With Sheriff’s Deputy
A Wake County sheriff’s deputy is recovering from minor injuries after his patrol car was struck head-on Friday morning. The Highway Patrol says Deputy Joseph Samuel Coley, 44, was traveling west on Poole Road, near the intersection with Grasshopper Road,…
Former Johnston County Commissioner Tom Moore
Former Johnston County Commissioner Thomas “Tom” Monroe Moore passed away Thursday at Central Harnett Hospital. Moore was 87. Moore served as a Johnston County Commissioner from 1996 until 2004. Moore entered the US Navy in 1944 at the age of…
Man Assaulted With Hammer
A Smithfield man was released from the hospital Thursday after being assaulted with a hammer just before midnight Wednesday in East Smithfield. Police responded to the 900 block of West Street around 11:50pm after the 40 year-old said he was…
Local Attorney Indicted On Federal Charges
A Johnston County attorney has been indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud and money laundering charges. Joseph Lee Levinson, a Benson lawyer, was among three people named in the federal grand jury indictment filed in US District Court…
Vandals Damages 5 Homes Under Construction
Vandals caused several thousand dollars in damage to five homes under construction. The five homes were owned by Carroll Construction of Willow Spring and all located on Candlenut Lane off Cleveland Road near Smithfield. Between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning,…
Copper Valued At $10,000 Stolen From Business
Thieves stole $10,000 worth of copper from a Princeton area business this week. Between Monday night and Tuesday morning, someone removed 600 feet of copper cables from the Hanson Rock Quarry located on Edwards Road. The copper was owned by…
Charges Expected In Arson
A fire that destroyed a $50,000 commercial work truck Tuesday has been ruled arson. Charges are pending in the case. The vehicle was owned by Wayne L. Adams Inc. of Four Oaks. Around 2:00pm, a resident on Aquilla Road outside…
