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NCWorks NextGen Participant Tekayla Jackson’s Success
Tekayla Jackson embodies all the characteristics that staff at the NCWorks NextGen Career Center hope to instill in all of their program participants. Tekayla first enrolled at the career center in Smithfield in June 2017 with the hope of becoming…
Sheriff Adds Pony to Force
It may be one of the coolest high performance cop cars you’ll see on the road in Johnston County – hopefully not with flashing blue lights in your rear view mirror – but it has a very serious purpose. Last…
County Commissioners Take ETJ Away From Town of Clayton
In an unprecedented move, Johnston County Commissioners voted on Monday to take back a portion of the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) they gave the town of Clayton 10 years ago. The decision was unanimous. The ETJ gives towns like Clayton the…
Child Rape Suspect Arrested While On Vacation
A Johnston County man extradited from Virginia is being held in the county jail under a $1.5 million bond on multiple child sex charges. 66 year-old Harden Junior Viers of Walkers Way, Willow Spring was arrested last week while on…
Sink Hole Caused By Water Main Break
A small sink hole formed Sunday next to Powhatan Road near the entrance to Novo Nordisk. A 2 inch water line that services Novo broke causing the leak. The Town of Clayton responded immediately and fixed the leak but not…
Farm Worker Stabbed At Migrant Camp
A farmer worker was stabbed at a Benson area migrant camp early Sunday. Johnston County deputies and Johnston County EMS responded to a call around 2:40am reporting a 30 year-old man has been stabbed while at the camp on Godwin…
Man Caught By Police Linked To Clayton, Benson Break-Ins
Some old-fashioned police work helped stop a man in the middle of a robbery spree early Monday. Clayton police officers Erick Martinez and Jonathan Guider were walking down Main Street shortly after midnight when they heard a loud noise that sounded like glass…
Roofing Company Owner Arrested For Defrauding Customers
Late Monday, NC Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced the arrest of the owner of Above and Beyond Roofing on charges stemming from a months-long investigation into fraudulent roof repair. Special agents from the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division charged Ricardo…
Special Agents Charge Man With Fraud In Harnett, Cumberland Counties
North Carolina Department of Insurance Criminal Investigators have arrested Dakwon Antonio Bunch, 28, of Kings Parkway, Raleigh. Bunch is charged with two counts of felony insurance fraud, one count of felony obtaining property by false pretense, and one count of…
Commissioners Approve Brunch Bill In 5-to-2 Vote
Johnston County Commissioners approved the Brunch Bill during their monthly meeting today (Monday) but not before three people spoke in opposition to the measure. The vote will now allow the sale and consumption of alcohol beginning at 10:00am on Sunday’s instead…
