3 Arrested During Four Oaks Narcotics Search Warrant
Three people were arrested following a narcotics search warrant at a Four Oaks area home. Following an undercover drug investigation, agents with the Johnston...
Heavy Cross To Bear: 71 Year-Old Is On Second Cross-Country Trek
BENSON — Roger Gates walked across the country nearly four decades ago. He needed a little more than a year to trek from the...
$210,591 Grant To Pay For New Building At South Johnston High
Johnston County Public Schools has been awarded a $210,591 grant from the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. The funds will be used to...
Relative Charged In Benson-Area Shooting
A 63 year-old man has been charged with shooting his nephew at a home near Benson. At 1:49pm Friday, the Johnston County Sheriff's Office...
United Community Bank Donates $10,000 To United Way
United Community Bank has announced gifts totaling $10,000 to four United Way chapters throughout the bank’s southeastern footprint. The donations, which will help United...
Elderly Woman Struck And Killed While Walking To Mailbox
An 80 year-old woman was struck and killed while crossing the road to check her mailbox. The accident was reported around 5:20pm Monday in...
Driver Finds Himself In A Pickle During Traffic Stop
BENSON - The Johnston County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) arrested a Smithfield teenager during a traffic stop June 6.
A deputy sheriff stopped a vehicle on...
Pedestrian Killed On I-40 In Johnston County
MEADOW - A pedestrian was struck and killed on Interstate 40 in southern Johnston County. The accident was reported at 11:23pm Wednesday, near the...
Johnston County Man Convicted For 2017 And 2018 Robberies
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – A federal jury convicted a Johnston County man on two counts of aiding and abetting robbery and two counts of...
Benson And Princeton Police Departments Awarded Grant To Add Officers
The Benson and Princeton Police Departments are the recipients of a Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services COPS Hiring Program grant. The Department...
