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KS Bank Celebrates New Loan Office In Dunn With Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
DUNN – A ribbon cutting ceremony was held July 21 at 118 N. Wilson Avenue in Dunn to celebrate KS Bank’s new Loan Office. The ceremony featured remarks from the…
Hit And Run Suspect Arrested By Highway Patrol
KENLY – The State Highway Patrol has located and charged a 19 year-old suspect in connection with a serious hit and run accident in Johnston County. Steven Teodoror Rodriguez of…
State Treasurer Will Not Approve Funds To Hire Justine Jones As Spring Lake Manager
Treasurer Folwell Adamant: LGC Did Not And He Will Not Approve Payment For Hire Chair of Local Government Commission Concerned Over Board of Alderman’s Town Manager Pick Spring Lake Still…
Hit And Run Driver Strikes Accident Victim Standing Beside Wrecked Car
This story has been updated. Click here for the updated version. KENLY – A man who had just survived rolling his car over while traveling south on I-95 was stuck…
Fired Kenly Town Manager Lands New Job
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct Samantha Wullenwaber’s employment history with the Town of Spring Lake and information regarding her departure linked in our story and referenced to…
Retiree Falls For Unclaimed Money Scam
KENLY – A Johnston County retiree lost a large sum of money after falling victim to a scam. The 65 year-old Kenly area resident reported that she received a phone…
Fire Damages 117 Year Old Johnston County Home
KENLY – Firefighters faced heavy smoke and flames coming from a 117 year old Johnston County home, when they arrived, Thursday evening. Fire departments from Johnston and Wilson counties quickly…
9 Johnston County Elementary Schools Selected For Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program
RALEIGH – A record-setting 232 elementary schools across North Carolina, including 9 public schools in Johnston County, have been selected and approved by the State Board of Education to participate in the…
Driver Apprehended Following Johnston County Chase
Law enforcement officers arrested a driver following a nearly 20 mile high speed chase Friday night on Interstate 95 in Johnston County. Around 8:00pm, a Johnston County deputy, assigned to…
Johnston County Man Scratches Off $1 Million Top Prize
FOUR OAKS – Guerrero Anchondo Carmona of Kenly took a chance on a $25 Spectacular Riches scratch-off ticket and bagged the $1 million top prize. Carmona bought his lucky ticket…
Kenly Town Council Votes 3-2 To Terminate Town Manager
KENLY – Tonight (Tuesday), the Kenly town council voted to fire town manager Justine Jones. The council voted 3-to-2 to terminate Jones effective this Friday, September 2nd. The vote was…
Several All-Way Stops Coming To Johnston County
SMITHFIELD – Nine intersections across Johnston County will be converted into all-way stops to improve safety. The N.C. Department of Transportation awarded this month a $545,000 contract to Highway Traffic Control…
