Nov. 2019 County Commissioner Road Additions
Johnston County Commissioners approved a request by the NC Department of Transportation to add the following streets to the State Maintained System in Johnston...
Corruption And Incompetency Are Partly To Blame For Budget Shortfall, School Board Member Says
Op-Ed by Ronald Johnson, Johnston County School Board
Johnston County Public Schools has been in the news a lot recently due to a mismanagement of...
Seasonal Work While Getting Social Security
By Brenda Brown
Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Fayetteville, NC
Many people pick up side jobs when the holiday shopping season comes around. It’s a...
Nov. 2019 County Board Appointments
Johnston County Commissioners unanimously approved the following board appointments during their November 2019 meeting:
Nursing Home / Adult Care Home Community Advisory Board -...
Nov. 2019 Town of Smithfield Appointments
The Smithfield Town Council made the following appointments at their November 2019 meeting:
Doris L Wallace - Smithfield Planning Board In-Town member - (first...
How Do You Cook A Turkey? We Asked Local Elementary School Students
With the assistance of Johnston County Public Schools, JoCoReport recently asked kindergarten and first grade students how they would prepare a turkey for their...
Food Safety During Thanksgiving
By: Cassidy Hall
Johnston & Wilson County Cooperative Extension
Area Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
I realize the term “food safety” may not excite many people, but what...
Garner Cancels Christmas Parade
The Town of Garner has decided to cancel the 2019 Garner Christmas Parade, which was scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, due to concern that...
County Approves Princeton Rock Quarry Expansion
In a unanimous vote, Johnston County Commissioners have approved the expansion of a rock quarry owned by Hanson Aggregates Southeast, LLC.
Hanson received approval to...
Federal Road Accident Victim Identified
Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed in a crash Tuesday morning on Federal Road near Benson.
48 year-old Ramon Alejandro...
