Inspections Director: New Housing Permits Should Level Off In 3rd, 4th Quarters
Permits Up 12 Percent During First 6 Months Of 2018
New housing starts during the first half of 2018 increased by just over 12 percent,...
Planning Board To Consider 6 New Subdivisions, 4 Rezoning Requests
The Johnston County Planning Board will consider six new subdivisions totaling 215 lots when they meet this month.
The proposed Beaver Falls subdivision consists of...
New Song In Concert On Sunday
New Song, a special musical ministry of Geneva College from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania will be performing at Edgerton Memorial United Methodist Church in Selma...
Council Rejects Private Club On South Brightleaf
Over 100 people packed into the Smithfield Town Hall Tuesday evening for a public hearing on a controversial request for a private club in South Smithfield.
Tony...
County Tax Collection Rate At 99.90%
2018 Property Tax Bills To Be Mailed July 26th
The Johnston County Tax Office had the second best tax collection rate last fiscal year of...
Teacher Pipeline Coming To Johnston County
Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS in partnership with Johnston Community College (JCC), NC State University, and the NC Community College System, plans to launch a...
Hurricane Damaged Home Burglarized
A home damaged during Hurricane Matthew in 2016 was broken into last week. Smithfield Police said the owner of the home on Highway 210 discovered...
Blue Cross NC To Fund $126,000 In Local Housing and Health Initiatives
655,131. That’s how many North Carolina households are living in poverty, and subsequently in potentially unsafe living conditions. It goes without saying that a...
Vote On Countywide Brunch Bill Postponed
A public hearing was held Monday night at the Johnston County Courthouse in Smithfield to gather public comments on the proposed brunch bill. The measure would allow...
17 Year-Old Killed While Riding Bike
A teenager riding his bike Sunday evening was struck and killed on a rural roadway in northern Sampson County. The NC Highway Patrol responded to the...
