Commissioners Approve $36 Million General Obligation Bond From 2018 School Referendum
Funds Will Help Pay For New Thanksgiving Elementary School , JCC Engineering Building
Johnston County Commissioners adopted a resolution April 19th approving the sale...
98 Youth Participate In 2021 Johnston County Youth Livestock Show & Sale
Ninety-eight youth from across Johnston County participated in the annual Youth Livestock Show & Sale April 5-7. There were nine steers, twelve heifers, sixty-one...
Early Morning Shooting Reported In Smithfield
Smithfield Police are investigating a shooting reported Sunday morning. Around 3:00am, officers responded to the 900 block of Blount Street for a report of...
County Commission Appointments – April 2021
The Johnston County Board of Commissioners approved the following appointments during their April 2021 meeting:
Johnston County Planning Board (unexpired term ending Feb. 28, 2022):Freddie...
Another Pit Bull Stolen During Second Animal Shelter Break-In
SMITHFIELD – For the second time in less than a week a dog at the Johnston County Animal Shelter has been stolen during a...
Smithfield Native Named Hargrave Head Football Coach
Chatham, VA - Hargrave is pleased to welcome back former post-graduate football player, Danny Bunn, as Head Football Coach.
Bunn is a Smithfield, North Carolina...
JCC Hosts Groundbreaking Ceremony For New Engineering Building
Johnston Community College, in conjunction with HH Architecture, has announced construction of the college’s $15 million, two-story Engineering Building which is scheduled to open...
2021 JCPS Teacher Of The Year Selected
The 2021 Flame For Learning Award, Johnston County Public School’s Teacher of the Year, was awarded today (Wednesday).
Through a blind judging process, twenty semifinalists...
New Smithfield Police Officer Takes Oath
The Smithfield Police Department has hired Jonathan "Blake" Joyner for the Patrol Division. Officer Joyner grew up in Clayton and graduated from Clayton High...
2021 Ham & Yam Festival Canceled
Amid concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, the Downtown Smithfield Development Corporation (DSDC) has canceled the Ham & Yam Festival for the second consecutive year.The...