Saturday, May 4, 2024


Commissioners Approve $36 Million General Obligation Bond From 2018 School Referendum

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...