Fire Destroys Clayton Home
Firefighters responded quickly to a house fire Thursday night in Clayton.Crews arrived around 11pm to find flames shooting through the roof of a two...
Counterfeit $50 Bills Being Passed At Smithfield Businesses
Local businesses are being asked to be on the lookout for counterfeit money. On Thursday and Friday, counterfeit $50 bills were passed at three...
Benson National Day Of Prayer
Benson was up bright and early for this year’s National Day of Prayer. The sun was peeking through the clouds at 6:45 a.m., just...
A Soldier’s Walk Home Comes Through Johnston County
Beginning Monday, May 11th, historian and re-enactor, Philip Brown will be walking 166 miles from New Bern to Durham. When the Civil War came to...
Hospice Workers Getting Ready For “Camp Courage”
Murray Dees, Hospice Social Worker with the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield was a guest on WTSB Radio on May 7th. Dees was interviewed by...
Cleveland Middle Wins County Mathcounts Competition
Cleveland Middle School’s Mathcounts teams took home top honors at the Johnston County Mathcounts competition held at First Baptist Church in Smithfield. Cleveland Middle School...
Six JCS students to attend N.C. Governor’s School
Johnston County Schools is sending six of its best and brightest students to the prestigious Governor’s School of North Carolina. The names of the...
Meadow School Wins Elementary Battle of the Books
Meadow School won the Johnston County Schools’ 2015 Elementary School Battle of the Books competition held. Twenty Johnston County elementary schools, including Benson Middle, participated...