Since she was 16 years old, Mary Cox Matthews has spent every moment by her late husband Frank J. Matthews' side. She was ...

SMITHFIELD – North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced the arrest of Teyerra Shontel Woods, 26, of 909 S. Second St., Smithfield. Woods was charged with insurance fraud and ...

Before the widely known Greensboro Four Sit-It, the Smithfield Four movement led to the first desegregation of a public ...

In 2009, Bacote, a Black man, was sentenced to death and challenged his conviction using the RJA, arguing racial bias influenced the jury selection in his case along with all death penalty cases ...

A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who ...

A photo of the NC 210 bridge replacement project on February 11, 2025. Johnston County Report Photo SMITHFIELD – The NC ...

A Chubb unit embroiled in a lawsuit with Smithfield Foods Inc. is pushing to depose the company’s chief legal officer, ...

On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN ... “This decision is a damning indictment of the death penalty and should serve as a call for every ...

Smithfield Foods is heavily invested in North Carolina. A major employer in eastern North Carolina is targeting an initial public offering with a valuation approaching $11 billion. Farmers in the ...