In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty ...

Johnston County school board member Ronald Johnson Jr. answers a question during cross examination during his trial at the Johnston County Courthouse in Smithfield, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Johnson was indicted by a grand jury and his bond was set to $50,000 and was due in court on April 11. Braswell, 74, was arrested last June. According to the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office ...

The man facing multiple charges after a deadly hit-and-run in Johnston County in December made his first court appearance on Monday. Robert Brad Williams, 49, of Hickory, is charged with four ...

The Johnston County Board of Education is welcoming Jeff Sullivan as its newest member – after the former District 7 board ...

The previous board member, Ronald Johnson Jr., was found guilty by a Johnston County jury on one count of felony extortion, one count of felony obstruction of justice, and two counts of willful ...

After three hours of deliberation on Friday, a jury found an embattled Johnston County school board member guilty of extortion and other crimes. Ronald Johnson Jr., 41, a former Smithfield police ...

A South Carolina man who was part of a large drug trafficking organization (DTO) moving kilogram quantities of cocaine in the United States was sentenced to 78 months in prison. On ...