The Johnston County Board of Education is welcoming Jeff Sullivan as its newest member – after the former District 7 board member was sentenced to prison. The school board met Thursday morning ...

Two Johnston County deputies shot a man Wednesday who threatened to kill himself and law enforcement, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies responded just after midnight to a home in the ...

A Johnston County judge ruled Friday that race was “a significant factor” in the jury selection and sentencing of Hasson Bacote, a Black man who was sentenced to death in 2009 and who was ...

JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A legal decision handed down in Johnston County could have big impacts for more than 100 prisoners currently on death row in North Carolina. A judge ruled on Friday ...

NEWTON GROVE, N.C. (WTVD) -- One student was injured after a tractor-trailer rear-ended a school bus on Thursday afternoon, Johnston County school officials said. The crash happened at about 2:50 ...

Brown is currently being held in the Johnston County Jail without bond. According to court records, he is scheduled to make a first appearance in Johnston County court on Thursday afternoon.

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 ...

Ronald Johnson, an embattled Johnston County school board member, right, is handcuffed and led from a courtroom by a bailiff after a jury found him guilty of extortion on Friday, Jan. 17 ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — After a quick meeting early Thursday morning, the school board for Johnston County voted Jeff Sullivan to fill their District 7 vacancy, according to officials. The Johnston ...

Brown is currently being held in the Johnston County Jail without bond. According to court records, he is scheduled to make a first appearance in Johnston County court on Thursday afternoon.