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

The previous board member, Ronald Johnson Jr., was found guilty by a Johnston County jury on one count of felony extortion, ...

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

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 that race played a role 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 ...

A 21-year-old man is facing a DWI charge Wednesday after the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said he ran his car off NC Highway 210 and hit a power pole in Johnston County. The state said ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A jury found a Johnston County school board member guilty ... and it's a crime. Jeff Jackson, NC Attorney General Ronald Johnson Jr. threatened a candidate to gain an ...

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 ...

Applications can also be mailed to C/O District 7 Board of Education Vacancy, Johnston County Board of Education, 2320 US 70 Business Hwy East, Smithfield, NC 27577 Timeline for filling seat once ...

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 – The Johnston County Heritage Center has received a grant from North Carolina Humanities. This $20,000 grant is helping Heritage Center staff and teachers to provide more local history ...