SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — A Johnston County man won $100,000 off a ticket while grabbing a bite to eat Monday, lottery ...

A South Carolina drug trafficker who was caught in Johnston County in 2023 was sentenced to six-and-half years in prison, ...

Percy Flowers’ colorful life as a liquor outlaw gets detailed in a new book “Master Distiller,” free on Kindle Unlimited ...

The Johnston County Board of Education is another step closer to filling a vacancy on the board. The seat was vacated when Ronald Johnson was convicted Friday of extortion and other crimes.

A 22-year-old woman was hit and killed in a crash Friday night on Interstate 95 in Johnston County. The North Carolina Highway Patrol said that a family had pulled over on the northbound side of I-95.

(Photo: Johnston ... a North Carolina Civil Rights Trail marker in the same location as the former library recognizing the Smithfield Four. He is an archivist for the Johnston County Heritage ...

According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol ... They arrived at the scene with the Kenly Fire Department and Johnston County EMS. Contreras was pronounced dead at the scene.

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 ...

(From left): NC Department of Instruction School Counseling Consultant Dr. Kisha Bryant, 2024-2025 JCPS School Counselor of the Year Lauren Scales, and Johnston County Board of Education Chair Lyn ...

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Sermons noted that in Johnston County, located just southeast of Raleigh ... More importantly, it could ultimately help determine the future of the death penalty itself, as North Carolina has not ...