Kenly News

The town is slashing spending and raising fees in the wake of an audit showing that Kenly's finances are in bad shape.

Sunday marks one year since five tornadoes roared across four counties in the early morning, killing two people and destroying nearly five dozen of homes and businesses.

For the last year, Roberto and Shelly Guillen have tried putting the pieces of their lives back together.

Former mayor David Grady trounced incumbent Herbert "Tooie" Hales, 61 percent to 39 percent.

The Kenly Town Council may not have followed state law when it spent its surplus funds putting the town's financial standing at risk.

Johnston County Story sdf Caption By Marilyn Peguero, NBC17, 1 hour, 42 minutes ago Updated: Nov.

An audit report released Monday night shows the town's finances are in bad shape, drawing a rebuke from the state treasurer's office and a warning that the town could run out of money if action isn't taken.

No injuries were reported after two tractor trailer trucks collided on U.S. 301 in Kenly Friday morning causing the highway to be closed for more than four hours from Jones Street to N.C. 222.

Traffic has been re-routed on U.S. 301 in Kenly from the I-95 exit to Jones St. due to a tractor trailer accident.

David Grady defeated three-term Kenly Mayor Herbert "Tooie" Hales in Tuesday's municipal race by 55 votes.

Voting in Wilson County and other nearby towns was slow but steady today as many took part in deciding who would represent them.

Ashley Morgan Stone of Sims and Gary Willis Brown Jr. of Morehead City were united in marriage at Buckhorn United Methodist Church in Kenly Oct.

Holiday arts and crafts will be on sale from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in the lobby of the Paul A. Johnson Auditorium at Johnston Community College, 245 College Road, Smithfield.

SwampDaWamp, which plays country and Southern rock, will perform at 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

David Grady says the town of Kenly is broke, lacks leadership and has been mismanaged for the past several years.

Police in Arizona this morning arrested one of three men wanted in connection to the Sept.

Subway employee Rose Long scrubs the top of a bread machine at the Jordan Shopping Center Subway location.

Johnston County Story sdf Caption By Marilyn Peguero, NBC17, 3 hours, 51 minutes ago Updated: Oct.

Mark Simila installs an Electrified Parking Space pod at the Big Boys Truck Stop off I-95 in Johnston County on Monday.

Excited to be showing her first pig at the N.C. State Fair, Kaylee Scott, 7, of Kenly, brushes her family's two pigs, Less and More.