Selma News

Four of the county's elementary schools face sanctions in the coming year for failing to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind.

Four of the county's elementary schools face sanctions in the coming year for failing to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind.

Ray Jaklitsch and Eric Jackson hope money from a North Carolina nonprofit can help Selma turn over a new leaf.

Johnston County towns continued their growth last year, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimate.

Is anyone really surprised that Clayton now has more people than Smithfield? Of course not.

Fellowship time Smithfield District fellowship time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 14, at Four Oaks Church of God, 315 E. Wellons St., Four Oaks.

Pine Level to consider curfew at next town meeting By Cami Jo Narron, News Editor 09.JUL.08 Police Chief Keith Sparks will talk to Pine Level Commissioners on July 21 on implementing a nightly curfew to cut ...

Selma police have arrested one of three people involved in a shooting during a July 4 weekend party.

Power customers in Selma will see a rate increase next month. A June rate-setting meeting of ElectriCities, the public power agency that provides electricity to 32 North Carolina towns, left Selma leaders with ...

A Wake jury began meeting late this morning behind closed doors to decide whether Jakiem Wilson plotted to kill his wife.

They are on a mission that seems impossible to fail - service. Two Sundays ago, non-profit Christian service organization Mission Serve hit Kenly and the surrounding area.

Police say a domestic dispute ended in a shooting at a July 4 Party in Selma. Four people were injured during the shooting.

Three people are in critical condition from gunshot wounds sustained at a Fourth of July party in Selma early Saturday morning.

Jakiem Wilson thought his friends would help him get away with his wife's murder.

A scholarship endowment has been established at Johnston Community College in memory of Melba Watson Woodruff.

Had George Crocker attended his own funeral, close friend Gary Wood felt sure the 32-year-old firefighter would have had a simple message for those mourning his loss.

Firefighters from at least five surrounding departments were expected to come to the town's fire station on Tuesday to provide mutual aid to their colleagues mourning the loss of their chief.

The Johnston County Board of Education is looking for money to expand foreign-language programs in the lower grades.

North Carolina residents are closer than ever to paying a toll to drive on I-95. And it's not just on the section of the Interstate in the Tar Heel state.

George E. Crocker found his best friend, fiancee and life's calling in firefighting.