Johnston County News

A Clayton woman facing felony charges of fraudulently obtaining prescription narcotics by "doctor shopping" is being held in the Johnston County jail under $461,000 bail.

Develle Sanders, 21 got his first job this summer, filing and making copies at Johnston Community College.

Shakara Campbell makes another 'reload' of the hot dog bin during lunch hour at Jones Lunch.

Starting next school year, Johnston County Schools is requiring students who want to purchase a high school parking pass to show proof theya ve completed a defensive driving course, a oeAlive at 25.a The course is offered for $25 per student through Johnston Community College in Smithfield.

A 38-year-old mother of two died over the weekend when she lost control of her motorcycle on a curvy road in rural Randolph County.

RALEIGH, N.C. Contractors with unsold homes would get more time to pay property taxes on them in a bill approved by North Carolina lawmakers.

Tuesday evening was the first night of preliminary competition for the 56 young women competing for the title of Miss North Carolina 2009 and Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen.

Kyle Thompson took one last look at the instrument panel of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk.

A Wilson woman was being treated at the UNC Burn Center last week following a motorcycle accident Thursday on I-95 near Selma, officials said Monday.

Johnston County commissioners expect to vote on a county budget tonight at 6 p.m. County Manager Rick Hester had proposed a budget of about $169 million.

Johnston County Sheriff's deputies arrested two men in Princeton Wednesday who they say were involved in the RBC bank robbery here.

Smithfield, NC - A cable installation contractor cut Johnston County's 6" wastewater force main in the vicinity of 7845 NC 210 during the afternoon of June 17, 2009.

Forecasters are warning about flash flooding in parts of North Carolina as runoff from heavy rains swells rivers.

Emergency tapes released Monday show workers dialed 911 in a frenzy after escaping an explosion that killed three workers at a Slim Jim processing plant, with one panicked woman telling dispatchers: "ConAgra just blew up!" The 15 audio tapes portray the early moments after the blast rocked the sprawling facility in Garner, a few miles south of ...

Attorney J. David Stradley filed the complaint Monday on behalf of two ConAgra employees.

State Treasurer Janet Cowell announced Monday that the Local Government Commission , which she chairs, has routed $18.6 million in federal stimulus funds to water and wastewater projects in the Triangle and surrounding areas.

Johnston County commissioners said it is possible that the state will keep a third quarter lottery payment of $840,000 to help in the state budget crisis.

Health officials say that the H1N1 virus, first called swine flu, is still spreading in North Carolina with 51 confirmed cases thus far, and that the virus is getting closer to Wilson County.

Three more cases of swine flu were found in Johnston County elementary school children, officials said Tuesday.

Parents and teachers at Johnston Christian Academy are scrambling to regroup after learning the school will not open again this fall.