SMITHFIELD – Johnston County property owners will pay significantly more under a budget package adopted by Johnston County Commissioners. Although commissioners cut the actual property tax rate, a ...

Eric Edwards speaks to the Selma Town Council during a Public Hearing on June 10, 2025. Johnston County Report Photo SELMA – A businessman who wanted to turn a portion of a former drug and alcohol ...

A State Highway Patrol helicopter aided the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office with a high speed motorcycle chase. Around 10:45pm Thursday, June 12, a deputy sheriff attempted to ...

Shaborn Amar Nesbitt, a 37-year-old resident of Smithfield, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to ...

A pedestrian died after being struck by a train. The collision was reported at 3:03am Saturday, June 14, approximately 230 feet from the Wal-Pat Road rail crossing. Smithfield ...

While a lone woman stood on the steps of Clayton’s Town Hall reading her Bible and praying for her town, a pickup truck ...

Ever written your congressman? I have. I always get a prompt and cordial, if bland, reply. Back in 1988, I actually spent a ...

SMITHFIELD – Two Johnston County deputies happened to be in the right place at the right time. Two drivers are facing charges ...

The N.C. Department of Revenue (NCDOR) will begin administering the new Transportation Commerce Tax later. The tax will apply to ride services provided by taxis and transportation ...

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature ...

A Clayton family won’t be getting their car back after it was stolen then sold to a recycling facility. Before authorities ...