The City of Goldsboro has contracted with a local tree removal service to remove the historic Freedom Tree due to advanced ...

Summer Games concluded June 1 in the Raleigh area, ending a weekend of competition for nearly 1,500 Special Olympics athletes ...

An out-of-state motorist was apprehended after trying to outrun Johnston County deputies. Justin Michael Hinnefeld of Ruther ...

A four county high speed chase along Interstate 95 ended in Johnston County, shortly after 2:00 p.m. Tuesday. Law enforcement ...

At least 10 cars and trucks were vandalized in one Johnston County neighborhood. The vandalism took place along Presley Boulevard and South Shiloh Road in the Presley Pointe ...

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 ...

The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 4 year-old from our area. It happened at the Goose Creek Camp Ground around 9:00 p.m. Saturday, June 14. According to the ...

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 ...

During a special called personnel meeting Tuesday afternoon the Johnston County Board of Education approved the hiring of a new superintendent. In a 6-to-1 vote, Dr. David Pearce, the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...