RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A jury found a Johnston County school board member guilty ... and it's a crime. Jeff Jackson, NC Attorney General Ronald Johnson Jr. threatened a candidate to gain an ...

A Johnston County judge ruled Friday that race was “a significant factor” in the jury selection and sentencing of Hasson Bacote, a Black man who was sentenced to death in 2009 and who was ...

A 21-year-old man is facing a DWI charge Wednesday after the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said he ran his car off NC Highway 210 and hit a power pole in Johnston County. The state said ...

A fire scorched a home Tuesday in Johnston County. Around 8:30 a.m., firefighters responded to a home on North Railroad Street in Micro. Sky 5 flew overhead before 10 a.m. Parts of the home were ...

Ronald Johnson, an embattled Johnston County school board member, right, is handcuffed and led from a courtroom by a bailiff after a jury found him guilty of extortion on Friday, Jan. 17 ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — After a quick meeting early Thursday morning, the school board for Johnston County voted Jeff Sullivan to fill their District 7 vacancy, according to officials. The Johnston ...

SMITHFIELD – The Johnston County Heritage Center has received a grant from North Carolina Humanities. This $20,000 grant is helping Heritage Center staff and teachers to provide more local history ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — A member of the Johnston County School Board and former Smithfield police officer was convicted on felony charges, including extortion, state prosecutors announced Friday.

The NCDOT has been coordinating with Johnston County and Clayton officials, and other local organizations, for at least the past two years to prepare for these routing changes, and the state agency ...

Is all of NC-42 becoming NC-36 in Johnston County? A portion of NC-42 West is being redesignated as NC-36, but not all of it. The following roads will make up the new NC-36. See the map below for a ...

Sermons noted that in Johnston County, located just southeast of Raleigh ... More importantly, it could ultimately help determine the future of the death penalty itself, as North Carolina has not ...