The Johnston County Board of Education is welcoming Jeff Sullivan as its newest member – after the former District 7 board member was sentenced to prison. The school board met Thursday morning ...

Two Johnston County deputies shot a man Wednesday who threatened to kill himself and law enforcement, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies responded just after midnight to a home in the ...

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 ...

NEWTON GROVE, N.C. (WTVD) -- One student was injured after a tractor-trailer rear-ended a school bus on Thursday afternoon, Johnston County school officials said. The crash happened at about 2:50 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A jury found a Johnston County school board member guilty of extortion, obstruction of justice and willful failure to discharge duties. "This defendant wreaked havoc on his ...

Johnston County school board member Ronald Johnson Jr. answers a question during cross examination during his trial at the Johnston County Courthouse in Smithfield, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 16 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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.