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 ...

Attorneys for the state said they planned to appeal the superior court judge’s ruling to the NC Supreme Court.

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 ...

None of those Black inmates in Johnston County have been executed, and North Carolina has not carried out an execution since 2006. The judge said race was a “significant factor” in the ...

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 ...

The Johnston County Board of Education is another step closer to filling a vacancy on the board. The seat was vacated when Ronald Johnson was convicted Friday of extortion and other crimes.

Applications can also be mailed to C/O District 7 Board of Education Vacancy, Johnston County Board of Education, 2320 US 70 Business Hwy East, Smithfield, NC 27577 Timeline for filling seat once ...

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 ...

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) — 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 ...