was crowned the 40th Miss Johnston County on Saturday at Cleveland High School. Johnson will now advance to compete in the Miss North Carolina Competition, which will take place in High Point from ...

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 ...

Tropical Storm Helene destroyed nearly 1,000 homes when it tore through Western North Carolina ... maps, which show verified damage to homes as of Jan. 7, were presented to the Buncombe County ...

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.

Wake County, NC (January 19, 2025) – Emergency responders were called to a motor vehicle collision resulting in injuries at the intersection of US 64 Hwy WB and Green Pace Rd. The crash occurred today ...

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.

A jury found embattled Johnston County school board member Ronald Johnson guilty of several crimes on Friday. Johnson is guilty of extortion, willfully failing to discharge his duties and ...

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 ...

Ronald Johnson is shown on the witness stand during his trial in Johnston County Court. Photo by John Payne Johnson had been on trial for two weeks charged with obstruction of justice and the willful ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — Several family members of a Durham man, 57-year-old Emmanuel Gbedee, filled inside a Johnston County courtroom Thursday afternoon. For just a few minutes, it’s where they ...

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 ...