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Johnston County EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Award for achieving patient care quality measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks. Across the United States, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) each year.  The most deadly type of heart attack, a […]

A Benson man wanted in connection with a shooting incident in Harnett County has been arrested. Benson Police conducted a traffic stop just after midnight on Thursday and determined the driver, Jerry Larmot James, was a wanted person. James was wanted for allegedly shooting into a home on July 13th on B H Lane, which […]

Hope Toler Dougherty was interviewed by Lynda Carroll on WTSB Radio 105.5FM / 1090AM. Hope is a native of Johnston County, and is a daughter, a wife, a mother of four children, and since 2009 a Christian fiction writer. Hope discussed two books, Irish Encounter and Mars….With Venus Rising. Hope said she got the inspiration […]

This week, the Town of Benson was selected as a winner in the Play Everywhere Challenge, a $1 million national competition that will award innovative ideas to make play easy, available, and fun for kids and families in cities across the U.S. The Challenge is hosted by KaBOOM!, a national non-profit dedicated to bringing balanced […]

After several complaints, the Selma Town Council is looking to revamp their sidewalk ordinance.  At issue is what businesses are allowed to do with the sidewalks in front of their storefronts and how much space they can use. Planning Director Julie Maybee appeared at the Selma Town Council meeting on Sept. 13th seeking direction from […]

The Johnston County Cattlemen’s Association, in cooperation with Johnston County Cooperative Extension, have announced the availability of portable cattle handling equipment to its members. The equipment includes a Priefert S04 squeeze chute and a Priefert CS-1 Cattle Handling System. The CS-1 includes panels, bow gates, a sweep tub and an alley. This project is funded […]

They come from far and near. They bring some of the most stubborn yet revered working animals to Benson every year when the Johnston County town celebrates Mule Days. This year’s celebration — the 67th to be exact — began its annual takeover as livestock owners, carnival rides, rodeo workers and horses, mules and donkeys […]

A Johnston County man is accused of selling prescription pills out of his home. Following a three month undercover investigation by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division, 63 year-old Billy Davis Young was arrested on Tuesday. Young lives in the 3600 block of Old Fairground Road, Angier.  Lt. J. Coats said Young sold prescription […]

Two people escaped injury after a bullet was fired into a Four Oaks home last night. The incident happened just after 11:00 pm at a home on Meade Drive, off Old School Road, just outside the Four Oaks city limits. A man and woman in their 20’s were in the kitchen when they heard a […]

A Smithfield man is recovering from injuries after allegedly being cut with a knife in the parking lot of Wal-Mart at 5141 Highway 42 West. Johnston County deputies said the incident happened just before 7:00pm Thursday. The 31 year-old victim was driven by a personal vehicle to the hospital for treatment. The victim sustained serious […]

A Benson man is facing a number of charges after being clocked speeding on a four wheeler on a busy highway. Around 10:00 pm Thursday, a Johnston County deputy has responded to the area around McGee’s Middle School for a report of an ATV riding in a field near the school campus. The deputy had just […]

A shoplifting suspect was arrested at his home Thursday afternoon thanks to an alert eyewitness. Just before 1:00pm Thursday, Smithfield Police said the suspect entered the Adidas Outlet on Outlet Center Drive, removed anti-theft devices, and stole $329.98 worth of merchandise. An alert eyewitness was able to write down the license plate number of the […]

One person is dead following a two car accident on Highway 301 near Benson. The collision occurred at 4:42pm Wednesday on US 301 South at Hodges Chapel Road. The Highway Patrol said 42 year-old Roderkus Bailey of Benson was operating a Nissan Altima on Hodges Chapel Road and failed to stop for a stop sign […]

A Newton Grove woman was seriously injured after her SUV was struck by a tractor trailer Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened at 1:11 pm after the semi failed to stop for a stop sign on Drag Strip Road at Highway 242 South of Benson. Sgt. J.E. Clark with the NC Highway Patrol said the driver […]

Motivational speaker Reggie Dabbs brought a powerful message to the students at South Campus Community School that encouraged them to reach their full potential. Dabbs message to students is that, “You can never change your past, but you can change your future.” He delivered a dynamic, music-infused presentation that empowered students and urged them to […]

The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three suspects for breaking into a parked car and say the suspects could face more charges for at least 4 other unsolved car break-ins in the area. Around 3:00am Tuesday deputies were called to check on a suspicious vehicle parked in a subdivision off Old Drug Store Road. Authorities […]

An Angier teenager has been arrested on allegations he sexually assaulted a 12 year-old girl. Landon Garrett Wood, 18, of Circle Tree Lane, was arrested Wednesday by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office. On August 28th, Sheriff’s Captain Jeff Caldwell said investigators received a report of the alleged assault which occurred in the Four Oaks area. […]

State and local law enforcement officials have apprehended four juveniles who last night escaped from the Edgecombe Youth Development Center. Officials with the Spring Hope Police Department apprehended Dakota Y. from Guilford County; Joshua G. from Wake County; Justin M. from Carteret County; and Juan M. of New Hanover County in Spring Hope Thursday morning […]

A homeless man was arrested Wednesday for an indecent exposure incident beside Interstate 40 in Johnston County. An off-duty female police officer from the Benson Police Department reported that while she was traveling on the exit ramp at I-40 to Highway 210 she observed a man who had exposed himself while urinating on the edge […]

A man out of jail on bond awaiting trial on several charges was rearrested Wednesday morning in a local Wal-Mart parking lot. Around 6:10am, Johnston County deputies said they received a request to check on the welfare of an individual inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the business on Highway 42 West near Interstate […]