The University of Mount Olive (UMO) has been awarded a $1,459,057 Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education to ...

An 18-year-old Wilson man was jailed without bond Friday after Johnston County deputies responded to a suspicious vehicle ...

Senator Benton Sawrey (R – Johnston) has been appointed by Senate Leader Phil Berger (R – Rockingham) to serve on the Senate ...

The community will come together Friday, Oct. 2 for a fundraiser benefiting 8-year-old Janson Herring and his family as he ...

Plans for a new state veterans home near Fort Bragg moved another step forward Tuesday after Congress approved the transfer ...

Friends of Johnston County Parks is inviting residents and visitors to get outside this fall with the return of the JoCo Fall Hiking Challenge. The 2026 challenge runs from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31 and ...

Large crowds and pleasant weather helped make the 77th annual Benson Mule Days a busy four-day celebration this past weekend.

State transportation officials reopened N.C. 12 on Pea Island at 3 p.m. Tuesday, using a one-lane gravel road as a temporary ...

It may only be September, but Smithfield is already making plans for Christmas. The town has released its 2026 holiday ...

Plans to transform a narrow pedestrian walkway in downtown Smithfield are moving forward after the Town Council unanimously ...

A Wake County resident was arrested September 24 on felony and misdemeanor tax charges filed by the North Carolina Department ...

Authorities are searching for a Harnett County man who has been missing for more than two weeks after he was last seen at the Bald Head Island Marina. Nathaniel Bane, 40, of Harnett County, was last ...