Schools to offer Test to Stay
SMITHFIELD — In a bid to reduce student and staff quarantines, Johnston County schools will offer Te...
Commissioners listen, then speak out
SMITHFIELD — County Commissioners listened last week as speakers either praised or condemned them fo...
'Our trends are looking much better'
SMITHFIELD — Johnston’s public health director painted a more encouraging COVID-19 picture when she ...
Health officials touting flu, COVID vaccines
SMITHFIELD — Dr. Octavia Cieza, the immunologist at Johnston Health, knows why Johnstonians largely ...
Commissioners release school funding
October 5, 2021SMITHFIELD — Johnston school leaders on Friday made one last attempt to persuade County Commissioner...
Pace of new COVID-19 cases slows
October 4, 2021SMITHFIELD — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Johnston County grew to 30,699 on Friday from 30,18...
Police seek driver in fatal hit-and-run
October 3, 2021CLAYTON — Police say a fatal hit-and-run might have been intentional. Around 6:30 a.m. Sunday, polic...
Murder suspect in custody in Georgia
October 3, 2021The woman suspected of fatally shooting a relative in Clayton on Thursday is in custody in Georgia.
Pfizer booster shots available Thursday in Smithfield
September 29, 2021SMITHFIELD — First, second and booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine will be available from 10 ...
Schools OK bonuses for substitute teachers
SMITHFIELD — Substitute teachers in Johnston will earn bonuses based on the number of days they work...
Johnston buys land for canoe, kayak access on Neuse
SMITHFIELD — Adrian O’Neal, Johnston’s parks and recreation chief, says Wake and Wayne counties both...
17-year-old held in threats against Johnston schools
September 23, 2021SMITHFIELD — The Sheriff’s Office has detained a 17-year-old in Wednesday’s social media threats aga...
School threats were hoaxes, Sheriff’s Office says
Four Johnston County schools had scares on Wednesday after social media threats of violence. Among o...
Johnston school board keeps mask mandate in place
SMITHFIELD — By yet another 4-3 vote, the Johnston County Board of Education on Monday kept in place...
Historic wagon finds home at Kenly museum
KENLY — A part of Kenly history has a new, permanent home. On Sept. 15, a wagon that delivered oil f...
Most students fail state tests
SMITHFIELD — This past school year, just 42.7% of Johnston students passed their state-required test...
COVID-19 taxes hospital ER
SMITHFIELD — When Mary Johnson went to work at Johnston Health in June 2020, the recent nursing scho...
School board takes further steps on Critical Race Theory
SMITHFIELD — The Johnston County Board of Education has put some meat on the bones of a policy tweak...
Johnstonians protest mask mandate
SMITHFIELD — A congressman from Western North Carolina joined Johnston residents on Sept. 14 to prot...
Holt Lake Bar-B-Que is closing
September 13, 2021SMITHFIELD — Holt Lake Bar-B-Que & Seafood will close its doors later this week. “It is time to reti...
Local news
Hundreds attend vigil for Knightdale police officer killed in crash
KNIGHTDALE — Hundreds of people attended a Wednesday candlelight vigil for Knightdale police Officer...
Selma property could serve veterans with PTSD
SELMA — A former treatment center for substance abuse could soon serve another purpose. Eric Edwards...