Sam Temple, 78, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 16, 2026 at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Born September 17, 1947, he was the son of the late Clarence Linwood Temple and Mary ...

Hulen Mac Jones, 80, passed away peacefully on August 14, 2026, at his home on the family farm in Smithfield, North Carolina. He was welcomed into the arms of Jesus and reunited with his wonderful and ...

Dear Rusty: Maybe everybody has the same reaction that I do to Social Security insolvency. I do not understand a system that has been basically run like a Ponzi Scam since its Inception; why have you ...

Strong thunderstorms swept across Johnston County Saturday afternoon, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, large hail, downed ...

Delania “Louise” Stevens Simmons, 93, passed away peacefully on August 19, 2026, in the very home where she was born on April 15, 1933. To both enter and leave this life in the same home was a ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. – Johnston County Commission Chairman Patrick Harris says the County Manager should have a clear understanding of who is authorized to telework and under what circumstances — an ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. –– A Benson man is facing multiple charges after police said he wrecked a pickup on Wal-Pat Road, left the scene with two children and was later located at his home. The crash was ...

JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. – Johnston County is seeking more than $43,000 in a property tax lawsuit against Central Carolina Realty of Raleigh, but both the real estate company and a bank named in the case ...

PRINCETON, N.C. – An 18-year-old Johnston County man mistakenly drove away with his laptop sitting on top of his car. Within hours, the computer had been recovered and a Princeton man was facing a ...

Town of Benson paid $9,768.97 toward Kimberly Pickett’s MPA, later demanded money back; Pickett contends a subsequent town manager contract eliminated the repayment obligation Kimberly Pickett, ...