One person was killed and three were injured in a wreck late Saturday night at 8591 N.C. 42, in front of the Mary Atkinson Girl Scout Camp, according to state Highway Patrol reports.

A prison psychologist lost her job last month after shooting her lover, a convicted felon recently released from the minimum-security facility where she worked.

Johnston County sheriff's deputies charged a 17-year-old Four Oaks man with first-degree murder Sunday after a Selma man died in a shooting Saturday on Devils Racetrack Road.

Johnston County sheriff's deputies have charged a 17-year-old with first-degree murder after a Selma man died in a Saturday night shooting. Authorities are looking for a second suspect.

Police went door-to-door Thursday distributing fliers near a cul-de-sac where a Clayton teen was found shot to death this week.

Police say a young man found dead Tuesday morning in a cul-de-sac in Southeast Raleigh had been shot to death.

Someone broke into a church and set it on fire early Wednesday morning, according to police.

Six people -- five lawyers and a former court clerk -- charged with obstructing justice by tampering with drunken driving charges in Johnston County appeared in court Monday.

James Spellman will spend at least 24 years in prison for rape of a child. Spellman, a 57-year-old with a sure strut, swore to jurors he never touched the girl.

Six people who were charged with obstructing justice by tampering with drunken driving charges in Johnston County appeared in court today to hear the counts against them.

Public schools CEO Bill Harrison has encouraged North Carolina school districts to keep high school students working on projects designed to prepare them for the working world, even though the state school board decided not to require such projects for graduation until 2011.

Supporters of new farmers markets say that a fat, just-picked tomato or a basil plant in the kitchen window might be just the thing for the cash-strapped and fast-food weary.

Caterpillar, one of Clayton's biggest employers, is cutting its work force for at least the second time in four months as the global recession weakens demand for earth-moving equipment.

The House narrowly approved a bill Wednesday that would allow cities and towns to use taxpayers' dollars to fund municipal campaigns.

The work force development board for Wake and Johnston counties announced Monday that it has been awarded $3.2 million in federal stimulus funds to provide jobs for dislocated workers, underemployed adults and youths.

Craig Olive, Johnston County's register of deeds, wants the power to pull Social Security numbers and other sensitive information from the deeds his office has posted online.

It has been a hard fall for the five lawyers accused of defrauding the Johnston County court system where they built their careers.

Six officers of the court became criminal suspects Monday after a Johnston County grand jury believed they tampered with court documents to secure illegal dismissals for drunken drivers.

Johnston Community College will announce the finalists in its president search next week.

Police confiscated more than 91 pounds of marijuana Tuesday with an estimated street value exceeding $400,000. It was the largest amount the Clayton Police Department has ever seized.