Johnston County

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County commissioners plan to respond to neighbors’ complaints with noise and nuisance ordinance.

Modified: 05/21/12 08:24:12 AM

Troopers arrested a man Saturday morning after chasing a car at speeds up to 100 in Johnston County.

Modified: 05/20/12 03:30:55 AM

North Carolina is celebrating its agricultural heritage with the 2012 Got to Be N.C. Festival at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.

Modified: 05/19/12 05:16:40 AM

The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced Tuesday contracts to replace 12 bridges in Johnston County and preserve 17 more in Halifax, Nash and Northampton counties.

Modified: 05/16/12 12:03:32 AM

If DuPont agrees to sell 40 acres along the Neuse River to Clayton, the town will work through the N.C. Brownfields Program and restore the polluted land.

Modified: 05/19/12 12:12:02 PM

Nick Kurkowski, a junior at West Johnston High School, had never met his history teacher’s wife. But when he found out she had been diagnosed with colon cancer, Nick wanted to help.

Modified: 05/14/12 04:25:15 AM

A 16-year-old from Clayton was arrested by Raleigh police Saturday night on charges that he fired a weapon into an apartment on Orchard Hollow Lane in a drive-by shooting in late April.

Modified: 05/13/12 02:56:18 PM
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Police and Johnston County sheriff’s deputies working a traffic-enforcement roadblock in Princeton on Saturday night found 10 kilograms of cocaine in one of the vehicles they stopped.

Modified: 05/13/12 02:24:26 PM
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The man, a Johnston County Schools band instructor, faces charges of using a camera to photograph a 13-year-old under a bathroom stall.

Modified: 05/09/12 05:17:11 AM
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David Collins was going an estimated 80 mph when he crashed on Zacks Mill Road in Angier on Monday night, ejecting himself and seriously injuring his passenger, according to the state Highway Patrol.

Modified: 05/09/12 05:18:08 AM
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Smithfield police say a dark car with a blue light showing stopped and drove away Friday morning after a woman picked up her cell phone as it pulled behind her.

Modified: 05/06/12 06:06:09 AM

Four different fake $100 bills have been passed to restaurants in Clayton, and the U.S. Secret Service has joined police in an investigation into the counterfeit money.

Modified: 05/03/12 02:54:56 PM
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The Johnston County school board is debating how to curb online bullying among students.

Modified: 04/28/12 11:29:00 PM

WakeMed, UNC Health Care, Duke, Vidant Health and Quorum Health Resources have until May to submit a partnership agreement. Johnston’s board will pick its top choice in June.

Modified: 04/27/12 06:19:46 PM

Seven workers hurt in the 2009 ConAgra plant explosion in Garner have been awarded $14.6 million in compensatory damages and could get more if a Johnston County jury awards punitive damages against an engineering company and one of its workers.

Modified: 04/20/12 08:09:10 PM

A 16-year-old girl was grabbed by a man while she was out running in Smithfield on Tuesday evening, according to police reports.

Modified: 04/19/12 05:57:51 AM
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Although some increase was expected given the dismal market conditions early last year, the market is showing signs of improvement heading into the spring selling season.

Modified: 04/17/12 04:08:14 AM

North Carolina state troopers and Johnston County sheriff's deputies are working together to capture the blue light bandit who has been robbing motorists of their cash during traffic stops.

Modified: 04/14/12 05:12:45 AM
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Clayton High School’s marching band plays the honorary role of the marching band in the N.C. Symphony’s production of The Music Man at Meymandi Concert Hall.

Modified: 04/13/12 07:24:27 AM

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