Benson News

A Johnston County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a complaint in the area and discovered the still, according to Patty McQuillan, spokesperson for the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement.

The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold an informal public hearing from 4-7 p.m. Monday, Feb.

State transportation officials should just forget about improving Interstate 95 while going ahead with their tolling scheme on the highway.

Johnston Community College is hosting Black History Month events throughout the month.

As I have traveled through the district, I've learned there appears to be a lot of confusion concerning the current District 10, and the newly formed District 10.

Johnston Community College is celebrating Black History Month. All events are free.

At a string of public hearings that starts Tuesday in Lumberton, state highway engineers will ask Eastern North Carolina residents what they think about a novel and ambitious proposal to give Interstate 95 a long-needed overhaul - and to cover the $4.4 billion cost by collecting tolls electronically from its drivers.

Johnston County Goat Producer's Association is having a dinner and meeting 6:30 p.m. Feb.

"Playing Dead" is a sequel to "Possum," his 2004 work. "Playing Dead" is 25 poems and 25 pages, including Possum's recipe for "Hunters and Taters." Stephenson's Possum or "PD" is a much-harried curmudgeon and sage of the modern age.

A Harnett County sheriff's detective looks at one of the stolen trailers uncovered in at least 10 tri-county trailer thefts over the past two months.

The sign by the gas pumps advertised Western Union money transfers. Shelves of snacks and coolers of drinks crowded the tiny store.

When I arrived at The Herald in August of 1986, I was the youngest person in the newsroom, maybe even the building, which, in the day, had dozens of people.

A former Benson police detective has been charged with stealing $850 in cash that was evidence in a drug investigation.

In "Off Duty," The Herald asks community leaders about their interests - what they're reading, what they're listening to, what they're watching.

Everette Anson Jackson, , was the son of James and Jeanetta Tew Jackson of the Mingo Community.

North Carolina is set to unveil one of its first electric vehicle charging stations at a state rest area.