Benson News

Kenly residents pay highest property tax Staff Reports 13.AUG.08 Kenly residents pay the highest property tax in Johnston County and have for the past eight years, according to a comparison of property tax ...

Aug. 13, 2008 Classifieds -------------- 2. HELP WANTED -------------- CUSTOMER SERVICE Earn extra income after taking free tuition tax course.

Keith Barnes will not be charged in the July 22 shooting of his father, the Johnston County district attorney has decided.

There's a 107,000-watt solar-power plant operating in Benson, creating enough energy for 15 typical homes.

Ryan Weaver, right, helps Matt Hancy try out a Sym Mio 50 at Scooterz Inc. in Raleigh.

The town will soon be sporting a new look. Mayor William Massengill, downtown director Benjamin Murphrey and chamber director Loretta Byrd unveiled a new slogan and logo for the town last week.

Heather Miller is not a mechanic. But she knew the noise her vehicle was making meant trouble of some kind.

Kenly's Celia B. McRae, whose teaching career spanned 39 years, was honored Tuesday, July 15 as a Johnston County Schools teaching legend.

Surrounded by a cornfield and trees sits one of the state's newer power plants. There are no telltale signs of a power plant - no long lines of railroad cars filled with coal, no cooling towers releasing steam ...

A local man was in critical condition after being shot in the head by a family member Monday night in Benson, according to Benson police.

Published: Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 5:50 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 9:49 p.m. Pet owners in New Hanover County would be able to bring their dogs and cats to a local shelter this year ...

A Dunn man died Tuesday after losing control of his motorcycle near Benson. Michael Odell, 29, was traveling west on Tar Heel Road at a high rate of speed, according to state Highway Patrol Trooper R.K. ...

Benson police are investigating a Monday night shooting that left a bail bondsman injured.

The pantry is located in Benson in Johnston County. The shelves at the Benson Area Ministries Food Pantry are almost bare after the number of those in need jumped last month from 50 families to 65.

Here are some of the Fourth of July celebrations occurring this week in the Triangle.

Here are some of the Fourth of July celebrations occurring this week in the Triangle.

A bluegrass music festival to benefit wounded troops home from the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan will be held at Laurel Lakes Campground on N.C. 242 near Salemburg on Wednesday through Saturday.

Two teen musicians from Johnston have returned from a once-in-a-lifetime gig. Anna Mukamal of Smithfield and Austin Benson of McGee's Crossroads spent eight days touring and playing music in England.

Consumers will be lighting up more than fireworks this Fourth of July. Fond du Lac area stores that sell cookout food and accessories are enjoying a boom in business.

Two young children have been hospitalized after separate near- drowning incidents in Johnston County on Sunday.