Four Oaks News

Thousands of dollars in DVDs were stolen from a Wal-Mart store in Eastern Carolina and police say they nabbed the thieves red-handed. New Bern police say the man and woman were stopped by store security Friday afternoon at the Wal-Mart on Martin Luther King, Jr.

A spaghetti and meatballs dinner will be held from 4 till 7 p.m. Friday, June 19, at St.

Johnston Community College is proud to announce its student ambassadors for the 2009-2010 academic year.

SPIVEY'S CORNER - A traffic stop Tuesday night on U.S. 421 north led to the arrest of two men and the confiscation of marijuana weighing 950 grams.

The Mills Family will sing at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at Johnston Community Church, 450 Janie Road, Selma.

The MOMS Club of Clayton will meet at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, June 4, at Everett Chapel Baptist Church, 307 Everett Ave., Clayton.

On Saturday, I found myself in downtown Benson and Four Oaks, and that got me to thinking about the strengths and weaknesses of small-town downtowns.

Hipolito Zamora Hernandez didn't know 7-year-old Marcus Lassiter. He never meant him any particular harm; he never laid a hand on the boy.

Free health screenings will be available from 1:30 till 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, at the Johnston County Public Health Department, 517 N. Bright Leaf Blvd., Smithfield.

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.

FOUR OAKS, N.C.: A 17-year-old has been charged wtih first-degree murder after a shooting on Devils Racetrack Road Saturday.

Spaghetti dinner A spaghetti dinner is scheduled from 4 till 8 p.m. Friday, May 15, at Johnston Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, 6147 Raleigh Road, Benson.

Four Oaks Bank will host a free concert featuring the Band of Oz on Tuesday, May 19th from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. The concert will take place at 128 N. Second Street in downtown Smithfield.

WTSB Radio reports Johnston County Authorities have made an arrest in a spree of home break-ins that occurred in April.

Festival in Four Oaks Four Oaks will hold its annual Acorn Festival this weekend.

A man who had been charged repeatedly with driving while impaired is scheduled to go to trial Monday in connection with a wreck last year that killed a 7-year-old boy.

A Johnston County bank has agreed to acquire Nuestro Banco, the struggling Garner bank that is focused on the Hispanic community.

Some of the people whose cases were dismissed in an alleged ticket-fixing scheme have had run-ins with the law before and after their cases were dropped, WRAL learned after reviewing court records.

An eighth case of rabies has been confirmed in New Hanover County this year. A resident of Echo Lane says he saw his pet dog fighting with a raccoon in his Glen Meade neighborhood on Saturday.

Plates of barbecued chicken will be on sale from 11 a.m. till 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, at Bethel AME Church on N.C. 96 north of Selma.