Johnson guilty on all charges in Johnston County case
Ronald Lee Johnson Jr., former Johnston County school board member, is convicted of extortion, obstruction of justice and two counts of willfully failing to discharge duties. A Johnston County jury sentenced him to six to 17 months in prison, removed him from the county board, revoked his law enforcement credentials, and barred contact with DeVan Barbour.
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Ronald Lee Johnson Jr
Johnston County
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N.C
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Joseph N. Crosswhite
DeVan Barbour
Ronald Johnson
Wildfires threaten Glendale resident near Eaton, Palisades fires
Wesleigh Neville, a 28 year old Johnston County native living in Glendale, describes living amid California wildfires. She notes 87 percent containment of the Eaton fire with Santa Ana winds returning, debris and a fallen tree impacting her apartment as flames spread to the area near Atwater Village.
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Wesleigh Neville
Neville
Johnston County
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Anne Neville
Eaton
Atwater Village
Santa Ana
Wesley Neville
Community fights street name Summerwind Plantation
Brian Sampson urged Johnston County officials to remove the plantation label from Summerwind Plantation Road in the Cleveland subdivision. He noted the street was renamed around 2019 to Summer Lee Street after the land’s plantation history, and asked for the plantation word to be dropped entirely.
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Brian Sampson
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Johnston County Board of Commissioners
Summerwind Plantation
Cleveland
Selma names Alexis Carter as new town manager
Alexis Carter, 26, will begin duties January 31 as Selma’s new town manager from Princeville, where she served as town clerk and assistant town manager. Mayor Byron McAllister praised her government knowledge and ability to guide growth in the Tar River town. Carter, a paralegal who researched zoning and earned her law degree, said Princeville’s history and resilience attracted her to Selma’s need to grow while preserving heritage.
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Alexis Carter
Princeville
Edgecombe County
Byron McAllister
Carter
Wilson County
McAllister
Smithfield
N.C. Central University
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