NC Highway 42 Coverage

High-impact road closure begins today in Clayton
After a 24-hour delay, road construction is expected to begin Wednesday on N.C. Highway 42 at U.S. Highway 70 Business.

Gas leak near Clayton leads to 8-hour-long repair
Part of Highway 42 was shut down for most of the night while crews worked to fix a gas leak. The leak happened near Buffalo Road in Johnston County.

2 killed in crash near intersection of NC 42, I-40
Two people were killed in a Wednesday afternoon crash on N.C. Highway 42 near its intersection with Interstate 40 in Johnston County, authorities said.

Chicken sale draws crowd
A line of 100 cars spilled onto NC Highway 42 from the parking lot of the Cleveland Draft House even before House of Raeford Farms started selling 40-pound boxes of bulk meat.

Mother, newborn left in car after high-speed chase, fiery crash
Officials were surprised to find a 19-year-old mother and her newborn baby inside a car that led police on a high-speed chase on N.C. Highway 42.