Wilson’s Big Lots reopening May 15
Wilson’s Big Lots store is one of many across the state that will reopen after Variety Wholesalers Inc., a Henderson-based retail store company and the parent company of Roses, purchased the brand in January. “That one will be in our third wave of reopenings,” Jeff King, vice president of sales...
NCDOT repaving sections of Nash, Tarboro streets starting this week
Two heavily traveled Wilson roads will be resurfaced this month, according to North Carolina Department of Transportation Public Relations Officer Andrew Barksdale. Nash Street, from Atlantic Christian College Drive to the intersection at Ward Boulevard, and Tarboro Street, from the intersection at Ward Boulevard to the intersection at Forest Hills...
Fans fret over fate of Howell Theatre
SMITHFIELD — An online petition with nearly 2,700 signatures seeks to prevent the possible demise of the Howell Theatre. “I am devastated at the imminent threat that our cherished venue faces,” Amy Plant-Perdue wrote in launching the petition on change.org. Howell Theatre owner Bill Johnson said he could not comment...
West Johnston teacher held in sexual assault of student
A West Johnston High School teacher has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a student, the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office reported on Monday. Deputies arrested Joshua David Johnson, 38, of Benson after an investigation into a report of sexual assault at the school near McGee’s Crossroads. The Sheriff’s Office...
Dog park opens at Pilot Lions Park
Dog owners and their furry, four-legged friends have a new place to frolic in southeastern Franklin County. A new dog park opened last week at the Pilot Lions Club Park, and county officials gathered for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the long-sought amenity. Wendy Perry, a Pilot resident who was...
Golf tournament raises $6K for scholarships
A golf tournament in Wake Forest this week raised about $6,000 for scholarships in memory of the late Damon Johncour. Area golfers competed in the 5th Annual Damon Johncour Memorial Golf Tournament Monday at the Hasentree Club. Organized by the Damon Johncour Foundation, the tournament celebrates the life of Damon...
Mayor: Spaulding Center will host 2025 Pumpkin Festival
SPRING HOPE — Mayor Kyle Pritchard was equal parts animated and coordinated during a Thursday walkabout at the Spaulding Family Resource Center when he confirmed the civic-minded site would host the 2025 Spring Hope National Pumpkin Festival. “There’s not another centralized place that has enough space for everything to go...
Ladybirds lay waste to Nash Central
Southern Nash’s third double-digit varsity softball win in three days — a 17-0 bombardment of 2-A/3-A Big East Conference visitor Nash Central on Thursday — proved to be the 3-A Ladybirds’ most one-sided victory in a season full of them. Southern Nash maintained its grip on first place in the...
Four wheeler stolen
On March 24 in the afternoon or evening hours, a red 2001 Honda Fourtrax Rancher ES TRX 350 four wheeler with a gun case mounted on the front was stolen from a house on Enon Road in Oxford. The four wheeler was last seen headed toward the area of Lucy...
Law enforcement releases crime reports
Butner Public Safety March 1, PSO J. A. Mennella arrested David Early Pruitt, 76, of Creedmoor, for an outstanding order for arrest. Pruitt was issued a secured bond of $2,750 by Magistrate C. P. Bostic and was placed in the Granville County Detention Center. March 3, fraud was...
