Jeremy Creech, manager at the East Coast Migrant Head Start Project national transportation headquarters in Wilson, gets off one of three buses being donated to help the homeless on Monday.

Bus donation will help homeless

By Drew C. Wilson

| July 26, 2021

The Wilson-based East Coast Migrant Head Start Project is donating buses that will be adapted for us...

WILSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

College trustees approve $74M master plan

By Drew C. Wilson

| July 26, 2021

Trustees voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a Wilson Community College master plan that reache...

Whether meeting in the old Superior Court room, the Agricultural Center or Smithfield library, County Commissioners have relied on a single camera for livestreams of their meetings. That will change starting in August.

County upgrading livestream of meetings

July 26, 2021

SMITHFIELD — The livestream of Johnston County Board of Commissioners meetings will have a new home...

Workers have begun construction on the new Nutrien Ag Solutions plant on U.S. 301 between Lucama and Kenly. The company is consolidating its Wilson and Princeton locations.

Fertilizer company moving Princeton operation to Lucama

By Drew C. Wilson

| July 26, 2021

LUCAMA — Nutrien Ag Solutions is consolidating its Wilson and Princeton locations into a single 12-a...

After being found on a trail near her Rolesville home, 3-year-old Alexandra poses for a picture with, from left, Detective Sgt. P. Myers and Sgt. M. Barnes of the Rolesville Police Department and Officer Dustin Dobson and K-9 Rino of the Zebulon Police Department.

Rolesville father recounts shock after 3-year-old wanders off for 2 hours

By Amber Revels-Stocks

| July 26, 2021

ROLESVILLE — A parent’s worse nightmare had a happy ending in Rolesville on Friday when a police dog...

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

State: COVID cases spike in unvaccinated patients

For The Wake Weekly

| July 26, 2021

RALEIGH — After months of decline, North Carolina is experiencing a rapid increase in COVID-19 sprea...

The Spaulding Family Resource Center has received the Spring Hope Board of Adjustment's approval to return to the former C.C. Spaulding School campus, shown with a sign notifying town residents of Monday's public hearing. The center moved to another location in 2019 after operating out of the old school site since the 1990s.

Panel approves Spaulding Center’s return to historic school campus

By Lindell J. Kay

| July 27, 2021

SPRING HOPE — The Spaulding Family Resource Center is heading home. The Spring Hope Board of Adjustm...

Angela McClellan, mother of fallen Nash County Deputy Jared Allison, pictured at the center of a memorial photo display, commiserates with Deputy Abby Taylor during Friday's End of Watch stop in Nashville. Allison died Dec. 1 from injuries sustained in an on-duty traffic wreck.

END OF WATCH RIDE

Ride honors fallen Nash deputy

By Lindell J. Kay

| July 26, 2021

NASHVILLE — A motorcycle ride honoring law enforcement officials who died in the line of duty last y...

SPRING HOPE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Monthlong library book sale set for August

By Lindell J. Kay

| July 26, 2021

SPRING HOPE — The town library is set to sell hundreds of books during the month of August. Popular ...

Participants can visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus during Holly Jolly Holiday festivities Saturday in downtown Wilson.

Downtown Wilson readies for Christmas in July

By Brie Handgraaf

| July 22, 2021

Santa and Mrs. Claus are vacationing in Wilson for the historic downtown district’s first Holly Joll...

The Phase 3 expansion to Granville Athletic Park was dedicated on Saturday. From left, County Commissioner chair Sue Hinman; Korena Weichel, assistant county manager; Charla Duncan, former county analyst; Michael McFadden, member of the Parks and Recreation Committee; Commissioners Russ May and Zelodis Jay; County Manager Mike Felts’ Commissioners Jimmy Gooch, Tony Cozart, Tim Karan and David Smith; and Charlynne Smith, director of Recreation Resources Service.

County celebrates expansion at Granville Athletic Park

By Amanda Dixon

| July 26, 2021

OXFORD — An hour before Granville County’s 275th Anniversary celebration began Saturday, county offi...

The Granville County Sheriff’s Office, Granville County Public Schools and the Southern Ministerial Alliance announced a partnership to focus on improving safety, building trust and encouraging preventative strategies in law enforcement for Granville County citizens. Stan Winborne, center left, represents Granville County Public Schools, and Granville County Sheriff Charles R. Noblin Jr., center right, received an award for the office’s efforts within the community. Pictured from left are Granville County Commissioners David Smith, Jimmy Gooch, Russ May and Zelodis Jay, District Attorney Mike Waters, Granville County Commissioner Sue Hinman, Winborne, Noblin, Commissioner Tim Karan, Judge John Dunlow, Oxford Mayor Jackie Sergent, Butner Mayor Terry Turner, Stem Mayor Casey Dover, and secretary of the Southern Granville Ministerial Alliance Warren L. Herndon.

Police, public need ‘better communication,’ Granville focus group says

By Amanda Dixon

| July 26, 2021

OXFORD — The second meeting between a coalition of area churches, county schools and local law enfor...