Wilson City Little League’s three all-star teams competing in the North Carolina Little League District 6 tournaments survived the weekend at Gillette Baseball Complex and will all play elimination games Monday. The WCLL Ages 7-8 all-stars completed a 3-1 run through pool play Sunday with a 19-1 bludgeoning of Johnston County Red and a 13-0 conquest of Johnston County Blue […]
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Post 13 caps great week with Father’s Day Classic sweep
Matt Ballance sat back in the aftermath of hot Sunday afternoon and basked in the immense satisfaction of the biggest weekend of his four-plus seasons as the Wilson American Legion head baseball coach. Not only did Wilson Post 13, boasting the newly acquired ranking of No. 6 among the state’s senior Legion teams, jump-start Sunday afternoon’s tripleheader in Fleming Stadium […]
Council aims for 4th straight girls crown as 45th Larry Pittman Memorial Jr. Golf Tourney starts Monday
While she may be a Fike High graduate now instead of a Fike High senior, Bree Council still has a bit of business remaining on the golf course in Wilson before she leaves for college. Council will take aim at her fourth straight girls medalist distinction for the Larry Pittman Memorial Wilson County Junior Golf Tournament championships. She will be […]
Potent Tobs bash Yard Gnomes again, 11-4
GREENVILLE — The Wilson Tobs powered to their third Coastal Plain League win of the weekend with an 11-4 demolition of the first-year Greenville Yard Gnomes on Sunday night at Guy Smith Stadium. The Tobs’ three-game winning streak, which started Friday at Guy Smith, left them 13-6 on the season and still in first place in the East Division, now […]
Post 13 doubles up Ahoskie for 2-0 division start Saturday
AHOSKIE — Four-run sprees in the second and seventh innings propelled the Wilson American Legion baseball team to an 8-1 Area I East Division victory over host Ahoskie Post 102 at Hertford County High on Saturday night. Benefiting from seven walks and two hit batsmen, Post 13 climbed to 2-0 in the division and to 9-3 overall. Wilson continues division […]
Beddingfield grad Pender happy to just jump at NC State
There was hardly any athletic endeavor that Asun Pender didn’t do during his four years at Beddingfield High. Now the Bruins’ former four-sport standout only has to do one thing for the next four years at North Carolina State University — jump. On the eve of his June 8 graduation from Beddingfield, Pender inked his National Letter of Intent to […]
Bruins’ Gamwell ready to run for Bulldogs
There’s no telling exactly how many miles Nolan Gamwell has run at and around Beddingfield High in his four years as a student, but the experience got him to where he wanted to go. For one of the newest Beddingfield graduates, Gamwell’s dedication as a runner for the Bruins cross-country, winter track and outdoor track teams paid off with a […]
Down to Business: Making 3D printing practical
Brandon Brown is a magician. The 3D printing expert has learned to take strings of colored plastic and turn them into car parts, tools, dishes and more. “I started about five years ago,” Brown said. “The main reason was to do terrain and stuff for war gaming. I realized the practicality of things you can do with it. My mom […]
Renovations spruce up Elm City Library
ELM CITY — The Elm City Library received some upgrades after 30 years of the same old, same old. “This building was renovated 30 years ago,” librarian Camille Welch said. “The carpet that was in here was 30 years old. Over the years, we’ve had some flooding and other issues, and so it definitely needed to be replaced. The town […]
City hosting annual budget informational session
The city of Wilson is hosting an informational session Monday evening for it fiscal year 2024-2025 annual budget. The meeting, with a similar layout to the stadium project’s informational session, will be hosted at 316 Douglas St. from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with a budget public hearing to follow at the council’s regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on June […]
Area Calendar, June 17-18, 2024
Monday, June 17 No events scheduled. Tuesday, June 18 American Legion Baseball Wilson Post 13 at Kinston Post 43 (Kinston High), 7 p.m. Summer Collegiate Baseball Peninsula Pilots at Wilson Tobs, 7 p.m.
Tobs shut down Salamanders to stay atop East
With one week remaining in the first half of the summer collegiate baseball Coastal Plain League season, the Wilson Tobs are right where they want to be — atop the East Division. Wilson held onto its narrow lead with an 8-3 win Saturday, June 15, over the Holly Springs Salamanders at Fleming Stadium. That left the Tobs, who will play […]
Catch that truck: D’licious Icy’s serves up cold treats
This story is published in the summer issue of the Wilsonian, the Wilson Times’ new quarterly magazine. Darryl Dye knew his Italian ice treats were a hit several years ago when all the neighborhood kids lined up for more. Since then, D’licious Icy’s has become a fan-favorite truck to catch in Wilson and the surrounding areas during the summer months. […]
County’s opioid settlement plan a ‘success’ in first year
Officials say Wilson County is leading the charge in the way it’s using opioid settlement dollars to help change people’s lives. “I honestly think every aspect of our plan has been a success,” said Jeff Hill, Wilson County Substance Prevention Coalition executive director. Hill highlighted successes and outcomes on how the first opioid settlement payment has been spent during a […]
Post 13 gets even with Wake Forest in 6-1 victory
A bases-clearing, three-run double and clutch pitches from a pair of right-handed relievers vaulted the Wilson American Legion baseball team to a 6-1 nondivision triumph against the Wake Forest Post 187 Fungo in Post 13’s first appearance of the season on the Fike High diamond on a humid Friday night before a sprinkling of onlookers. Wilson, which began its week […]
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