Three defendants received active prison sentences Thursday and a fourth was committed to a state mental hospital for life in connection with a Wilson man’s shooting death more than six years ago. All four defendants had a role in the killing of 24-year-old Desmond Alonzo Taylor, whose body was found on the 400 block of Privette Street on Oct. 13, […]
2023-05-23
Emotions high at anti-bullying rally
Until the last year, Serenity Jackson was a top student with good grades. “I used to love going to school every day, but since I was being bullied, I don’t like going to school,” the 13-year-old said Saturday. Serenity hasn’t returned to Forest Hills Middle School since a violent altercation with a boy in one of her classes. The seventh […]
Law enforcement school certifies 8
Deija Lashawn Aikerson of the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office helped Samuel Guthrie of the Wilson Police Department straighten his uniform before the two graduated from basic law enforcement training on Thursday. It was the 121st BLET academy offered at Wilson Community College’s Coastal Plain Law Enforcement Training Center. Eight graduates received their certificates during a commencement ceremony in the college’s […]
Police charge teen with attempted murder
Police say a second gunman has been charged with attempted murder in an April 28 shooting into a car and home. Kedarius Quante’ Sharpe, 19, of Wilson, faces two counts each of attempted first-degree murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied property and discharging a firearm from an enclosure, according to a release from Sgt. Eric McInerny, public information officer […]
Rail fans spot trains in Wilson
The northbound Carolinian Amtrak train was running a few minutes late, so rail fans Anderson and Marlon Hunter had to wait. The Fayetteville father and sun had tripods, cellphones and a camera ready at Wilson’s historic train station for the passenger train to arrive. In the meantime, two CSX freight trains came through from the opposite directions, arriving at the […]
No tax hike in Wilson’s $266.1M proposed budget
City of Wilson property owners won’t see a tax increase under City Manager Grant Goings’ 2023-24 proposed budget. Goings’ budget, presented to the City Council on Thursday, came in at roughly $266.1 million. The current property tax rate of 57.5 cents per $100 in property valuation remains unchanged in the proposed budget. The 18 cents per valuation in the city’s […]
Wilson Country Club to be sold
Wilson Country Club shareholders voted Tuesday to move ahead with plans to sell the 108-year-old club to the McConnell Golf Group. Wilson Country Club President Michael Sargent confirmed Friday that the deal will close on May 31. At Tuesday’s meeting, Sargent said he’d never seen more shareholders at the Wilson Country Club in the 20 years he’s been a member. […]
