State prison system upgrading offender mail security
RALEIGH — To make prisons safer and more secure, the North Carolina prison system, which operates pr...
Business owner: Bailey lacks police coverage
BAILEY — The town’s only police officer will be on vacation next week. Bailey started off the year w...
Nash deputies raising funds at Pumpkin Festival
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office is set to raise funds for the Special Olympics North Carolina at th...
Man charged in son-in-law's death
NASHVILLE — An Edgecombe County man has been charged with murder in the death of his son-in-law in N...
Candidate called police on opponent for using speakers at a political rally
SPRING HOPE — A candidate for mayor called the police on her opponent for violating a town permit du...
Greenville fire chief resigns after DWI arrest in southern Nash County
Charged on Sunday with driving while impaired in southern Nash County, Greenville's top firefighter ...
Pritchard stumps at Depot Park
SPRING HOPE — A mayoral candidate outlined his plans for the town and made a public apology for disp...
Who was the man with sad hazel eyes?
RALEIGH — A man with sad hazel eyes checked into a downtown hotel under an assumed name, died in his...
County fair returns in Wilson
WILSON — The closest fair to southern Nash County returns this week following a pandemic-induced hia...
Nash jail administrator earns National Guard promotion
FAYETTEVILLE — A high-ranking Nash County deputy has been promoted in his capacity as a longtime N.C...
Coronavirus cases up in Nash County
NASHVILLE — Nash County saw nearly 500 new coronavirus cases in a single week this month. From Sept...
Driver’s license restoration project underway
NASHVILLE — Residents in Nash, Edgecombe and Wilson counties who lost their driver’s license because...
Cook Out to open in Zebulon
ZEBULON — The pandemic closure of a popular mom-and-pop restaurant has made way for a Cook Out to op...
Officials: Railroad tracks can be deadly
RALEIGH — State transportation officials urge the public to pay more attention around railroad track...
Nonprofit to distribute free medicine
ROCKY MOUNT — Area residents have a chance to stock their medicine cabinets for free on Saturday. N....
Firebirds push past Bulldogs 13-6
ROCKY MOUNT — With six starters out due to injuries, Southern Nash had to resort to grinding out a 1...
Is state allocating water, sewer system money fairly?
State prison system upgrading offender mail security
Nash deputies raising funds at Pumpkin Festival
Business owner: Bailey lacks police coverage
Marty’s BBQ founder dies
Rocky Mount joins community policing sports league
NC elections board: Mass mailings are coming
Man charged in son-in-law's death
Candidate called police on opponent for using speakers at a political rally
Greenville fire chief resigns after DWI arrest in southern Nash County
Chicken plate sale planned in Castalia
County fair returns in Wilson
Butterfield: Biden budget plan makes ‘necessary, historic investments’
State elections board: Mass mailings are coming
Picking pumpkins from the victory garden
Pritchard stumps at Depot Park
COVID-19 Map
Steven “Steve” O’Dell Coggin
Rocky Mount — Stephen "Steve" O'dell Coggins, age 68, passed away on Monday, September 13, 2021. Bor...
Eugene Alexander Knight
SPRINGHOPE — Eugene Alexander Knight, age 81, died Friday, September 3, 2021. Service arrangements a...
Patrick Joseph Blessing
Spring Hope — Dateline- Spring Hope Patrick Joseph Blessing, Col. USMC (ret.), Ph.D. Born 11 March ...
Dennis Eugene Sherrod
Spring Hope — Rev. Dennis Eugene Sherrod, 79, passed away May 29, 2021. He was born July 23, 1941 in...
Vaccinations encouraged, not required at NC State Fair
NC road-building costs could scale back long-term projects
Replacement bridge slated to open
NC officials: Agreement reached on high school sports oversight
PHOTOS: Family fun at the Wilson County Fair
Wallenda rises from fall: Family high-wire act headlines fair
Car, truck show planned Saturday at WCC
Flag censors flunk patriotism test
When Oregon school officials tried to banish political symbols from the classroom, English teacher G...
Labor force shouldn’t be shrinking
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s economy has enjoyed a substantial recovery from the depths of the Great S...
Comments from the clip file
Every columnist keeps a “clip file” — articles, stories or ideas from which to write future pieces. ...
Addressing the root causes of hunger
Across the nation, food banks like Inter-Faith Food Shuttle saw a spike in need due to the pandemic ...
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Braxton helps pace Firebirds harriers
Eric Braxton runs cross country for the Firebirds at Southern Nash High School and is The Enterprise...
Firebirds push past Bulldogs 13-6
ROCKY MOUNT — With six starters out due to injuries, Southern Nash had to resort to grinding out a 1...
Gonzalez’s 4 goals lift red-hot Southern Nash
ROANOKE RAPIDS — There’s been no answer for the Southern Nash High varsity boys soccer team within t...
Our Opinion: Booze blunders hasten ‘last call’ for ABC system
North Carolina’s obsolete alcohol sales bureaucracy was dealt tandem blows this month as its chairma...
Our Opinion: Why is Lucama’s mayor alienating a state lawmaker?
More than two dozen North Carolina cities and towns pay lobbyists to advocate for their interests in...
Our Opinion: Constitution Day celebrates principles that define America
It’s invoked in immigration debates, campus speaker controversies, gun law logjams, copyright clashe...
Our Opinion: 9/11 attacks united Americans at devastating cost
Editor’s note: In observance of Patriot Day, The Wilson Times is republishing two editorials written...
Our Opinion: Video lottery bill ignores unregulated sweepstakes games
North Carolina legislators seem to be OK with gambling just so long as the House — the one that meet...
Our Opinion: Protect charter school students' civil liberties
Families’ fight against a discriminatory dress code will continue, but a court ruling in the case co...