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Third StrEatery returns Friday evening
June 17, 2021SMITHFIELD — The next Third StrEATery, which mixes outdoor dining with live entertainment, is schedu...
Clayton, TLC map trail for hiking, mountain biking
CLAYTON — The town will work with a nonprofit on a new trail for hiking and mountain biking. The tra...
Johnston airport receives funding for safety improvements
June 17, 2021SMITHFIELD — The N.C. Board of Transportation has awarded $482,400 to Johnston Regional Airport near...
Parrish helped move Johnston schools forward
SMITHFIELD — As a newly elected Johnston school board member, Dr. Dicky Parrish often butted heads w...
County taking vaccine into Johnston neighborhoods
June 16, 2021With vaccinations slowing across the country. the Johnston County Public Health Department is taking...
Dollar General opens store near Four Oaks
June 16, 2021FOUR OAKS — Dollar General has opened a store at the corner of U.S. 701 and Keen Road near Four Oaks...
Reverse raffle boosts therapeutic horse-riding ranch
June 16, 2021SMITHFIELD — Technically, the sixth annual Big Night Out, a reverse raffle, raised $15,000 for River...
Johnston employers need help
SMITHFIELD — The “Help Wanted” signs are everywhere — along U.S. 301 South in front of Carolina Pa...
Job board targets Johnston commuters
SMITHFIELD — To help employers fill vacancies, the Triangle East Chamber of Commerce wants Johnston ...
Parents, students blast mask mandate in Johnston schools
SMITHFIELD — Johnston parents — and students — have had their fill of the mask mandate in public sch...
Red Cross makes urgent appeal for blood
June 15, 2021Facing what it calls a “severe blood shortage,” the American Red Cross is offering incentives to don...
On COVID, ‘things are looking much better’
SMITHFIELD — Dr. Marilyn Pearson continues to breathe easier. “Things are looking much better,” the ...
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Third StrEatery returns Friday evening
Juneteenth celebration is this weekend in Smithfield
Parrish helped move Johnston schools forward
Reverse raffle boosts therapeutic horse-riding ranch
Job board targets Johnston commuters
Johnston employers need help
Parents, students blast mask mandate in Johnston schools
Johnston airport receives funding for safety improvements
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Spring Hope Enterprise
Town’s opposition doesn’t stop Zebulon historic district
Residents rally around Elm City civic group
Sewer upgrade is key to Elm City’s future
Spring Hope sets meeting on water issues
Contest seeks ‘eggstravagant’ restaurants
Blood drives planned in Nashville, Rocky Mount, Tarboro and Wilson
Former Louisburg planning director dies
Garden club dedicates Blue Star military memorial
The Wilson Times
Deed transfers: Who bought, sold property in Wilson County?
The following deed transfers for the week of June 7-11 have been recorded in the Wilson County Regis...
Red Cross seeks donors amid severe blood shortage
The American Red Cross is experiencing a severe blood shortage as the number of trauma cases, organ ...
'Long time coming': Finch family cheers governor's pardon
When Katherine Jones-Bailey called her father Wednesday afternoon, she couldn’t stop shouting and cr...
Sewer upgrade is key to Elm City's future
ELM CITY –– A rehabilitation and clean-out of sewer and storm drain system has shown real results, a...
State treasurer headlines Wilson GOP social
State Treasurer Dale Folwell will serve as guest speaker for the Wilson County Republican Party’s mo...
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Local Sports
Bulldogs fall in state 1A title game
PRINCETON — After a loss in the state 1A title game, Princeton coach Paula Wooten said her Bulldogs ...
Pandemic reshapes high school sports
PRINCETON — While Johnston students have returned to remote-only learning, high school sports contin...
All-GNRC cheerleading team announced
Community Sports
Clements prevails in Limited Late Model Division at SNMP
LUCAMA — Brandon Clements scored his first Southern National Motorsports Park Limited Late Model win since 2012 in spectacular fashion, holding off Tony Grady in a breathtaking duel in …
McCarty edges Pulliam in instant classic at Southern National
LUCAMA — Bobby McCarty edged out Lee Pulliam to score the victory in a thrilling green-white-checkered finish in Sunday evening’s Solid Rock Carriers Classic at Southern National …
Columns
Low humidity, moderate temps likely through Friday
If Tuesday morning’s cold front behaves as it should and moves to the coast, the Wilson Times area i...
Free speech isn't about power
Seeking to burnish his reputation as a reformer, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman openly criticized ...
Shift brings more sunshine, lower humidity
A wind shift to the north Saturday in the Wilson Times area should begin a welcome change in our wea...
Afternoon showers, storms remain a possibility this week
After dealing with very dry conditions for much of the spring, the Wilson Times area is now trying t...