Thursday, May 8, 2025
History teacher Shannon Campbell thought Wednesday’s fire drill at Wilson Early College Academy was routine. But as soon as she spotted Wilson County Schools staff and her family, she started to cry. Campbell, who teaches...
Former City Manager Grant Goings joined the Wilson Economic Development Council board one final time Tuesday morning to give an update on the downtown baseball stadium project and say his goodbyes to the board he’s...
Hills Machinery is partnering with Hydex USA to upfit water tanker trucks right here in Wilson. “Dust suppression and access to water is a growing demand throughout North America as job sites get bigger, mines...
The Wilson County American Legion Fairgrounds will have new restrooms ready in time for the county fair. Mick Rankin, president of the fairgrounds board, said the new 1,050-square-foot, cinder block structure is currently under construction....
Wilson County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Tank is headed for retirement, but not before completing one final assignment. Next month, he’ll sweep high schools ahead of graduation to help ensure everyone’s safety. During Monday’s monthly meeting,...
It was a day to celebrate partnerships and opportunity Friday as Johnson & Johnson symbolically broke ground on a $2 billion state-of-the art biologics manufacturing facility under construction in the...
For residents of Wilson’s Newton Park neighborhood, Wednesday’s storm resulted in falling trees, downed power lines, demolished carports and smashed porches. “We heard a whoosh come through and the wind...
Forest Hills Middle School students were evacuated Wednesday morning after a part of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit broke and caused a smoke smell in the building, school...
THUMBS UP to the Wilson Tobs’ willingness to negotiate a new lease with city officials in hopes of retaining the team’s home-field advantage at historic Fleming Stadium. City Manager Rodger...
In deciding whether to authorize the nation’s first religious charter school to operate in Oklahoma, the Supreme Court could unwittingly undermine religious freedom for tens of thousands of students attending...
THUMBS UP to Wilson Read and Grow, a literacy and gardening initiative powered by five Wilson churches in partnership with Seeds of Hope Wilson, the United Way of Wilson County...
The responsibility for investing and managing North Carolina’s public employee pension funds falls completely upon our elected state treasurer. For decades, there has been discussion about whether this is too...
Anne Smiley read my column on the “whitewashing of America” in The Fayetteville Observer. I think she and I are kindred spirits in the way we see the current administration...
It was 250 years ago this week that the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia to organize America’s rebellion against the British crown. War had broken out a few weeks...
I have been a longtime subscriber to The Wilson Times and a number of other local newspapers. Many of these local papers are no more. I see that The Wilson...
How many times have we heard “comprehensive immigration reform” over the last several decades? I cringe when I hear it and lose respect and trust for anyone who says it....
Is that woman over in Elm City the man in D.C.’s fraternal twin? They both have mushy mouths. Think about it! Hazel Williams Wilson
