April 18, 2025
The following deed transfers for the week of April 7-11 have been recorded in the Wilson County Register of Deeds office: From Brian Coley and Denise White Coley to Gokce Capital LLC, 5804 Nobleman Court,...
April 18, 2025
Wilson Community Lenten service A community Good Friday service will be held at 2 p.m. April 18 at St. James Christian Church. St. Therese Catholic St. Therese Catholic Church, 700 Nash St. NE, will celebrate...
April 17, 2025
Wilson City Council approved the sale of the former Cherry Hotel to The Bryant Corp. along with a related economic development agreement following a public hearing Thursday night. The unanimous vote came despite objections from...
By Drew C. Wilson
dwilson@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7818 | April 17, 2025
Senior Police Officer Humza Ismail was named the Wilson Police Department Officer of the Year at an awards program Wednesday at Wilson Community College. Ismail, who graduated from the Wilson Community College Basic Law Enforcement...
By Olivia Neeley
olivia@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7879 | April 17, 2025
Wilson County’s 911 telecommunicators are being recognized this week for the critical role they play in emergency response. As part of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, the center has been decked out in circus decorations...
By Tom Ham
Special to the Times | April 19, 2025
They could score...
By Paul Durham
paul@wilsontimes.com | 265-7808 | April 19, 2025
Scoring, rebounding, passing,...
From staff reports | April 18, 2025
Greenfield School stitched...
From staff reports | April 18, 2025
The versatility and...
From staff reports | April 18, 2025
C.B. Aycock pitcher...
By Lisa Boykin Batts
lisa@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7810 | March 21, 2025
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...
By Drew C. Wilson
dwilson@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7818 | March 5, 2025
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...
By Olivia Neeley
olivia@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7879 | February 26, 2025
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...
A Wilson Times editorial | April 14, 2025
THUMBS UP to 102 hardworking Wilson County kids who put hulking hogs and snorting steers through their paces in the show ring, earning a combined total of $360,000 in the...
A Wilson Times editorial | April 8, 2025
THUMBS UP to the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office for equipping dozens of local law enforcement officers to defend our furry and feathered friends from harm. Sheriff Calvin Woodard partnered with...
A Wilson Times editorial | April 4, 2025
Charlie Nowak’s way of describing Wilson’s distinctive down-home charm will elicit plenty of grins, groans, guffaws and involuntary nods. “When I moved to Wilson, I moved here because I liked...
By Jim Vargas | April 17, 2025
Homelessness and substance use disorder often occur simultaneously — but many people struggling with both are unable to get the help they need. That’s put homeless service providers on the...
By Dr. Paul Berggreen | April 17, 2025
Medicare has slashed physician reimbursement again. Unless Congress takes swift and meaningful action, we could see the unraveling of independent medical practices across the country. This isn’t theoretical. It’s already...
By Mitch Kokai | April 17, 2025
North Carolina’s highest court has yet to issue a decision more than a year after hearing the latest arguments in the long-running Leandro school funding case. The state Supreme Court’s...
Letter to the editor | April 16, 2025
Abortion continues to be political discourse. It is common to use phrases like reproductive health, reproductive rights and the right to choose, and whatever else someone can come up with...
Letter to the editor | April 15, 2025
“Charlotte’s Web” was performed in 2008 at Howard Chapel on the campus of Barton College while the Edna Boykin Cultural Center was closed for structural repairs. The stage manager at...
Letter to the editor | April 8, 2025
The General Assembly has launched a bill and a series of hearings with the ostensible purpose of ensuring efficiency in state programs. House Majority Leader and Oversight Committee Chair Brenden...
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