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Wastewater discharged near Tilghman Road

Wastewater discharged near Tilghman Road

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Wilson city officials say roughly 21,000 gallons of untreated wastewater was discharged along the Little Swamp outfall, approximately 1,000 feet northeast of 2700 Tilghman Road on Thursday morning. The wastewater was discharged across the ground...

Alex Albright guest speaker for lecture series

Alex Albright guest speaker for lecture series

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Alex Albright will be speaker for Wednesday’s Victor R. Small Writers Series Lecture at Barton College. The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. in Howard Chapel on campus. It is free and open to...

Marriage licenses issued in February

Marriage licenses issued in February

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Michael Scott Stanford of Nashville and Helen Denise Page of Rocky Mount; Antwon Moore and Crystal Ann Drake, both of Wilson; Amanda Ryan Thompson and Robert Thomas Carr, both of Wilson; Justin Howard Hayes and...

Church news: Churches plan Easter services

Church news: Churches plan Easter services

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Wilson Chapel plans Friday service Wilson Chapel Free Will Baptist Church will hold service at 7 p.m. on Good Friday, March 29, with seven speakers addressing the last seven sayings of Christ. Music will be...

More than 200 informal appeals filed with tax office

More than 200 informal appeals filed with tax office

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As of the end of the day Tuesday, property owners had filed 230 informal appeals with the Wilson County Tax Office as part of the 2024 revaluation process, according to Crawford Bolton, the county’s tax...

Mendez hopes to blossom at Azalea Festival Boxing Tournament

Mendez hopes to blossom at Azalea Festival Boxing Tournament

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Wilson boxing trainer Leroy Gray hopes the azaleas won’t be the only thing blooming in Wilmington next weekend. Brandon Mendez, a 21-year-old Wilson resident, has been training for most of...

Ninth Golden Leaf Invitational looks a lot like old Easter tournament

Ninth Golden Leaf Invitational looks a lot like old Easter tournament

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When the Golden Leaf Invitational was first conceived by Hunt High baseball coach Jon Smith and former Fike head coach Buck Edmundson in 2014, the idea was to model it...

Warriors no match for Trojans

Warriors no match for Trojans

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The Hunt High softball team learned Tuesday that it’s a long way to the top of the 3-A Quad County Conference standings — even if you’re halfway up the ladder....

Don’t sleep on women’s March Madness

Don’t sleep on women’s March Madness

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If you are a sports fan, how can you not love March? When I was in high school and had to get a knee surgery done, I made sure it...

Farris & Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week: Gracie Beamon, Community Christian School

Farris & Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week: Gracie Beamon, Community Christian School

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Gracie Beamon helped her Community Christian School varsity girls soccer team win three big matches last week, making her this week’s Farris & Thomas Law Student-Athlete of the Week. Gracie...

AREA ROUNDUP: Firebirds win, Ladybirds 2nd in Big East meet

AREA ROUNDUP: Firebirds win, Ladybirds 2nd in Big East meet

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ROCKY MOUNT – Southern Nash’s boys track and field team won Tuesday’s three-team meet against 2-A/3-A Big East Conference foes Nash Central and host Rocky Mount while the Ladybirds took...

4-H’ers show progress with hogs and steers

4-H’ers show progress with hogs and steers

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Libby Grayson Bass doesn’t have a name for her pig, but her friends call it “the big pig.” The 14-year-old Community Christian School student is one of 98 competitors in...

Goat cuddling a furry favorite at farm

Goat cuddling a furry favorite at farm

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BLACK CREEK — Katy MacKinnon watched as three baby Nigerian dwarf goats bounced around the barn floor at Olde Skye Farms.  Poppy, Lilly and Daisy are the stars of the...

Homeowner displaced after fire

Homeowner displaced after fire

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ELM CITY — Firefighters are investigating the cause of a residential fire that displaced a homeowner on Tuesday. Capt. Brandon Bryant of the Toisnot Rural Fire Department said the structure...

Our Opinion: WhirliDogs opens doors of opportunity

Our Opinion: WhirliDogs opens doors of opportunity

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THUMBS UP to WhirliDogs, which opened its café and job training center Friday at 215 Goldsboro St. S. The nonprofit hires young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and trains...

Our Opinion: NC law punishes private companies that boycott Israel

Our Opinion: NC law punishes private companies that boycott Israel

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A savvy spinoff engineered in a London boardroom might have spared North Carolina a $40 million ice cream headache. Unilever will move Ben & Jerry’s into a separate company that...

Our Opinion: Black Hole Award shines sunlight on legislative secrecy

Our Opinion: Black Hole Award shines sunlight on legislative secrecy

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With its business-friendly climate and relatively low cost of living, North Carolina often lands at or near the top of national lists ranking the best states for tech startups, young...

Incessant gambling ads: a vexing sign of moral decline

Incessant gambling ads: a vexing sign of moral decline

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Americans obsess and argue a lot about morality these days. This is especially the case over on the political and religious right, where decrying societal change in the realm of...

Court ruling exposes downside of corporate diversity targets

Court ruling exposes downside of corporate diversity targets

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David Duvall was a standout employee by Novant Health’s standards. Working in North Carolina, Duvall “performed exceptionally in his role, receiving strong performance reviews and gaining national recognition for himself...

The big question about UN’s Gaza ceasefire resolution

The big question about UN’s Gaza ceasefire resolution

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On Monday, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2728, regarding the ongoing war in Gaza, by a vote of 14-0. The United States abstained rather than — as it...

Pittman’s platform an antidote to apathy

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In an article about the Wilson County Republican Party Convention posted on the WilsonTimes.com website on March 21 (“Buckhout: Retire ‘nice guy’ Davis to fix border, add jobs,” March 22,...

Campaign on candidates’ positives

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Election season is upon us. We can tell by some of the letters to the editor that want to sway people to vote a certain way. Some go as far...

Wilson Medical Center marks patient care milestone

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I am writing to you today both as the CEO of Wilson Medical Center and as a proud member of our community to share a milestone that marks a significant...