February 22, 2025
Following are new books at the Wilson County Public Library. To place a hold on these titles, call 252-237-5355 or visit www.wilsoncountypubliclibrary.org ADULT FICTION “The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea” by C.L. Miller...
By Olivia Neeley
olivia@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7879 | February 21, 2025
Wilson Education Partnership is gearing up for its largest and most exciting fundraiser of the year. This year’s theme for the annual Adult Trivia and Spelling Bee is “Circus Extravaganza.” The event starts at 6...
For the Times | February 21, 2025
Sallie B. Howard School of Arts and Science is holding an open house and career and technical education program expo at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25. The event is geared toward parents and students in...
For the Times | February 21, 2025
Wilson Community College students took advantage of the opportunity to become members of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society based on their fall semester eligibility. Membership is based on at least a 3.5 grade point...
For the Times | February 21, 2025
The Blair White Group with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Wilson was named to the 2025 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams list by Forbes and Shook Research. Rankings were based on data as of March...
By Paul Durham
paul@wilsontimes.com | 265-7808 | February 22, 2025
When Fike High...
From staff reports | February 21, 2025
BUIES CREEK —...
By Paul Durham
paul@wilsontimes.com | 265-7808 | February 21, 2025
Long and lanky...
By Paul Durham
paul@wilsontimes.com | 265-7808 | February 20, 2025
The North Carolina...
From staff reports | February 20, 2025
Two current Wilson...
From staff reports | February 20, 2025
With snow and...
Chris Long
clong@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7821 | February 18, 2025
A white steel beam adorned with an American flag, Wilson Warbirds flag, signatures and a tree was hoisted skyward across the new downtown baseball stadium construction site Tuesday afternoon. City...
By Drew C. Wilson
dwilson@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7818 | February 9, 2025
An electrical malfunction sparked a fire that destroyed a commercial welding business on Batts Road early Sunday morning. Kevin Gardner, chief of the Bakertown Volunteer Fire Department, said the fire...
Drew C. Wilson
dwilson@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7818 | February 9, 2025
From limousine drivers to shoe shiners, makeup artists to food preparers, some 180 volunteers turned out to make sure 75 special guests had an evening to remember at Friday’s third...
A Wilson Times editorial | February 20, 2025
The message arrived Wednesday morning in a standard business-size envelope addressed to Wilson Times News Tips. In lieu of a return address, “From the What’s Up Wilson FB Page” was...
A Wilson Times editorial | February 17, 2025
When praying silently in one’s own home can be criminalized in the nation that gave us the Magna Carta and Germany repeats the ignoble history of censorship that helped foment...
A Wilson Times editorial | February 10, 2025
THUMBS UP to cost-cutting efforts at the U.S. Mint that could phase out the penny as our nation’s lowest-denomination coin. Each 1-cent piece costs more than 2 cents to make,...
By Dante Pittman | February 20, 2025
Earlier this week, one of my first bills as a primary sponsor was read on the floor of the House chamber. H110, titled “National Guard Student Loan Repayment Program” is...
By Tom Campbell | February 20, 2025
The puzzler asks, “How do you get an 800-pound elephant under a tent?” The answer is one step at a time. First, you get the trunk, then the head and...
By Joe Pearlman | February 20, 2025
Conventional wisdom has photogenic North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson as a rising star among state and even national Democratic officeholders. Despite Donald Trump’s November victory, Jackson won the AG...
Letter to the editor | February 18, 2025
There is no need “to protect people’s personal information and to reduce their exposure to possible identity theft,” as the author of the egregious N.C. House Bill 127 states. Wilson...
Letter to the editor | February 18, 2025
You would think the Democrats would try to examine why they lost the November election and come up with a new message for the American people. Instead, barely a month...
Letter to the editor | February 14, 2025
A recent column, “The case for limiting immigration enforcement” by North Carolina legislators Deb Butler and Renee Price (WilsonTimes.com) is disturbing. Their legislation, designed to prevent N.C. law enforcement from...
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