Friday, May 9, 2025
Wilson police have charged a city man with felony child abuse after authorities say school officials discovered an injury on his son. Henry Bernard McLaurin, 49, is charged with felony intentional child abuse inflicting serious...
Richard Frazier, a 25-year Wilson Parks and Recreation employee, has been named as the department director following a regional recruitment process. “The Wilson Parks and Recreation Department has been a big part of my life...
Wilson’s new City Manager Rodger Lentz is getting a new desk, a new computer and a new set of responsibilities, but what’s not new to the former assistant city manager is the job ahead. “There’s...
Seven residents were displaced due to a residential structure fire Tuesday evening. Deputy Fire Chief James P. Campbell of Wilson Fire/Rescue Services, said the call was dispatched at 6:51 p.m. for a structure fire at...
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...
A full 18 months before voters cast their ballots, the 2026 race to represent North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District has already begun in earnest. Second-term Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson...
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...
Eighty years ago today, Nazi Germany surrendered and the guns of Europe fell silent. Crowds swarmed Times Square and Piccadilly Circus. The free world exhaled. May 8, 1945 — Victory...
Every summer brings the familiar joys of sunny weather, family barbecues and beach vacations. But for Americans on the Gulf or Atlantic coasts, the daily weather forecast always comes with...
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that immigrants in the United States can use a smartphone app to claim free plane tickets and $1,000 payments if they’re...
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
