Troopers: Man dies after highway crash
SIMS — A 20-year-old man died following an early morning car crash Friday on U.S. 264. Jah’Quavious ...
Vintage vibes coming to downtown Wilson
Megan Lott didn’t set out to start a business. She was just refinishing furniture for her home when ...
Campers learn lessons from sheriff’s office
One after the other, children pulled scuba masks over their faces and placed air regulators in their...
Free children’s meals available at 16 Wilson County sites
Children who rely on cafeteria meals during the school year often face hunger during the summer mont...
WYSA U16 girls advance to Southern Regional Championships elimination rounds
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The Wilson Youth Soccer Association U16 Girls team knew getting to the knock-o...
Sandy Smith, GK Butterfield react to abortion ruling
While Wilson’s congressman decried a Supreme Court decision rejecting a constitutional right to abor...
Hunt to host second Mojo Invitational 7-on-7 football tournament
The start of the 2022 NCHSAA football season is still about two months away, but 12 high school team...
Summer reading program sign-ups set for Monday
ELM CITY — Registration for Genesis Church Ministries’ summer reading program is scheduled from 4-8 ...
Public input sought for community health assessment
Health officials need the public’s help to determine the most important health issues affecting Wils...
Deputies seize 101 pounds of meth in traffic stop
MIDDLESEX — The Nash County Sheriff’s Office made its largest meth seizure in agency history during ...
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in pl...
Adjacent structures damaged when city-owned building fell
The owner of a century-old building damaged when an adjacent city building was demolished Monday sai...
Police: Wilson man helped make child porn
A Wilson man is accused of filming or facilitating child pornography after police searched his cellp...
Arson suspected in Wilson Mall fire
Wilson police are investigating a suspicious fire in the former Bath & Body Works store at the vacan...
Did corporate greed fuel inflation? It’s not the biggest culprit
WASHINGTON — Furious about surging prices at the gasoline station and the supermarket, many consumer...
Supreme Court sides with coach who sought to pray after game
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided Monday with a high school football coach from Washington state ...
2 found dead at NC home; 2 children unhurt
MOCKSVILLE — A man and woman have been found dead at a North Carolina home, while two children were ...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs receives lifetime honor at BET Awards
LOS ANGELES — With a speech about his own inspirational dream for the Black community, Sean “Diddy” ...
Supreme Court’s abortion ruling sets off new court fights
NEW ORLEANS — The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around t...
Barton announces president's and dean's lists for spring
Barton College named 88 full-time, undergraduate students to the president’s list and 348 full-time ...
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Juneteenth Festival fills park
Shirley Marshall and grandson Jaise Futrell sipped cool shaved ice together as people swirled around...
DOWNTOWN WILSON
Adjacent structures damaged when city-owned building fell
The owner of a century-old building damaged when an adjacent city building was demolished Monday sai...
DOWNTOWN WILSON
Building razed after facade falls
In a scene reminiscent of a Godzilla movie, a giant hydraulic pincher appeared over a historic build...
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE
Volunteers invest money, energy to build kids’ beds
Every bead of sweat dripping from volunteers’ foreheads was a small price to pay to ensure Wilson ki...
Wheat yield up, but not profits
LUCAMA — When Joey Kirby cuts the wheat at Bass Farms, he expects to produce about 70 bushels an acr...
Wilson Pride celebration shows the love
It was a day of acceptance, appreciation, confidence and kindness as members of the LGBTQ community ...
Democrats choose power over compassion
‘Moana’ moves Wilson
Cyclist seeks stolen racing bike’s return
Wilson youth at risk of fentanyl poisoning
Compromise on gun laws is possible
Hollywood night in Wilson
Taxing the rich won’t curb inflation
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Vintage vibes coming to downtown Wilson
Megan Lott didn’t set out to start a business. She was just refinishing furniture for her home when ...
‘Tune Our Hearts’: Celebrating the great songs of faith
What a joyous celebration of love, faith and personhood was lifted on Sunday at Forest Hills Baptist...
Will Joe Biden really go stag?
Soaring prices. Social unrest. A resurgent Russia. A military withdrawal followed by the collapse of...
Why wait? Jump-start your creativity and start writing
The screams of a woman were being muffled by the morning fog blanketing Atlantic Christian College. ...
The right’s lonely war against Medicaid expansion is doomed
A dream so long enjoyed cannot cease without hardship. But the psychological pain of diminishing hop...
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Hunt to host second Mojo Invitational 7-on-7 football tournament
The start of the 2022 NCHSAA football season is still about two months away, but 12 high school team...
Battle takes over Firebirds baseball
Football has played a big part of Kwamaine Battle's life, taking him from Southern Nash High to Virg...
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James Beard Awards recognize NC chefs, restaurants
RALEIGH — Starting with a small fried fish shack in Durham, chef Ricky Moore is on top of the culina...
Celebrate summer season with a cobbler
It’s blueberry season right now, and I’ve already purchased several pints both at the grocery store ...
Father’s Day is for smiles, flowers and love
What did your father give you for Father’s Day? Elizabeth’s father placed a bag of tenderloin biscu...
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Sheetz lowers gas prices for July 4 weekend
Sandy Smith, GK Butterfield react to abortion ruling
Arrest made in motel robbery
Woman accused of shooting husband
Yard sale, car wash to benefit United Way
Sheriff’s Office nets largest meth haul in its history
Two men accused of shooting each other
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