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Governor extends coronavirus orders, says more vaccines coming
Gov. Roy Cooper extended the state’s modified stay-at-home order Wednesday in an effort to slow the ...
Health care providers face vaccine shortages
Wilson Medical Center has postponed its COVID-19 vaccination clinics until it receives further vacci...
Wilson City Council rejects Wooten Boulevard rezoning
Four Wilson City Council members on Monday quashed a plan to build new single-family homes on Wooten...
Jumbo rolls cascade after toilet paper truck flips
A tractor-trailer stuffed with parent rolls of toilet paper overturned on Interstate 95, closing the...
Propane truck overturns, driver cited
SIMS — A Bailey man was taken to the hospital after losing control of a propane delivery truck and f...
Sheriff's office arrests 9 in catalytic converter thefts
Wilson County sheriff’s deputies have arrested nine people in a rash of catalytic converter thefts...
Jackson joins North Carolina's US Senate race
State Sen. Jeff Jackson is throwing his hat in the ring for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat. ...
Deputies: Fleeing driver crashes, killing unborn child
ROCKY MOUNT — A driver accused of leading Nash County deputies on a high-speed chase ending in a cra...
Wilson's vaccine clinic plan shared nationwide
Wilson County’s recent drive-thru vaccination clinic more than doubled other communities’ distributi...
Gym boosts tech academy's budget to $24 million
Wilson County will finance a 20% increase in the Wilson Academy of Applied Technology building’s bud...
Police: Wilson man shot, injured coworker
Police say a man shot and wounded a coworker Friday morning at a Wilson air filter business. Author...
Finesse of BB&T towers' cleanup called 'real art'
With dark, greasy eyes and an ominous set of jaws, the heavy metal shears loaded onto a flatbed truc...
Wilson City Council approves $15M parking garage design
Wilson City Council members approved a slight increase to the $15 million budget for a new downtown ...
Wilson Christian Academy names students to honor rolls
Nonprofit, National Guard partner to prevent substance misuse
Governor extends coronavirus orders, says more vaccines coming
Auction planned for Bill Ellis Barbecue properties
Wilson City Council rejects Wooten Boulevard rezoning
Jumbo rolls cascade after toilet paper truck flips
Propane truck overturns, driver cited
Health care providers face vaccine shortages
Jackson joins North Carolina's US Senate race
Wilson repairs downtown sidewalk
Sheriff's office arrests 9 in catalytic converter thefts
Snow on Thursday? Don't rule it out yet
Deputies: Fleeing driver crashes, killing unborn child
Boutique relocates to Airport Boulevard
Wilson's vaccine clinic plan shared nationwide
Gym boosts tech academy's budget to $24 million
Wilson Christian Academy names students to honor rolls
Wilson Christian Academy recognized the following students for their academic excellence during the ...
Nonprofit, National Guard partner to prevent substance misuse
Community Impact N.C., which operates in Wilson, has begun a formal partnership with the N.C. Nation...
Governor extends coronavirus orders, says more vaccines coming
Gov. Roy Cooper extended the state’s modified stay-at-home order Wednesday in an effort to slow the ...
Auction planned for Bill Ellis Barbecue properties
Two years after smothering the embers in the pig cookers, Bill Ellis Barbecue and nearly 100 acres s...
Wilson City Council rejects Wooten Boulevard rezoning
Four Wilson City Council members on Monday quashed a plan to build new single-family homes on Wooten...
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Lady Warriors snap three-game skid, thump Ladybirds 55-28
If the best things in life are free, then the Hunt High varsity girls basketball team took full adva...
Warriors make return by beating Firebirds in Big East opener
For a team with just one practice to its name in over a week, the Hunt High varsity boys basketball ...
Jumbo rolls cascade after toilet paper truck flips
A tractor-trailer stuffed with parent rolls of toilet paper overturned on Interstate 95, closing the...
Propane truck overturns, driver cited
SIMS — A Bailey man was taken to the hospital after losing control of a propane delivery truck and f...
Governor extends coronavirus orders, says more vaccines coming
Snow expected early Thursday
Highway Patrol: Bailey man flips propane truck
Nash UNC Health Care Foundation adds 9 board members
Jackson joins North Carolina's US Senate race
Snow on Thursday? Don't rule it out yet
Deputies: Fleeing driver crashes, killing unborn child
Johnston school board member stepping down
COVID-19 slows Selma project
Science says schools can be safe
NC launches online vaccine tool
Spiritual care secretary named hospital ambassador
Next vaccination clinic is Wednesday near Benson
Johnston County defends mass vaccination clinics
Johnston teachers seek safe return to in-person learning
Protest culture challenges pragmatic politics
Elections, like the one last year, are supposed to be the hallmark of a successful representative de...
Who should wield emergency powers?
Nobody runs for governor hoping he or she will be confronted with a major disaster while in office. ...
States can limit regulatory damage
RALEIGH — Shortly after taking office, President Joe Biden began revving up the federal government’s...
5 goals for NC lawmakers in 2021
RALEIGH — A new year has arrived, and with it, new hopes and resolutions. On the political front, he...
When things go wrong, hope whispers
Monday was a day we spent doing nothing, in the literal sense. Elizabeth and I have had several such...
Snow on Thursday? Don't rule it out yet
Snow or no snow early Thursday morning? The weather models followed by the Weathercast are not in ac...
Quick bread packed with goodness
When Christmastime rolls around, I start making lists of goodies I want to make. Alas, the list gets...
SPORTS
Nguyen steps down after 3 years, 2 titles at Greenfield
While coaching soccer has always been more of an avocation for Eric Nguyen, a more important use of ...
Tigers already in playoffs but need games
Through the vagaries wrought the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wilson Prep boys soccer team has found itsel...
Our Opinion: Bring body camera videos into the sunlight
Now shrouded behind a veil of secrecy, police body camera and dashboard camera recordings could beco...
Our Opinion: Church's creative fundraiser boosts Wilson charities
THUMBS UP to the Episcopal Women of St. Timothy’s, who collected nearly $30,000 for Wilson County no...
Our Opinion: King's dream should convict, challenge and unite us
Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream of equality, justice and unity with a quarter million people...