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2 NC lawmakers with COVID-19 were on same hunting trip
RALEIGH — Two North Carolina legislators who announced this week they had tested positive for COVID-...

Wilson schools in remote learning until March
A divided Wilson County Board of Education voted Tuesday to extend remote learning for most Wilson C...

Drive-thru clinic vaccinates 2,200 people
Larry Crawford went to bed early Monday night, but the 70-year-old couldn’t sleep. At 2:30 a.m., he...

St. Timothy's Episcopal Church distributes fundraiser proceeds
January 19, 2021The Wilson County Office of Senior Citizen Affairs, Hope Station and Children's Hunger Elimination o...

4 charged with murder after body found in trunk
ROANOKE RAPIDS — Four North Carolina men are facing charges after a police officer who pulled their ...

Wilson volunteers clean historic Black cemetery
Dozens of volunteers pulled weeds, removed roots, raked leaves and cleared debris Monday as a part o...

Downtown Wilson provides prime office space
Anitra McClain and Amy Pridgen were each looking for affordable, centrally located office space, and...

Buffalo Wild Wings hosting fundraiser for COVID-19 patient
January 18, 2021A fundraiser for the Greg Creech Fund is planned from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at Buff...

Smithfield Foods supports WhirliDogs
January 18, 2021
Black Creek inspires outdoors clothing brand
The road from Montgomery, Alabama, to Black Creek is one Devoski Boyd came to know well from an earl...

Barton College adds new coronavirus measures
Barton College students are returning to campus for spring semester classes this week with additional mea...

Rocky Mount-Wilson airport triples aircraft numbers
ELM CITY — The number of aircraft based at the Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport has tripled in th...

College, nonprofit offer free construction course
The Wilson Community Improvement Association stands to benefit when participants complete a construc...

Imagination Station installs new air conditioning system
You know you’re in a small town when air conditioning installation makes the news. But it was good n...

Farm safety program adds workers, counties
The N.C. Cooperative Extension office in Wilson County will be the home base for an expanded Farmwor...
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Wilson schools in remote learning until March
Drive-thru clinic vaccinates 2,200 people
Wilson volunteers clean historic Black cemetery
Black Creek inspires outdoors clothing brand
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Baked French toast a morning treat
We had a special breakfast at my house recently, overnight French toast filled with fruit and pecans...
Via-Houghton
Kenneth and Leisa Houghton of Statesboro, Georgia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kendra...