
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...

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...

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...

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 ...

New defense secretary has Wilson ties
The retired four-star general who's now leading the Pentagon as the United States’ first Black defen...

Police: Wilson man shot, injured coworker
Police say a man shot and wounded a coworker Friday morning at a Wilson air filter business. Author...

Dryer fire evacuates Spring Arbor assisted living facility
Spring Arbor of Wilson was briefly evacuated Wednesday after a clothes dryer caught fire, sending wh...

Pizza Inn raises funds for fire victims
A Wilson mother of three has a warning for parents with small children: Don’t keep pocket lighters w...

2 sentenced in heroin overdose deaths
A man accused of selling heroin that caused the deaths of two people pleaded guilty Wednesday in Wil...

Wilson County charts 8 new virus-related deaths
Wilson County reported eight new COVID-19-related deaths since Friday, bringing the pandemic’s death...

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...

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

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...
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Governor extends coronavirus orders, says more vaccines coming
Auction planned for Bill Ellis Barbecue properties
Wilson City Council rejects Wooten Boulevard rezoning
Sheriff's office arrests 9 in catalytic converter thefts
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