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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...

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...

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

McDonald’s operator recalls 50 years of change
The man who first brought McDonald’s to Wilson recently celebrated his golden anniversary with the g...

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...

Lawmen, advocates to discuss ex-offender reentry challenges
January 21, 2021The NAACP’s Wilson branch is continuing its policy series on advocacy, education and research focuse...

Bill Wolfe appointed Superior Court judge
Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed William “Bill” Wolfe to serve as a Superior Court judge in Judicial Di...

Farmworkers receive COVID-19 protective gear
Farm trucks arrived at the Wilson County Agricultural Center in 10-minute intervals Wednesday as N.C...

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

Biden takes the helm as president: ‘Democracy has prevailed’
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “...

Wilson schools in remote learning until March
A divided Wilson County Board of Education voted Tuesday to extend remote learning for most Wilson C...
Midweek snow showers? Forecast models are split
Continuing education at Wilson Community College
All-girl Scouts BSA troop stays busy
NC health officials: 1,280 vaccine doses wasted
Wilson Community College students join Phi Theta Kappa
Pet of the week: Boogie
Wilson City Council approves $15M parking garage design
Police: Missing man found safe
New defense secretary has Wilson ties
Police: Wilson man shot, injured coworker
Dryer fire evacuates Spring Arbor assisted living facility
Pizza Inn raises funds for fire victims
McDonald’s operator recalls 50 years of change
Lawmen, advocates to discuss ex-offender reentry challenges
Barton College names honor students
Bill Wolfe appointed Superior Court judge
Midweek snow showers? Forecast models are split
When it comes to snow in the Wilson Times’ area, so many factors have to be just right that the weat...
Continuing education at Wilson Community College
Did you know that Wilson Community College serves thousands of continuing education students every y...
All-girl Scouts BSA troop stays busy
Wilson’s only all-girl Scouts BSA Troop 789 has planned a busy year and just recently returned from ...
NC health officials: 1,280 vaccine doses wasted
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services said on Friday that the state has...
Wilson Community College students join Phi Theta Kappa
Wilson Community College’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society recently welcomed 21 new members based on t...
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Thompson, Lady Bruins grab first EPC win by beating North Johnston
A little bit of patience and a whole lot of senior Di’ziya Thompson handed the Beddingfield High var...

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

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Farmworkers receive COVID-19 protective gear
Farm trucks arrived at the Wilson County Agricultural Center in 10-minute intervals Wednesday as N.C...

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
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...
Midweek snow showers? Forecast models are split
Police probe Spring Hope sweepstakes robbery
Nash schools won't reopen until March
Officials: Resolve to drive safer in 2021
Eastern North Carolina Medical Group offers vaccine appointments
Winslow takes oath of office in state House
Virus vaccine making the rounds in Nash County
Midweek snow showers? Forecast models are split
Latest clinic gives 1,450 people a shot in the arm
On vaccine, doctor says ‘To me, it’s a no-brainer’
Drink can tabs benefit charity
Holcombe is new District Court chief judge
As school board debated, so did Facebook commenters
Recreation programs going virtual in Clayton
Bell begins fifth term in NC House

Free broadcasters from political pressure
Voice of America can’t have it both ways. The broadcaster insists it’s not a government propaganda a...

Midweek snow showers? Forecast models are split
When it comes to snow in the Wilson Times’ area, so many factors have to be just right that the weat...

General Assembly opens in bipartisan spirit
The N.C. General Assembly convened Jan. 13 to begin the people’s business for the next two years. Le...

Gorman in good company with other inaugural poets
Amanda Gorman dazzled with her “occasional poem” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday....

Continuing education at Wilson Community College
Did you know that Wilson Community College serves thousands of continuing education students every y...

Fike vaccine clinic a model of efficiency
The path to COVID-19 virus vaccination began at home. We saw the notices about a mobile vaccination ...

Frightened, frustrated and irritated
The great gift this Christmas was that help was on the way. The vaccine was a welcome gift 10 months...
SPORTS
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...
Wishing for Wilson: Pandemic recovery and business revival
The COVID-19 pandemic walloped Wilson County in 2020, infecting thousands, claiming more than 100 li...