The Wilson Times
Free mulch offered at county landfill this week
Dust drifted as a front-end loader poured a bucket of fine mulch onto a flatbed truck at the Wilson County Solid Waste Management C&D Landfill on Monday. Wilson County residents can get free mulch and...
‘Black Men Can Sing’ highlights contributions to music
The Oliver Nestus Freeman Round House and African American Museum has a mission that officials refer to as the three Ps: Preserve, Promote and Present. The museum will foster that mission at 5 p.m. Sunday...
Electric bills will rise because ‘Duke overacted’
Wilson Energy consumers will soon see an increase in monthly costs due to what ElectriCities of North Carolina CEO Roy Jones called “an overreaction” by Duke Energy Progress in 2022. “There definitely will be rate...
Volunteers sought for Waters of Wilson cleanup
City of Wilson employees are seeking volunteers to assist in a cleanup of areas near and in waterways, including the Contentnea, Hominy and Toisnot watersheds, on Saturday, May 4. This will be the second Waters...
Community Briefs: Wilson observes Spring Clean-Up Week
The city of Wilson’s Spring Clean-Up Week started Monday, April 22, and continues this week. Environmental services crews will collect furniture and bulky items that can be loaded by two people, along with appliances and...
Demons stunned 2-0 at CBA
PIKEVILLE — Fike High’s hopes for an outright 3-A Quad County Conference varsity girls soccer championship took a complicated twist Monday with a 2-0 loss at C.B. Aycock. With just...
AREA ROUNDUP: Chargers suffer first region loss
KINSTON — Not even the largesse of 18 free passes by Bethel Christian pitchers could save the Wilson Christian varsity baseball team from its first loss in NCCSA 2-A East...
MIDDLE SCHOOL: Williams sparks Elm City past Springfield
Kailynn Williams scored a hat trick and made two assists as her Elm City Middle girls soccer team stayed unbeaten with a 6-3 home win against Springfield on Monday. Addie...
BARTON ROUNDUP: BC earns slice of Conference Carolinas women’s tennis title
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — Barton College edged host Young Harris 4-3 on Monday morning to grab at least a share of its first conference championship in women’s tennis in 20...
WCA’s Scott, Walston hit new heights at Carolina Distance Carnival
MATTHEWS — With no North Carolina Christian School Association track and field championships to run in, Wilson Christian seniors Lin Scott and Brett Walston are still finding ways to finish...
BARTON ROUNDUP: Bulldogs in front after round 1 of Conference Carolinas Championship
SNOW HILL — With five Barton College golfers in the top 10 after one round of the Conference Carolinas Championship, the Bulldogs seized a seven-stroke lead in defense of their...
Moms make heartfelt march against drugs
Chanting “We are tired of going to the graveyard, we don’t want drugs in Wilson and we are tired of all the opioid overdoses,” members and supporters of Moms on...
4-H livestock show tops $400K
Financial support for the 73rd annual Wilson County 4-H Livestock Show and Sale hit a new plateau with more than $400,000 in sales Thursday. “Steers went lower than in the...
4-H’ers show progress with hogs and steers
Libby Grayson Bass doesn’t have a name for her pig, but her friends call it “the big pig.” The 14-year-old Community Christian School student is one of 98 competitors in...
Our Opinion: Sheriff seeks vital search tool; Wilson Energy costs spike
THUMBS UP to Sheriff Calvin Woodard for recommending an equipment upgrade that would prevent inmates from smuggling drugs and other contraband into the Wilson County Detention Center. Woodard asked county...
Our Opinion: Heckler’s veto rears ugly head to silence speech
From North Carolina to California, political hot potatoes such as immigration and Israel’s war with Hamas have become a convenient excuse for schools to suppress student speech. Central Davidson High...
Our Opinion: Moms on a Mission takes aim at overdose epidemic
THUMBS UP to Moms on a Mission members and supporters who marched from the nonprofit’s Nash Street office to the Wilson County Courthouse steps to raise awareness of fatal drug...
Peace on Earth Day: Direct action against nukes
In the middle of the night on Easter Sunday, April 22, 1984, eight people — all religious pacifists — got out of two cars on a dark Orlando road ready...
State gets a pleasant April surprise
I’ve never been more delighted to be mistaken. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column observing that over the first eight months of the 2023-24 fiscal year, the...
Most Americans facing financial stress
The average house payment in America today is $2,883 on a 30-year mortgage. The average payment on a fixed-rate mortgage is about $3,759. (January stats from businessfinder.com). The average car...
