The Wilson Times
County property tax rate to decrease in proposed 2024-25 budget
Wilson County’s property tax rate would decrease by 13.5 cents per $100 valuation under the county manager’s 2024-25 proposed budget. Wilson County Manager Ron Hunt presented the proposed budget to county commissioners Monday during their...
Couples receive marriage licenses in April
The Wilson County Register of Deeds Office issued the following marriage licenses during April. Elizabeth Claire Johnson of Wilson and Lane Paul Crocker of Kenly; David Alvarado Rivera and Nancy Marlen Chavez Barajas both of...
Cozart receives NC Order of the Guardian Award
Edward Julian Cozart Jr. of Bailey has received the North Carolina Order of the Guardian Award. N.C. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey presented the award earlier this year. Causey conferred the award “in recognition of the...
Camera catches bear on stroll in Wilson
A security camera at a Wilson business captured video of a black bear walking by early Tuesday. Katy Surtees of Tobacco Processors Services LLC said the bear was caught on a Ring spotlight camera on...
Firebirds flatten Harnett Central to reach 3rd round
STANHOPE — While other Times readership area schools hesitated to go through with Monday’s scheduled second-round matches in the NCHSAA boys tennis dual-team playoffs, Southern Nash gambled with the weather...
Ladybirds lead area hopefuls in NCHSAA softball postseason
Southern Nash heads a short list of entries, including none from Wilson County, from the Times readership area in the NCHSAA softball playoffs that will begin, weather permitting, Tuesday, May...
Demons, Warriors, Tigers start baseball playoff quests Tuesday
Fike High varsity baseball head coach Jay Wheeler wasn’t sure the NCHSAA preliminary brackets were going to stand Monday around lunch time when they were first released, but by the...
Vikings finish unbeaten run to 3rd straight TAC title
Kailynn Williams scored four goals as her Elm City Middle girls soccer team completed an unbeaten season with a 6-0 defeat of Nash Central in the Tricounties Athletic Conference championship...
‘Locked-in’ Cyclones lock down Christ Covenant for MACAA crown
GOLDSBORO — With increasing urgency as the journey unfolded, the Community Christian School varsity girls soccer team — with six middle schoolers in the starting lineup — embraced defense as...
Cycs fall in MACAA consolation game
GOLDSBORO — Undeterred by a six-run first inning by New Life Academy of Elizabeth City, Community Christian cut the deficit to one run after two innings of Saturday’s Mid-Atlantic Christian...
Camera catches bear on stroll in Wilson
A security camera at a Wilson business captured video of a black bear walking by early Tuesday. Katy Surtees of Tobacco Processors Services LLC said the bear was caught on...
‘It has to come down’: Protesters call for monument’s removal from courthouse square
Peaceful protesters united Wednesday and called on county officials to remove a nearly century-old monument from the courthouse square that displays an image of the American flag and Confederate battle...
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...
Our Opinion: Davis’ advocacy helped delay FDA menthol ban
THUMBS UP to an indefinite delay in the Food and Drug Administration’s plan to adopt an administrative rule banning the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The Biden administration...
Our Opinion: Noncompete rule should prompt NC to set state policy
A Federal Trade Commission rule to ban worker noncompete agreements could mean significant changes to the labor market in North Carolina, one of only a dozen states without laws that...
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...
The start of something big for local news
The state of New York, led by a powerful coalition of local publishers, has just approved game-changing legislation in the fight to preserve local news outlets and community journalism. By...
Holden Thorp shares his diagnosis and more
Holden Thorp, former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and one of the smartest people I have ever known, made a startling announcement last week. In...
Why ‘school choice’ has fallen short of expectations
The political debate over public education was not always so rigidly polarized as it is today. In the late 2000s, enthusiasm for charter schools rapidly gained momentum on both sides...
