The Wilson Times
Deed transfers: Wilson County transactions from May 6-10
The following deed transfers for the week of May 6-10 have been recorded in the Wilson County Register of Deeds Office: From Margaret Lee Atkinson to Jennifer Juarez, Rogelio Juarez Bernabe and Magdalena Santoyo Trinidad,...
Church News: Churches have special programs
St. Paul Women’s Fellowship Ministry meets St. Paul Church of Christ Women’s Fellowship Ministry will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 18. Speaker will be Wanda Davis. The church is located at 4009 Lake Wilson...
Woman charged in fatal Forest Hills Road crash
A woman faces a criminal charge after the victim in an April traffic crash succumbed to her injuries. Tanishia Anquane Barnes-Fleming, 35, of Wilson, is charged with one count of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle,...
Local Government Commission presses Elm City on late audits
ELM CITY — The N.C. Local Government Commission fired a warning shot at Elm City commissioners during their monthly meeting Tuesday night. Kendra Boyle, director of the fiscal management section for the North Carolina Treasury...
3 fire tax districts could see rate decrease
Three Wilson County volunteer fire departments have requested a tax rate decrease for their districts as part of the county’s 2024-25 budget. While county commissioners don’t request the decreases or increases, they do have to...
Demons clip Carrboro to reach state 3-A final
The Fike High boys tennis team overachieved in singles, winning four of the six matches in the dual-team showdown for the NCHSAA 3-A East Regional crown on the Fike courts...
Beddingfield season ends at Seaforth
PITTSBORO — In just three years of existence, Seaforth High has managed to stick in Beddingfield’s postseason craw twice. The Hawks, who knocked the Bruins out of the fourth round...
Demons’ road trip takes them to the 3rd round
The postseason road can be a long one, as the Fike High girls soccer team experienced Thursday. The Golden Demons hit the highway for a nearly three-hour bus ride to...
Warriors flatten Lee County in 2nd round 6-1
The road will grow tougher for the Hunt High girls soccer team in the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs moving, but the Warriors’ 6-1 second-round win was a sunset cruise on a...
Bruins’ Pender top triple jump seed in 2-A championships
Out of the 17 entries from the Times readership area in the NCHSAA 2-A track and field championships Friday in Greensboro, only Beddingfield High senior Asun Pender is a regional...
Area Calendar, May 17-18, 2024
Friday, May 17 High School Baseball NCHSAA playoffs, fourth round — Midway at Greene Central, 7 p.m. High School Track and Field NCHSAA 2-A/4-A championships, North Carolina A&T State University,...
Man survives after car plunges into water
A Stantonsburg man pulled himself from a mostly submerged vehicle after driving into a watery ditch Monday. Wilson County EMS treated Bradley Holbrook, 34, at the scene and transported him...
Josh Stein campaigns at Wilson County farm
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein visited a Wilson County farm on Monday as he campaigned for the office of governor. Stein, a Democrat, is running against Republican Mark Robinson in...
‘Let’s play ball’: Officials break ground on stadium
Thursday morning’s groundbreaking ceremony for the downtown baseball stadium was about more than throwing dirt — it was about celebrating the next chapter in Wilson’s history. “Wilson is on the...
Our Opinion: Barton graduates persevered through pandemic to learn
THUMBS UP to Barton College’s newest alumni, the 258 undergraduate and graduate students who earned degrees during the school’s 122nd commencement exercises on Saturday. Like Barton’s Bulldog mascot, the Class...
Our Opinion: Senators can make NC the 20th state to call convention
The N.C. House has done its part to rein in federal overreach and restore fiscal discipline to a deficit-addicted Congress. More than a year later, it’s the state Senate’s turn...
Our Opinion: Top teacher and principal set a sterling example
THUMBS UP to Wilson County Schools’ 2024 Teacher and Principal of the Year honorees. District officials recognized Beddingfield High’s Jenny Hayes as Principal of the Year on Thursday and surprised...
Why do they want to destroy public education?
Let me see if I have this right. We don’t have enough money to pay teachers properly, but we’ve got a billion dollars that we’re thinking of doling out to...
Universities should cultivate civic leaders
Most students and their families invest time, effort and resources into higher education for vocational reasons. They expect the knowledge, skills and relationships acquired at a college or university will...
A whole lot of harshness
Much about this life we live is harsh. We live in a survival-of-the-fittest, dog-eat-dog world. The hawks and coyotes in the neighborhood carry off bunnies and squirrels and chipmunks. Natural...
