The Wilson Times
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...
Train station canopy work begins
The long-awaited renovation of the canopy at the century-old Wilson Train Station has started. Wilson-based MidSouth Roofing and Construction has the $750,000 contract with the city of Wilson to restore the 378-foot-long canopy. The Atlantic...
Weatherman, Boliek win Republican second primary races
The Republican ballot for November’s general election is set in North Carolina. Hal Weatherman defeated opponent Jim O’Neill to secure the Republican bid for lieutenant governor with 95,465 votes across the state, or 74.41% of...
Ladybirds’ unbeaten season ended by Dixon in 3rd round
STANHOPE — After 22 straight wins, the Southern Nash High softball team tasted defeat for the first time this spring as Dixon handed the Ladybirds a 5-4 loss Wednesday evening...
Farris & Thomas Law Student-Athlete of the Week: Ja’Khyla Ruffin, Fike High
Fike High senior Ja’Khyla Ruffin was one of three state qualifiers for the Golden Demons track and field team last weekend, making her this week’s Farris & Thomas Student-Athlete of...
When you care about people, let them know often
We have a finite number of encounters with everyone in our lives and that means a finite number of times to let people know how valuable they are to us....
Fike’s Boyette registers 2nd straight top-10 finish at NCHSAA championships
SOUTHERN PINES — Ethan Boyette’s high school golf career didn’t end the way he’d long dreamed it would — hoisting a state championship trophy — but the Fike High senior...
Demons down Terry Sanford to reach 3-A semifinals
FAYETTEVILLE — The Fike High boys tennis team reached uncharted territory on Monday afternoon in the fourth round of the NCHSAA 3-A dual-team playoffs on the Fayetteville Terry Sanford High...
Jenkins’ goals send Fike past WJ into 2nd round
Mallory Jenkins wasn’t having it. The Fike High senior knows her soccer career has an extremely short shelf life but she wasn’t about to let it expire with her fellow...
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...
