4+ hour, 24+ min ago  (393+ words) Wilson County is implementing mandatory water restrictions for the southeast and southwest water districts due continued drought conditions. The restrictions are stage two of the Wilson County Water Shortage Response Plan. The two districts include the unincorporated areas around Elm…...

5+ hour, 14+ min ago  (556+ words) An average of 170 football players and cheerleaders participated each day in the 2026 Reginald K. Smith Police Athletic League Football and Cheerleading Camp June 15-19 at Frederick Douglass Elementary School. The Wilson Police Department has put on the camp at the beginning of…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago  (265+ words) Wilson Energy's 6. 3% electric rate rider is coming to an end, but the cost for consumers isn't coming down. "When the rider was introduced in spring 2024, the prevailing opinion of industry experts was that it was an anomaly caused by extreme…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago  (643+ words) President Trump has made historically steep cuts to SNAP, Medicaid and other programs, claiming we can't afford them. Yet at the same time, he and his Republican allies have plowed record sums into ICE, even as popular support for the…...

10+ hour, 42+ min ago  (266+ words) Step right up folks! Please don't crowd! No need to shove, plenty here for everyone! Welcome to the AI boom! Silicon Valley billionaires are now proposing a scheme to deliver an unbelievable windfall to "every citizen." Tech titans like Sam…...

12+ hour, 15+ min ago  (473+ words) Wilson County Tourism Development Authority Chairman Charlie Bedgood posed a question to the hotel-experienced members of the board: Is there a transportation issue for visitors in the evenings? "It's a minor inconvenience," said Phil Ronaghan, operator of the Hampton Inn…...

12+ hour, 30+ min ago  (242+ words) The Wilson Times City receives Spirit of North Carolina Award City of Wilson honored with the 2025 Spirit of North Carolina Award for its United Way campaign, recognizing standout fundraising, volunteering and advocacy supporting a goal to lift 1, 000 households out of…...

15+ hour, 26+ min ago  (708+ words) Newly-hired Beddingfield High football head coach Joshua Sims would appear to be grossly overqualified for that job anywhere, given a glance at his r'sum'. But all that experience has just led to Sims back to where it all began with…...

18+ hour, 56+ min ago  (436+ words) One of the longest-running youth sporting events in North Carolina is looking better than ever after 97 youngsters hit Wedgewood Public Golf Course this week for the 47th Larry Pittman Memorial Wilson County Junior Golf Championships. Ninety-nine junior golfers registered for this…...

18+ hour, 56+ min ago  (506+ words) There's a new club in downtown Wilson that's pretty hard to get into but membership is growing. Rodriguez, the first batter for Wilson in the ninth, ended the game that ended the first half of the season by crushing a…...