The Wilson Times
‘I love what I do’: Wheeler named Teacher of the Year
Hunt High School social studies teacher Lisa Wheeler was overwhelmed with emotion Monday morning. Students, district officials and her family surprised Wheeler, who was named Wilson County Schools 2024-25 Teacher of the Year. “Wow,” she...
Groundbreaking for Mudcats stadium is Thursday
The president and the general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers will among the speakers at Thursday’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new Mudcats stadium. The public is invited to the city’s 10 a.m. event that will...
Electric rates bring challenge to city budget
Wilson City Manager Grant Goings said energy rates this year will pose a unique challenge to Wilson residents as well as the city’s annual budget. “We’re faced with two temporary rate riders, two temporary increases,...
Grant helps farmer purchase farm implements
Gardner Farms is the winner of an $8,000 NC AgVentures farm grant to help pay for three farm implements to aid in jalapeño pepper production. “We were awarded the AgVentures grant and we bought a...
Bass inducted into the N.C. 4-H Hall of Fame
Wilson County resident Fred Bass Jr. was inducted into the N.C. 4-H Hall of Fame and honored during a statewide 4-H Alumni Award ceremony on April 27 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. Officials said...
‘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...
Area players take 2nd, 3rd at NCHSAA 3-A East tennis
ROCKY MOUNT — All four of the remaining entries from the Times readership area Saturday, May 4, at the NCHSAA 3-A East Regional boys tennis tournament won a match —...
WPA girls fall just short of TRAC track title
GASTON — Despite several outstanding individual performances Thursday, May 2, at the 1-A Tar-Roanoke Athletic Conference track and field championships at Northampton County High, the Wilson Prep girls team came...
Hunt rally sinks Fike, 4-1
With Fike High senior pitcher Caleb Maddrey threatening to crash the Senior Night for his former Hunt teammates Nick Worrell and Khalil McIver, the Warriors’ underclassmen stepped up to save...
Demons’ leaky D leads to Warriors’ run-rule win
With not a lot at stake except pride for the regular-season varsity softball finale Friday night at Hunt, the host Warriors rode a nine-run first inning to a 10-0 run-rule...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
India, Israel and America’s double standard
India is hailed as the world’s biggest democracy, and Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East. Yet both are led by authoritarian rulers who are far more interested...
