Seventeen local organizations and programs got a financial boost Tuesday thanks to about $1.1 million in grants from the Healthcare Foundation of Wilson.
“Since 2016, we have invested more than …
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7/31/18
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Joyner's pitches in for memorial golf tourney
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3/13/17
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A Western Slide dance party fundraiser will be held from 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 to 2 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Darden Alumni Center, 1600 Lipscomb Road.
Admission is $15 and the event will …
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10/23/18
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Sharon Barnes, middle, of Wilson, and Debbie Phillips, a mastectomy fitter, left, serve themselves at the third Breast Care Day at Thomas Drug Store Wednesday in Wilson. Breast cancer survivors were …
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10/25/18
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Two teens who were arrested in the shooting death of 16-year-old Luis Flores-Bravo now face charges in an unrelated armed robbery.
The latest charges against 18-year-old Keydrick R. Parker and …
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11/3/18
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Local attorney and parent Rhyan Breen was sworn in as the newest member of the Wilson County Board of Education Wednesday night.
Breen won the District 7 seat in the Nov. 6 midterm election and …
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12/20/18
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As the Wilson city clerk, Jamie Batts is the keeper of the city’s seal, but at 5 p.m. on Friday, the 58-year-old woman will pass that duty on to someone new.
“It has been a really interesting …
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12/23/18
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Today’s older citizens who grew up in the country had three full months of summer vacation. All of June, July and August were just good old summertime, those glorious days when school was a thing …
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6/1/18
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The Daughters of the American Revolution’s Thomas Hadley Chapter has announced the winners of its annual Youth Citizenship Awards.
Each year, Wilson’s DAR chapter partners with public and …
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6/13/18
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ROCKY MOUNT — Linda Coleman, Democratic nominee for U.S. House in the 2nd Congressional District, will meet with voters in a “Linda Listens” town hall meeting planned from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, …
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7/31/18
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Missing man found in woods
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Wilson County sheriff’s deputies escort 65-year-old Harold Edmund Carney to a waiting ambulance Sunday afternoon after an N.C. Highway Patrol helicopter spotted the missing man in a wooded area off …
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11/20/16
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The state’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commission is offering grants up to $1,000 for nonprofit organizations or local government agencies hoping to create or strengthen programs that support King’s …
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10/23/18
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Miriam Moore Dunn, beloved teacher and mentor to dozens of local people, died at the age of 91 on Oct. 20, 2018.
“Mickey” Dunn, as she was affectionately called, taught Spanish, English, …
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By Sanda Baucom Hight
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11/3/18
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BAILEY — The Bailey Elementary Junior Beta Club recently held a game drive to collect new board games for the students of J.T. Barber Elementary School in New Bern.
Kristi Adkins, the club …
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12/23/18
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U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield has been reappointed to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the congressman’s office announced Tuesday.
Butterfield, D-Wilson, will serve as the third-most …
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1/16/19
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Wilson County is in store for a cool, rainy weekend, Albert Thomas Jr. explains in today's installment of The Wilson Times Weathercast brought to you by Eastern NC Wheels.
The region should see …
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4/7/18
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PENDER’S BIRTHPLACE
In 1834, Maj. Gen. William Dorsey Pender, C.S.A., was born in a house no longer standing on the right side of the road four-tenths of a mile north of Pender’s Crossroads, …
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6/1/18
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Two Shoppes at Brentwood businesses have recently undergone changes in ownership and branding, and both say they’ve heard positive reactions from customers.
Jon and Rhonda Anderson were loyal …
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7/31/18
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Last Friday’s game, relationships and missed homework assignments are not the only things high school students talk about. Real-life problems like cancer are also catching students’ attention. …
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By Myaaja Coley
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10/23/18
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It’s a big weekend in Wilson as people from around the region make their way downtown for the N.C. Whirligig Festival.
Crowd estimates from last year topped 50,000, according to the festival’s …
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11/3/18
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