Black Creek News

Ever hanker to be a city or town official? Now is your time. Filing is now open for 30 local seats that will be on Wilson County ballots this fall.

Incumbent officials and political hopefuls in Wilson, Nash, Johnston and Wayne county towns have begun filing for this fall's elections.

Published: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. What started last year as one Southport Sunday school class' local mission project has grown into a yearly music festival.

A new walking track has been dedicated at Lee Woodard Elementary School in memory of one of its former principals, the late William Widmire Lewis.

A Wilson County church is reaching out during a tough economy in order to offer hope.

LUCAMA A Lucama resident was honored Saturday at a military retirement ceremony at Willow Springs Country Club.

Wilson County departments are approaching next year's budget with scalpels, not hatchets, and trying to keep the public from feeling the difference, county commissioners heard Monday night.

The gospel music group Black Creek will celebrate its fifth anniversary at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Benson Grove Baptist Church, 6966 N.C. 50 North, Benson.

BLACK CREEK A local country music group will be celebrating its 6th anniversary Friday and would like you to join them.

HARMONY HALL PLANTATION Chapel singings: April 18 1 PM Heavenly Sunrise April 25 Heritage Day 2 PM to 4 PM Blood Connected, Shade of the Cross May 17 Noon King's Grace May 30 1 PM The Glissons June 6 1 PM ...

One juvenile was arrested during the early morning hours Sunday after he broke into Lee Woodard Elementary School.

A 39-year-old Black Creek man was sentenced in federal court in Raleigh Tuesday for possession of a firearm by a felon.

Two empty mobile homes being used for storage were destroyed in a blaze Thursday afternoon in Wilson County, said Roger Godwin, chief of the Black Creek Volunteer Fire Department.

LUCAMA The Lucama Community Improvement Committee, which is planning a festival in town for May 16, now has a Web site up and running, said chair and secretary Shelley Moreira.

When Paulette Camp heard the phone ring around 6:20 this morning, she knew it wasn't good news.

Doughnuts, music Doughnuts will go on sale at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Smithfield Advent Christian Church at the corner of N.C. 210 and Galilee Road west of Smithfield.

Two boys are recovering this morning after being brutally attacked Thursday by a German shepherd that was roaming their neighborhood near Black Creek.

Residents living in Black Creek, Lucama, Stantonsburg and Sharpsburg have benefited from some of the lowest electric rates in the area for years.

This holiday season, Marcia Barnes is shopping sooner rather than later. Barnes, 57, who was shopping for Christmas ornaments with her husband, Phil, at Big Lots in Wilson Sunday, said in the past she has ...

BLACK CREEK Black Creek recently received a state grant that will help the town solve its sewer infrastructure problems.