Wilson News

The numbers of Wilson County residents with swine flu or H1N1 continue to climb.

Wilson police have arrested two men they allege stabbed Roy Lee McArthur in the stomach on June 22.

Hundreds of people are expected to gather Thursday in Kenly to remember Drew Kirby, a victim of a drive-by shooter in Greenville.

The Fourth of July just wouldn't be the same without loud and colorful explosives to celebrate our freedom.

The former principal of Carver Elementary School faces criminal charges of assaulting a student, according to authorities.

A 19-year-old Wilson man entered into a plea deal with prosecutors Wednesday to drastically reduce the prison time he was facing for numerous criminal charges.

A hot dog loaded with chili, mustard and onions is ready to go at Jones Lunch in Clayton.

A Wilson woman was killed in a wreck Sunday while traveling on N.C. 58 in Carteret County.

A retired Army officer who moved to Wilson with the goal of making a difference has been tapped as the new executive director of Wilson 20/20 Community Vision.

Starting next school year, Johnston County Schools is requiring students who want to purchase a high school parking pass to show proof theya ve completed a defensive driving course, a oeAlive at 25.a The course is offered for $25 per student through Johnston Community College in Smithfield.

The father and stepmother of Tyler McMillan, a 12-year-old boy who died last June while tied to a tree, were each sentenced Monday afternoon to serve more than 10 years in prison.

June 23: Agnes Cherry and Martha Walston, first; Ann Griffin and Joyce Lamm, second; Glenda Wilson and Richard Moore, third; George Henry and Mabel Gray Henry, fourth.

When the duel of monsters, magic spells and traps was done, it was the younger of the two players who emerged victorious.

Transportation is the most pivotal need in planning for population growth in the Wilson area and the surrounding region, Pam Wall, executive director of Triangle Tomorrow, told a group of Wilson area officials Tuesday.

The Wilson American Legion Post 13 baseball team finally got it going again. After struggling mightily in its last three games, Post 13 pieced together a strong 8-0 win Tuesday over Ahoskie Post 102 in Fleming Stadium to break a three-game losing streak.

Then his life was cut shockingly a ' and so far, mysteriously a ' short. The 50-year-old musical superstar died Thursday, just as he was preparing for what would be a series of 50 concerts starting July 13 at London's famed 02 arena.

The Wilson Medical Center's psychiatric ward, New Beginnings, will stay closed for at least another year while hospital officials try to improve their bottom line.

Once again, the Wilson Tobs went down to the wire in a key Coastal Plain League South Division game.

If you say that you are "old school" it means music from the 1960s and 1970s is your kind of music.

Finally, things went right for the Wilson Tobs. After falling behind by six runs early, the Tobs roared back with a game-tying rally in the eighth inning and scratched across the game-winning run in the 10th to beat the Florence RedWolves 8-7 Monday in Fleming Stadium.