Wilson County News

Wilson County 4-H celebrated a century of helping young people and the community this weekend.

A second suspect in an alleged Meadow Street dog fighting case was sentenced Thursday in Wilson Superior Court.

Every Thursday morning Candice Murray, who works for Wilson County Cooperative Extension, is at the walking trail at Wilson Medical Center applauding, encouraging and cheering people as they complete another quarter mile on the track.

An officer with 24 years of law enforcement experience now leads the Sharpsburg Police Department.

Hotly contested city and town races never stirred much enthusiasm among Wilson County voters judging by Tuesday's turnout.

Potential Medicaid budget cuts of 19 percent have child advocates and health department officials concerned that a higher number of babies in North Carolina will die before they reach their first birthday.

The town of Sharpsburg has a new police chief. Sara Wiggins, a 23-year law enforcement veteran, was sworn into office Friday by N.C. Superior Court Judge Tony Brown in Sharpsburg's town hall meeting room.

N.C. State University Chancellor Jim Woodard made a striking prediction last week: In coming years, the soon-to-be built futurist James B. Hunt Library will join the Bell Tower as one of the two signature structures on the West Raleigh campus.

Wilson County Sheriff Wayne Gay launched his 2010 re-election campaign Monday night with the help of nearly 500 friends and supporters.

Don Davis lost his apartment and his car, his wife is living with family, and he's staying at Hope Station homeless shelter.

Each month the Wilson County Board of Education releases its personnel list, which shows employees who have been hired or resigned from the system during the past month.

Bonnie Smith stood in the parking lot near the Black Creek gazebo, listening to the songs of the 1970s and remembering some of her better days growing up in Black Creek.

Hal Tarleton has been named the new branch manager for the Wilson-Greene branch of the Wayne/Wilson/Greene chapter of American Red Cross Tarleton, 60, former editor of The Wilson Times, began work Oct.

Hotly contested Wilson City Council races haven't yet set voters' hearts afire, judging by early turnout.

If you have old prescription medications lurking in your medicine cabinet, the Wilson County Substance Abuse Coalition will offer an opportunity for you to safely dispose of them on Saturday.

While the rate of teen pregnancy declined statewide in 2008, the rate in Wilson County rose, according to a new report from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Wilson Police Department handled the following calls recently: Tuesday * Damage to personal property, Ward Boulevard, between 12:20-7:18 a.m., 1998 Buick Regal damage worth $500 * Breaking and/or entering, Park Avenue West, 11:24 p.m., Samsung 40" TV damage worth $2,000 Wednesday * Larceny, WalMart, 2500 block of Forest Hills Road West, between ...

Police have captured three suspects and added three suspects to the list of people they are searching for with outstanding property crime warrants.

TV anchor Bill Leslie will serve both as the guest speaker and musician at the Friends of the Wilson County Public Library's annual banquet Oct.

An alert citizen saw two men running across N.C. 42 Saturday night with an armful of items, thought it looked suspicious and contacted law enforcement.