Wilson News

Jim Quick, a much-honored songwriter and showman, brings the award-winning Coastline band to Wilson Wednesday for Downtown Alive.

The Wilson City Council's four incumbents filed for re-election to office Monday.

For many children, lazy summer days mean swimming, summer camps and lots of activities.

Two men, including one who was just released from prison in April, were arrested last week for an armed robbery that took place Wednesday around 4:50 a.m. According to a press release issued by Kolly Burritt, public information officer, Jamar Clempe Clemmons, 24, of 1611 Martin Luther King Jr.

Baseball is said to be as American as apple pie. And this year, area ballparks will be the place for fireworks fans to get their Fourth fix.

For more than 40 years, American Legion has been the unchallenged summer baseball option for high school players in Wilson and surrounding counties.

As Americans celebrate their freedoms today, Iraqis are also enjoying greater independence than they've had in decades.

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.