Drew C. Wilson

Wilson police are investigating a Saturday night shooting that injured three people. Police responded to an 11:42 p.m. shots-fired call on the 1700 block of Chelsea Drive, according to a report from Sgt. Eric McInerny, public information officer with the Wilson Police Department. “Officers arrived and located three individuals suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds,” McInerny said. “The victims were identified […]

Wilson County’s estimated gross income from the sale of farm products dipped to $130.51 million in 2024. Norman Harrell, director of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension office in Wilson County, told about 130 attendees at the annual Farm-City Week breakfast held Nov. 26 at the Wilson County Agricultural Center that the estimated gross income from farm products was off by […]

Police have charged a Wilson man with attempted murder and other firearms violations after they say he shot up a convenience store last week. Iaukea Romans Jakyule Dupree, 23, of Wilson, is charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder, eight counts of discharge a firearm from an enclosure, and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. […]

Police have charged a Wilson man with murder in the shooting death of another man on Freeman Street. Trabis Sentell Alston, 44, of the 400 block of Academy Street East in Wilson, made a first appearance in Wilson County District Court Wednesday morning charged with one open count of murder and one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon and […]

State investigators have identified the origin of an SUV involved in a fatal Thursday wreck on U.S. 301 near Lucama. Four people died when a Toyota Highlander driving the wrong way on the four-lane highway collided at high speed with a Toyota Camry at 4:49 p.m. Two Wilson women were identified as the victims in the Camry. The Highlander’s driver […]

Adrian Brown, 32, of 305 Rountree St. W., is charged with insurance fraud, obtaining property by false pretense and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, according to a statement from North Carolina Department of Insurance.

Diane Rawls walked up and placed a baby doll, a couple of little cars, a game and a puzzle in baskets for the Wilson Police Department's Christmas in the South toy drive.

Law enforcement personnel, 911 dispatchers and volunteers filled shopping carts with toys and other items for the annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart Saturday morning. “It started a few years ago, probably about six or eight years ago,” said Sandra Cary, 911 dispatcher with Wilson County Emergency Communications Center. “We started an organization called the Wilson Law Enforcement […]

Six-year-old Zamir McNeil had a grand smile on his face that said pure joy as he rode off with his new bike Saturday. “I love it,” Zamir said. “I wanted a bike.” The Wilson child was one of more than 250 who picked out a new bike as part of the WoManUp Empowering Women & Girls annual Toy and Bike […]

With a single command police dog Bucky released his toothy grip from a “bad guy.” The dog then stood by at a short distance unleashed while Officer S. Hodell, a K-9 handler for the Wilson Police Department, searched the suspect. When the suspect gave Hodell a fight, Bucky leapt back again to seize the offender by the arm. Once […]