Olivia Neeley

Wilson County Schools has another tool to arm staff members to save lives in an emergency situation. Greenlight purchased an updated CPR training kit thro

Officers for the NAACP’s Wilson Branch were installed Thursday, Jan. 9. Arthur Johnson will retain his leadership role as president of the local branch for the 2025-26 term. Serving alongside Johnson as branch officers will be Vanessa Jones, first vice president; George Leach, treasurer; Linda Cooper-Suggs, secretary; and Shirley Marshall, assistant secretary. Officers were installed by city councilman the Rev. […]

Patrons will have an extra hour to enjoy the Wilson County Public Library. The main library will begin opening at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. The library’s current opening time is 10 a.m. “It will start next week right after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday,” said Wilson County Library Director Karey Blanchard. Operating hours for the other branches will remain […]

More upgrades are coming to the park at Lake Wilson. A portion of the 2-mile walking path will be paved and ready by summer to improve accessibility, city officials said. Site preparation work has already started on the $850,000 project that was made possible thanks to funding from the 2023 state budget. “It’s only the section from the bridge to […]

Event organizers are sounding the alarm on the fentanyl crisis that continues to claim lives. The Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina will hold a town hall meeting in Wilson from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 1, at Foundation YMCA of Wilson at 233 Nash St. The purpose of the event, organizers say, is to spark public safety conversations […]

Sisters and Wilson Early College Academy students Lydia and Bethany Denton are the winners of 2024 Congressional App Challenge in North Carolina’s 1st District. The sisters created the BITES Bento app, which aims to help people with diabetes better manage their blood sugar levels. BITES stands for Beneficial Individualized Tracking Eating Solution. Rep. Don Davis, D-Snow Hill, presented the award […]

Wilson County Schools students won't have to make up last week's snow days thanks to banked time. The Wilson County Board of Education approved modifications to the 2024-25 school calendar Monday night that included Jan. 22 and Jan. 23 being switched from instructional days to non-instructional days. Optional teacher workdays for staff will be June 12 and June 15. “We

Wilson County Schools was awarded a grant from the Federal Communications Commission to be a participant in a three-year cybersecurity pilot program for schools and libraries. The program will explore the use of universal service funds to improve school and library defenses against cyberattacks, according to a Jan. 16 FCC news release. “Wilson County Schools will receive $412,000 over three […]

Community leaders headed into the night Wednesday to search for one of Wilson’s most vulnerable populations — the homeless. It was part of a nationwide effort to count the homeless over a 24-hour period. The count is called Point-in-Time, where communities across the country tally and document those experiencing homelessness. But it only provides a snapshot of the problem that […]