Olivia Neeley

The Wilson County Board of Education has new leadership for its chair and vice chair positions. Blake Boykin was elected chairman in a 5-2 vote Monday, replacing longtime chairwoman Christine Fitch. Newly-elected board members David Batts and John Kyle sided with board members Beverly Boyette, Rhyan Breen and Boykin in the vote for chairman. Board member Debora Powell voted for […]

Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Monday implementing real property revaluations every five years. The county will also conduct its own reappraisal work for those revaluations, according to the resolution. The county recently completed a revaluation that showed a 56% overall countywide increase in property value, according to county officials. The most recent county revaluation before that occurred in 2016. The […]

At a time when monetary and food donations are down, Hope Station is seeing an uptick in the demand for services it offers to Wilson’s most vulnerable residents. Checks and food donations that were coming in on a weekly basis have slowed down dramatically since September — at the same time North Carolinians started supporting relief efforts in the western […]

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Each month, the Wilson County Board of Education releases its personnel list showing employees who’ve been hired and those who’ve retired or resigned from the system in the previous month. The Wilson Times publishes the list each month. The Wilson County Board of Education approved the following personnel changes during its December meeting. CERTIFIED HIRINGS • Jayla Bullock, Speight Middle […]

You’ll now be paying your 2024 property taxes at a new location. The Wilson County Tax Office officially moved Monday from its downtown location to the former Wells Fargo bank building across from the Shoppes at Brentwood. “We’re absolutely thrilled to be here at the new building,” said Wilson County Tax Administrator Crawford Bolton. “This new office helps us improve […]

Authorities have charged one person and are looking for another in connection to the Dec. 10 shooting death of 24-year-old Joshua Angelo Chandler. Police say 27-year-old Kayla Nicole Armstrong of Wilson is charged with acting as an accessory after the fact. She turned herself in to police on Monday, according to Sgt. Eric McInerny, public information officer with the Wilson […]

Police say a man wanted in connection to the shooting death of 24-year-old Joshua Angelo Chandler was arrested Wednesday in Philadelphia. Delexas Tykeem Williams, 24, of Wilson is charged with an open count of murder in Chandler’s Dec. 10 killing. Sgt. Eric McInerny, public information officer with the Wilson Police Department, said Williams was taken into custody in Philadelphia. Williams […]

Wilson County Sheriff’s Office deputies spent Thursday morning spreading Christmas cheer thanks to the Santa for Seniors program. Deputies loaded up their vehicles at the Wilson County Senior Center and headed out to make special deliveries to 100 low-income seniors and older adults in need. Michele Burke, sheriff’s office crime scene analyst, said she had been looking forward to Santa […]