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Life and Times Podcast Opinion Opinion home Editorials Columns Letters Cartoons Daily Devotional Obituaries Classifieds Classifieds Jobs Public Notices WAW WAW Home Events Calendar Spotted Submit an event Subscribe / renew Contact Contact us FAQs Where to buy Vacation stop About us Downloads Company Spring Hope Enterprise Johnstonian News The Wake Weekly The Butner-Creedmoor News TOP STORIES House District 24 virtual candidate forum set for Wednesday Candidates for Wilson County’s state House seat will share their vision for public service and field questions from the press and public during ’ virtual candidate forum … Wilson council debates rezoning requests for planned restaurant, 60 new homes Wilson City Councilman James Johnson sided with existing properties in two rezoning cases Thursday. “Just like when we’re protecting a neighborhood from a restaurant that wants … Wilson County reports 28 new COVID-19 cases Wilson County reported 28 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases Friday. Patients include a Brian Center resident and a Longleaf Neuro-Medical Treatment Center employee, according to county health … Sallie B. Howard School to continue remote instruction through year's end The Sallie B. Howard School for the Arts and Education says it will continue remote instruction through Dec. 22. School spokeswoman Saptosa Foster said in a Friday news release that the decision … Wilson-grown pumpkins arrive at market just in time for fall Growing pumpkins in Wilson County is essentially a roll of the dice. “Other guys have said if you grow them four years, you will have one good year and three bad ones. The stars will align … Cooper: Grades K-5 can return to classrooms for full-time, face-to-face learning Gov. Roy Cooper cleared the way for North Carolina’s elementary schools to open full-time, but it’s up to each district to decide which option works best. Cooper announced … Teachers get creative with lessons: Virtual learning has its challenges Elm City Middle School band and general music teacher Adam Schultz knew teaching by remote learning would be difficult at the beginning of this school year. So he just shifted his focus from the … 3 charged in Wilson man’s killing Three Wilson men have been charged with first-degree murder in the July killing of 24-year-old Tylyike A. Pigford. Wilson police and U.S. Marshals Carolina Regional Fugitive Task Force members … Changes brewing at Casita in effort to safely open beer garden After a few weeks of attempting to reach a compromise, Casita Brewing Co. owners have chopped the tops off the beer garden cabanas and are hiring workers to make the space accessible for … Three men charged in 24-year-old’s July killing Three Wilson men have been charged with first-degree murder in the July killing of a 24-year-old Tylyike A. Pigford. Wilson police and U.S. Marshals Carolina Regional Fugitive Task Force … Bucky Robbins remembered as a friend to Wilson Friends, relatives and colleagues remember Grady “Bucky” Robbins as a statesman with a heart full of love who wanted to help Wilson achieve what was best for all its people. Robbins, … THE BLACK EXPERIENCE Raising a child on a maid’s wages: College instructor’s mother was live-in domestic worker When Bettie Applewhite was about 9, she remembers discovering that it was awfully hard to find a Black kid on television. Her rural Wilson County family had just installed a black and white … THE BLACK EXPERIENCE Segregation left lasting impressions Joan Davis remembers the way things were when she was growing up in Wilson. The 77-year-old said the railroad tracks that slice through downtown Wilson were a line of demarcation with white on the … THE BLACK EXPERIENCE Sherrod sees changes upon return to Wilson Civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis’ recent death caused Paul Sherrod to think about how far the nation has come and how far it has to go. Sherrod grew up trucking tobacco and picking … Wilson County seeks $900,000 grant for senior center project Wilson County is seeking a $900,000 community grant that will rehabilitate the Wilson County Senior Activity Center on Goldsboro Street. The funding is COVID-19 specific, and if the county … Commissioners want more discussion on high school track decision Wilson County commissioners disagreed with the county school board’s Monday morning decision to build six-lane tracks at Beddingfield and Hunt high schools. During their own meeting Monday … Wilson police seize 2 kilos of heroin Two men face drug trafficking charges after Wilson police seized 2 kilograms of black tar heroin Sunday. Police stopped a vehicle after observing traffic violations around 11:30 a.m. on the 4300 … Police: PCP seized in drug raid Two Wilson men face criminal charges after police seized drugs including PCP on Saturday. Police responded to a 10:11 a.m. disturbance call in the 3900 block of Nash Street. Officers spoke to … ELECTION 2020 CENTRAL With war chests, candidates can support local news Viewers tune them out; voters hate them; and researchers call them ineffective. But attack ads continue chewing up airtime as the slow march to Election Day becomes a six-week sprint. Campaigns … My choice for president will change the world State House candidates spar over campaign pledge, 'defunding' police Teachers' group backs Cooper-Suggs for Wilson's state House seat Trump purges politics from diversity training Ghosts of elections past haunt Democrats Discord may follow delayed election results 3 ways to vote in Nov. election: Wilson tops 3,000 mail-in ballot requests Answers to early voting, election questions Register, vote and help Cooper seeking too much power Conventions were upended, but still told a story Study political 'recipes' to make your vote count Needed: People to work the polls Catholics' moral obligations in voting Read more Follow our ongoing coverage of Cannon Hinnant VIDEO Knights dictate to Chargers in 3-0 victory For the second straight match to open 2020, an energy shift for the Greenfield School varsity boys soccer team in the second half made all the difference in the world. 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