This story was published in the fall issue of Wilsonian. Jackson Pridgen knew from personal experience that if he built it, they would come. Indeed, the recent Fike High’s graduate Eagle Scout Service Project for his Boy Scout Troop 89 — an official wall ball court — has been a hit since its debut at Gillette Baseball Complex earlier this […] The post Jackson Pridgen’s Eagle Scout project a hit at Gillette first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

A girls tennis season at Fike High that began with a lot of questions came to its conclusion Monday, Oct. 28, in the third round of the NCHSAA 3-A dual-team playoffs against a Burlington Williams team more than happy for a return trip to Wilson. The Golden Demons, who clipped the Bulldogs in the third round of the playoffs last […] The post Williams ousts Fike in third round of 3-A playoffs first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

SOUTHERN PINES — Fike High’s opening round of the NCHSAA 3-A girls golf championships Monday, Oct. 28, left the Golden Demons squarely in the middle of the 11-team field at Longleaf Golf and Family Club. Fike’s 58-over-par team score of 274 left it in sixth place, 18 shots off the pace of first-round leader Lake Norman Charter. Leading the 3-A […] The post Demons middle of the pack after day 1 of 3-A championship first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Tuesday, October 29 College Women’s Golf Barton at Converse Fall Invitational, Inman, S.C., all day High School Girls Golf NCHSAA 1-A/2-A championship at Sapona Golf Club, Lexington, all day; NCHSAA 3-A championship at Longleaf Golf and Family Club, Southern Pines, all day Wednesday, October 30 College Women’s Volleyball Barton at Mount Olive, 6 p.m. High School Boys Soccer Bunn at […] The post Area Calendar, Oct. 29-30, 2024 first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Despite scoring 84 goals in 12 matches this season, Springfield Middle couldn’t find the net in its final boys soccer game Monday, Oct. 28, as the Wildcats lost 1-0 to visiting Red Oak in the championship game of the Tricounties Athletic Conference playoffs. The winning goal was just the 13th permitted by the TAC South Division champion Wildcats, who finished […] The post MIDDLE SCHOOL: Springfield denied TAC crown by Red Oak first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Are you looking for a new plant to grow or want to share a snippet of your own to help others? The Wilson County Public Library recently implemented a free propagation station for the public.  The station was made possible thanks to Friends of the Wilson County Public Library members who wanted to do something special to remember the library’s […] The post Library launches propagation station in honor of former director first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

When I was a young, first-time voter, I registered as a Republican and was enthusiastic to vote for and work to elect Republicans I thought held my values. But I cannot support a party led by Donald Trump, who is pushing an extreme agenda that demands loyalty to him above all else. Donald Trump has promised to be a dictator […] The post Harris will be a president for all Americans first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

ACT for Youth’s first production of the 2024-25 season, “Into the Woods,” with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim as an original Broadway production, was brought to life on the Edna Boykin Cultural Center stage by more than 60 young actors greeted by standing ovations and tremendous applause at the show’s final performance on Sunday, Oct. 20. The show ran […] The post ACT for Youth goes ‘Into the Woods’ first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Wilson Community College is one step closer in the standard reaccreditation process. The college had a successful visit on Oct. 24 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges accrediting team, according to college officials. The reaccreditation process happens every 10 years. The final step in the process will be completed in June when the SACSCOC Board […] The post WCC has successful visit by reaccreditation team first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

BLACK CREEK, N.C. — Tim Ballance, age 58, died Thursday, October 24, 2024. Service arrangements are entrusted to Wilson Memorial Service. The post Tim Ballance first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

WILSON, N.C. — Betty Jean Winstead Exum, age 77, died Saturday, October 26, 2024. Service arrangements are entrusted to Stevens Funeral Home. The post Betty Jean Winstead Exum first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Southern Bank partnered with the Wilson Education Partnership to provide two teachers with mini grants for their students. Lucama Elementary School teacher Shanna Wood was surprised with a $625 mini grant to implement the project “Reading in the Dark.” The project will be used by all second graders as a way to promote sustained reading and increase student communication and […] The post Southern Bank funds 2 WEP grants for teachers first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

WILSON, N.C. — Jerry Beasley Bulla, age 93, died Sunday, October 27, 2024. Service arrangements are entrusted to Wilson Memorial Service. The post Jerry Beasley Bulla first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

The Small Business Center at Wilson Community College is holding several webinars throughout November. To register or request more information for these workshops, visit www.wilsoncc.edu/sbc or call 252-246-1232 or 252-246-1209. SBC kicks off a digital marketing webinar series A free webinar, “Creating a Digital Marketing Blueprint for Your Small Business,” is scheduled from 6-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 4. Participants […] The post Small business center offers webinars in November first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Deloras D. Nichols, 73 of Sims, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 25, 2024. Mrs. Nichols has been an X-Ray Technician since high school and was considered an expert in her field, as she trained many other medical professionals in her career, including doctors. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, as […] The post Deloras D. Nichols first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

In late October, the Los Angeles Times published its list of candidate/issue endorsements for this year’s general election. Missing from the list: Any endorsement for president. Semafor reports that the paper’s owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, nixed the Times editorial board’s planned endorsement of Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. A few days later, the Washington Post similarly announced that it won’t […] The post Non-endorsement isn’t ‘neutrality’ or ‘objectivity’ first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

If he were alive today, former Fike High principal Jimmy Tillman might question his qualifications to have the school’s athletic complex named in his memory. But that’s because Tillman never put himself first in his long career as an educator, coach and administrator. It was always “students first” and that was never open to debate. Just as Tillman, who was […] The post Fike officially names athletic complex for Tillman first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

JACKSONVILLE — Hunt High finished ninth out of 20 boys teams Saturday, Oct. 26, and all six Warriors posted personal-record times at the NCHSAA 3-A East Regional cross-country championships at Jacksonville High. However, none of the Hunt runners or any others from Times readership area teams earned spots in next weekend’s NCHSAA championships. The Warriors placed three spots out of […] The post NCHSAA CROSS-COUNTRY: Warriors PR as a team but no state qualifiers first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

NEWBERRY, S.C. — For a Barton College football team coming off back-to-back shutout losses, a 19-play touchdown drive after a defensive stop start the game Saturday, Oct. 26, at Newberry College was just what the Bulldogs needed. However, that was the only time Barton stopped the Wolves, who scored on their next seven possessions in a 41-25 result that stretched […] The post Offense on track but Bulldogs can’t stop Wolves in 41-25 loss first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

TRENTON — Community Christian spun out to a 19-point halftime lead Friday night in its last eight-player football football game of the year on the way to a 45-28 victory at Jones County Senior High. The Cyclones, who compete in the Mid-Atlantic Christian Athletic Association in all other sports, finished 6-4 as an independent eight-player team. Jones Senior, an NCHSAA […] The post Cyclones thump Jones Sr. 45-28 to ensure winning season first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.