We ensure the integrity of every vote cast in Wilson County by administering election law and procedures equally and fairly to all.
With humble beginnings as a small shopper, the Wilson County News’ leadership has always ventured into new waters. It was the first business to have a fax machine and offer fax service in Floresville in 1988. The newspaper’s very first website was deve
Falcons drafting Penix no longer a head-scratcher with rookie QB shining in place of benched Cousins It was the most surprising first-round pick in a long time when the Atlanta Falcons chose Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall selection in the NFL draft last April. December 25, 2024...
Wilson and Mayor Lori Lightfoot have a complicated political history. After finishing fourth in the February 2019 mayoral election, Wilson endorsed Lightfoot, helping her cruise to an easy runoff victory over Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, winning every ward of the city. But the t...
One interesting statistic: the poll showed Willie Wilson significantly ahead of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle among black voters, getting 20.3 percent to her 11.4 percent. It’s just one poll, but Wilson did take as much as 30 percent in some of the city’s majority-black wards...
conservative politics for over 40 years, serving the Republican Party in roles from precinct chairman to Galveston County’s Senate District 11 Chairman to serving on the Legislative Priorities Committee on the SREC. She has been a delegate to all but one Republican Party of Texas Convention since...
After this, the superintendents were selected by the duly elected Raleigh County Board of Education who represented the several regions or districts of the county. A man who had served two different high schools in Raleigh County as principal, Mr. C. G. Peregoy, and who had proved his ...
Image from Library of Congress at https://www.loc.gov/item/il0912/ William was born around 1835 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He moved to Alabama and married Eliza Rutledge there in 1854. They had a son, William Alfonso, that was born on Sept. 9, 1855. In the 1860 census, the ...