A well loved music teacher was killed in an accident on Monday morning.
Reginald Stewart Jeffreys, 58, of Burlington, was walking on a sidewalk around 10:30 a.m. on June 17 near an intersection in Burlington when he was struck by a vehicle driving southbound on the northbound side of the road.
The driver was identified as Nathaniel Jeremiah Newton, 28, of Burlington.

Nash County District Court Judge Anthony Brown wants to help families caught up in the devastation of addiction.
Brown presented a program he hopes to start, Family Drug Treatment Courts, in Nash County to Nash County Commissioners on Monday.
Brown said the state no longer provides funding for these courts anymore, however, there are grant funding opportunities he hoped to take advantage of.

Nash County 4-H Program Assistant Brenda Wind, at right, shows Anna Thomas Manning, at left, how to sew during a Home Economics Summer Camp.

Eleven youth were taught life skills at a new Nash County 4-H summer camp.
The "Home Economics with a Twist" camp was held June 5 and 6 at the Nashville Community Building.
Nash County 4-H Program Assistant Amy Ormond said the idea for the camp came after she had learned that a similar camp was held in another county.

The Municipal Service District Advisory Board for the Town of Nashville is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the board.
The five-member Municipal Service District (MSD) Advisory Board was created in January 2017, a few months after Nashville's Town Council approved setting up a Municipal Service District in the downtown area, where a special tax would be imposed on those in that district.

A Greenville police officer has named his K-9 after a Nash County officer who lost his life in the line of duty.
William Groseclose was a young officer serving in Kinston on June 9, 2011 when Nash County Deputy/US Marshal's Service Task Force Officer Warren "Sneak" Lewis III was killed while trying to serve a warrant at a Kinston residence in connection with a murder investigation.

Dianne B. Baines of Nashville, owner and operator of Dianne's Hair Fashions for nearly 50 years, passed away June 15, 2019. She was born August 24, 1952.
She was preceded in death by her father, Johnnie Raymond Brannan Sr. and mother, Ruth Brannan.

Rebecca Rose Ceglia, a graduate of Nash Community College, is the 2019 recipient of the Dr. Dallas Herring Achievement Award. She was selected from student and graduate nominees from across North Carolina's 58 community colleges. The North Carolina Community College System recognition coincided with North Carolina Community College Excellence in Education Month, as proclaimed by Gov. Roy Cooper, for the month of April.

Nashville's Cooley Library hosted its Summer Reading Program kick-off last Saturday with ScienceTellers. Pictured, Sheryl Davis, of ScienceTellers, helps Mariam Nesser, Cadence Sisson and Mason Tant (L-R) make an alien hand after telling a story about an alien.

Sisters Natalya Richardson and Zaniyah Adams (L-R) pour a liquid into a container for a science experiment during a Science Tellers presentation last Saturday at Cooley Library.

A simple assault was reported on 5/26/19 at 222 W Washington Street
A missing person was reported on 5/26/19 at 12511 NC 43
An assault by strangulation and assault on a female was reported on 5/26/19 at 7515 Strickland Road

A Rocky Mount woman pled guilty on Monday to stealing money from her elderly in-laws.
Elizabeth Williamson pled guilty on Monday, June 17 to one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identify theft.
From around 2015 to 2017, Williamson helped her elderly in-laws with day-to-day tasks, managed their medication, and payed their bills. Williamson also stole approximately $96,500 from their bank accounts.

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from June 10 through 14.

INCIDENTS
A larceny was reported on 6/11/19 at 1201 Eastern Avenue
A breaking and entering a commercial property and larceny after breaking and entering was reported on 6/13/19 at 623 Sixth Street

Rocky Mount Garden Club members spell out a word to describe the Woman of the Year, Dolores O'Keeffe.

The Rocky Mount Garden Club hosted its annual luncheon recently at The Main Course in the Belmont Lake Preserves community. A southern style luncheon was served featuring a garden salad with grilled chicken, wine, and dessert.
The ladies had several items to cover during their time together.

Dolores O'Keeffe poses after being named the Club's Woman of the Year at the Annual Luncheon held this year at The Main Course at Belmont in Rocky Mount.

Nash Community College EGR 150 Introduction to Engineering students participate each semester in a Boe-Bot contest. The spring 2019 event was held Tuesday, May 7 in the Science and Technology Building. Boe-Bot, or Board of Education robot, is the trade name of a robot kit that is used in junior high, high school and college robotics classes.

Sometimes I wonder who the people are that let their pets die at the Shelter. Many are owners who allow their dogs to roam at will because, after all, "they are in the county." There are some dogs that stick close to home (on a dead end road), like my Lady who protected our house and cars - or at least she thought she did. It used to be that the only time Lady left the back door area was when we were outside, when she could stop guarding. She felt like that was her job.

A group of ministers are giving residents of area nursing homes the opportunity to be baptized.
The ministers are a part of Word Tabernacle Church.
Minister Bertha Smith said she has a passion for the hurt and lost and while working in nursing homes, got a chance to know a lot of people.

Sarah Cathryne Coltrane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Coltrane, has been awarded this year's Ann MacPherson Weaver Memorial Scholarship at Rocky Mount Academy. Coltrane recently completed 8th grade at Martin Millennium Academy in Tarboro. She will attend RMA in the fall on a full-tuition scholarship, valued at over $45,000 for four years.

USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) began accepting nominations for county committee members on Friday, June 14, 2019. Agricultural producers who participate or cooperate in an FSA program may be nominated for candidacy for the county committee. Individuals may nominate themselves or others as a candidate.
"I encourage America's farmers, ranchers, and forest stewards to nominate candidates to lead, serve, and represent their community on their county committee," FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce said.

This past Sunday, The Peachtree Baptist Church Congregation, family, and friends took time to remember all the fathers in our congregation. Gifts were provided.
The Sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday was presented to glorify God by Mr. Linwood May in loving honor of his sister, Barbara May Griffin, and in memory of Bill and Louise May.

But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted." (Romans 6:17)
I understand exactly what the Apostle Paul means when he says, "You used to be slaves to sin." But I didn't understand it until I was born again. Salvation gave me a whole different perspective about the life I used to live.

I recently visited the Virginia Civil War Museum at New Market, Virginia. Of special interest to me was a video presentation recounting the Civil War battle on the site of the present-day museum. The video highlighted "the Field of Lost Shoes. This was a field nearby where the ground was so muddy during the battle that confederate soldiers literally lost their shoes while making their way through the mud and muck.

The Baptist Men enjoyed their monthly breakfast on Sunday, June 16 at 8:30 am.
The youth of Red Oak Baptist Church are currently participating in MFUGE at North Greenville University in South Carolina. The group includes 17 students and 6 adults. They will return home on June 22.

Hello Nashville! To quickly introduce myself, my name is Kaitlyn Stocks and I serve as the Youth Pastor at Nashville United Methodist Church. I received my B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and my M.A. in Christian Ministries from Liberty University. I was raised in this beautiful town and I'm grateful to be back, investing in the same community that poured so much into me.

Father's Day at Kingdom International Church brought back a familiar face for honoring of the fathers! Daisy Vick filled in for the special day! There were probably more fathers in attendance on this day than any Father's Day in the past at KIC.
Daisy called for all the fathers to come forward to receive a gift and to have group pictures taken. They each received a bookmark, screwdriver, and carabiner.

Pictured above, Scarlet Cox pets a horse before getting a chance to ride during a 4-H Horse Camp last week at Wanda Bunn's Horse Farm. Pictured below, Logan VanHouten cleans a horse stall while at Horse Camp.

The Nashville High School Class of 1957 recently held their 62nd year reunion on April 27, 2019 at the Nashville Exchange in Nashville.

Nash County 4-H Program Assistant Amy Ormond gives a demonstration on ironing to youth during a Home Economics Summer Camp held earlier this month.

Americans have a right to protest and to activism, that's an inarguable fact.
But, there is a point where it gets to be tiring.
I have a classmate from graduate school who lives in another state and I don't know how she gets anything done, because all I see or hear from her involves one protest after another.

I am a Whole-Life Democrat. I embrace the life of a woman, life in the womb, and life in the world.
I was the only Democrat to vote in support of The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in Health Committee. I also voted for that same Bill (SB 359) on the House Floor.
Research reveals that it is indeed possible for a baby to survive an abortion attempt.

Nash County voters were recently treated to two more examples of why character matters. First freshman Rep. James Gailliard wasted no time in recording his first "flip flop" by changing his vote when faced with political pressure from his party. Then in an op-ed he attempted to mislead voters by citing existing statutes that don't apply to the issue and then proclaim "SB 359 does nothing to further protect the life of a baby."

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on September 5, 1968. Ladies looking over patterns to be modeled in a fashion show at Tarrytown Mall were (left to right) Judy Hunter, Mrs. Garland Vanhook, Connie Reges and Jackie Stallings. 4-H girls planned to model the outfits. The fashion show was sponsored by the Nash Extension Office and the Simplicity Pattern Company.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA), in conjunction with Wells Fargo, has announced the final standings in the Wells Fargo Conference Cup competitions for the 2018-2019 sports season.
The Wells Fargo Cup award, sponsored by Wells Fargo and the NCHSAA, recognizes the schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state's four competitive classifications.

NORTHERN NASH'S KYLAR WIGGINS

NASH COUNTY -- Wilson Fike and Wilson Hunt led the way in the annual Big East Conference Wells Fargo Conference Cup standings for the 2018-19 school year.
But Southern Nash and Northern Nash were also solid in the standings, which are based on all-points accumulations in every sport during the campaign.
Wilson Fike, thanks to a strong spring sports stretch, held off Wilson Hunt for the overall championship with 191 total points.

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash High School will kick off its 2019 football schedule on Aug. 23 with a home game against the Warren County Eagles at historic Firebird Stadium on the SNHS campus.
Southern Nash's complete ledger is as follows, with home games listed in CAPS:

Elisabeth Collie and the Southern Nash Ladybirds were the winners of the Big East Conference softball championship -- and also earned points in the Wells Fargo Conference Cup Standings in the Big East.

Trey Whitley and the Nash Central Bulldogs were the winners of the Eastern Plains Conference Baseball Championship this spring.

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NASH COUNTY PARKS AND REC
7-8 BOYS TOURNEY 2ND PLACE

SWIMWORLD TORNADOES
NASH COUNTY PARKS AND REC
7-8 GIRLS TOURNAMENT 2ND PLACE

Rocky Mount will honor our nation with an Independence Day Celebration that includes fireworks, performances and more, from 6-9 p.m. on July 3 at the Rocky Mount Athletic Stadium.
The city of Rocky Mount's July 3 celebration has become an annual event over the years, and the 2019 edition features musical performances from Rivermist, activities for the family and a fireworks display by Starfire Corporation to end the evening.