Nash County Public Schools presented a draft version of its 2020-2021 reopening plan on Monday evening, a day before Governor Roy Cooper announced the state's plans for reopening for the upcoming school year.
Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen announced on Tuesday afternoon that Schools would open for in-person instruction under an updated Plan B that requires face coverings for all K-12 students, fewer children in the classroom, measures to ensure social distancing for everyone in the building and other safety protocols.

After serving as town clerk for the Town of Nashville for just over three months, Tesa Silver announced her resignation.
Silver said she has accepted a position with the Town of Apex as Deputy Clerk.
Her last day with Nashville will be next Friday, July 24.

Little Mary Claire Bissette, 2, holds the first cotton bloom of 2020. She is the daughter of Candice Bissette (holding her) and Josh Bissette (not pictured.) Mary Claire's big sister, Caitlyn Bissette, is also pictured. Also pictured are Candice's parents, Carolyn and Stewart Philips. The cotton bloom was found on the children's great uncle Burt Philip's farm in the Battleboro community. They brought the bloom to the newspaper office on July 13.

Nashville citizens who reside on Western Avenue could become neighbors to a large apartment complex.
Six three-story apartment buildings, each housing 24 units equating to a total of 144 apartments, are proposed to be developed at 608 Western Avenue in Nashville.
The property is 9.45 acres, however only six acres will be developed with the remaining property left as green space.

The number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Nash County.
As of Tuesday night, July 14th, Nash County was reporting 691 positive cases. In just a week, there have been well over 100 new cases reported in Nash County.
Health Director Bill Hill said the increase in numbers is due to more virus in the community but also due to more testing going on.

Filing for the Nash County Public Schools Board of Education has garnered four candidates so far.
Filing begin on July 6.
There are six seats up for grabs on the board of education.

Residents of Indian Trail Subdivision voiced concerns over recent flooding during Nashville's Town Council meeting last Tuesday night.
Three residents addressed council members during the public comment portion of the meeting.
Diane Parker, who lives on Apache Trail, said the most recent flooding, which occurred a few weeks ago, affected her home's air conditioner unit and an outbuilding.

Michael Strange of Nashville and his mother Lillian Strange traveled from North Carolina to meet Michael\'s son, Palm Beach Police officer Hung "Andrew" Nguyen in Royal Palm Beach.

Andrew Nguyen grew up a "leftover" -- that's what they called kids whose mothers were Vietnamese and whose fathers were American soldiers.
He never thought he'd meet his father. That was a long shot for leftovers.
Andrew was lucky, though. In some ways, his whole life might be considered a miracle.

A notary fraud was reported on 7/7/20 at 10840 Lancaster Store Road, Castalia
A felony maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for a controlled substance and possession of heroin was reported on 7/8/20 at 1336 W Raleigh Boulevard, Rocky Mount
Recovered property was reported on 7/7/20 at 1725 Rocky Cross Road, Spring Hope

According to court documents, Priscilla Evans, 65, conspired with others to file false tax returns for the 2013 through 2016 tax years for clients of Community Tax Services LLC located in Rocky Mount. Evans and her co-conspirators filed tax returns that claimed false education credits, among other illegitimate items, in order to fraudulently generate clients' tax refunds.

Building Permit (Commercial) Chelsea Tucker; 10174 Pace Road; miscellaneous; $15,000
Regina Jones; 107 W Nashville Drive; renovation/alteration; $8,362

A message from Pastor Gene Whitehouse of Peachtree Baptist Church. "Love in the Bible can be directed from person to person or from a person to things. When directed toward things, love means enjoying or taking pleasure in those things. Love towards persons is more complex. Loving persons may mean simply enjoying them and taking pleasure in their personalities, looks, achievements, etc. But there is another aspect of love that is very important in the Bible.

"Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly." (2 Timothy 2:16)
I was in church recently when an old friend of mine came to visit. It was the strangest thing. My wife and I were just talking about him. He was out of work and we felt so sorry for him.

We've all probably seen a pastor illustrate the concept of repentance during a Sunday morning sermon. He walks across the stage on "the path of sin" and tells us that repenting is not merely stopping as we walk down the path, but turning to walk back in the direction of God. This is absolutely right; repentance involves both turning away from sin and turning back to the Father. However, the illustration fails to provide the posture of our heart as we come back to God.

On the campus of Coopers Elementary School, the gardening done in spring by students and staff has come to life. There are marigolds, corn, pumpkins and apples!
Service at Kingdom International Church was opened with announcements by minister Steve Massey followed by prayer and offering.

Hi Fellow Followers. Much has changed and tensions have risen to unprecedented levels over the last months. It is an emotionally charged time as we continue to navigate a time that none of us have ever experienced. My heart breaks seeing the hatred, division, and discord that now seems to be the norm in our world. When we yell more than meet together, point the finger more than embrace, and post views more than consider our ways, we must stop and wait on the Lord.

It was not a day I was looking forward to, I have to be honest.
Nash County Animal Control was having a rabies shot clinic for $5 last week and that's a deal. This would be the ideal time to take our stray that showed up a few months ago and make him legal.
The only problem was that I figured everyone else in Nash County would probably have the same idea.

The effects of COVID-19 continue to wreak havoc on everyone, and now the shortage of coin circulation seems to be causing panic in some areas and a bit of short-sighted customer service at some big-box stores.
A loyal reader stopped by the office today to show me his receipt from a big box store where he purchased three items and attempted to pay with cash.

REMEMBER THE HULA HOOP? - This photo was originally published in The Nashville Graphic on September 25, 1958 captioned: It's the way you twist that sends the hula hoop whirling round and round, and the proper technique is demonstrated here by Elton Abernethy, Connie Brantley and Nancy Raley. The hula hoop fad had swept the country attracting adult fans as well as youngsters.

TRISTIAN FOSTER - FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

A.J. JONES - MALE TRIPLE CROWN AWARD

NORTHERN SETTER ASHLEY BRANTLEY

RED OAK -- Nobody knows what fall sports are going to look like this upcoming school year with the coronavirus pandemic leaving coaches, players, and fans alike wondering what is coming next.
Despite that, the volleyball team at Northern Nash High School is doing its best to prepare for this upcoming fall during these uncertain times.

GREENVILLE -- The East Carolina University Board of Trustees last Thursday approved a contract extension for head baseball coach Cliff Godwin.
In addition to securing Godwin's position through June 30, 2025, the new agreement also includes increased performance incentives.
During his six years at the helm of the program, Godwin has guided ECU to four NCAA Regional berths, two Super Regional appearances, the 2019 American Athletic Conference regular season title, a pair of AAC Tournament crowns, three 40-plus win seasons and a 214-113-1 (.654) overall record.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The Town of Rocky Mount Youth Baseball Program's two longest-tenured squads hooked up in the 2020 season opener for both and they put on quite a July fireworks display for those in attendance last week at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex.
Breakfast Optimist outlasted the Wesley Men by a 19-15 count in 7 innings on a night when everyone seemed to hit, everyone seemed to score, everyone seemed to make an error or issue a walk and no one seemed to care if they did.

RALEIGH -- North Carolina State University sophomore and Southern Nash alum Zonovan Knight has earned some preseason football recognition on the Phil Steele Preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team.
Knight, who was tabbed for the fourth team, was one of seven NC State players to claim the honor from the annual magazine.