Water and sewer revenues continue to take a hit in the Town of Nashville, causing the town to dip into its enterprise fund balance to cover growing needs.
At the town's budget retreat in March, Finance Director Samantha Sanchez reported that COVID-19 has had an impact on how much revenues the town is receiving for water.

CARLOS RICKS

The Nash County Sheriff's Office is again mourning the loss of one of their own.
Captain Carlos Ricks, a 25-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office, passed away last Thursday after experiencing a medical emergency at his home. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.

The Town of Nashville is tossing its hat in the ring for a chance at receiving funding from Congressman G.K. Butterfield's American Recovery Act funds.
Town Manager Randy Lansing told Nashville Town Council Members last Tuesday that Butterfield had secured $24 million from the American Recovery Act to award to qualifying community development projects throughout his district via the Community Project Fund.

A bank planning to open up in Red Oak has hit a snag.
Red Oak's Board of Commissioners reported on Monday night that the North Carolina Banking Commission denied the bank's application.
Mayor Levell Langley said the denial was based solely on the name of the bank.

Nashville Building Supply owners Jimmie Hinton and Jerry Creekmore are pictured on the day they aquired ownership of Nashville Buildling Supply. Graphic file photo

Nashville Building Supply has left its mark on many homes, businesses and churches in the Nashville community and beyond.
The business will soon close its doors, leaving behind a rich history and reputation for its reliable customer service and knowledge of the building industry.
Nashville Building Supply is one of the oldest continuously operating businesses in the area.

Six months after celebrating its first major project, Whitakers Revitalize and Preserve, or WRAP, had another reason to celebrate this past Saturday.
A "Music and Picnic in the Park" was held to celebrate the installation of the Little Tikes playground equipment and park benches that were added to the Free Notes Harmony Park.

Nash County Commissioners approved changes to the permit fee schedule for solar farms, making it less costly for larger solar farm projects.
Planning Director Adam Tyson told commissioners last Monday that the current electrical permit fee for commercial solar farms was $5 per solar panel and was established around nine years ago and has remained at that rate

Rocky Mount Police are investigating a hit and run that occurred on Sunday morning on North Wesleyan Boulevard.
Police responded around 10:20 a.m. on April 11 to a call of an unidentified male lying in the ditch in the 1500 block of N Wesleyan Boulevard. Emergency Medical Services pronounced the subject dead at the scene.

A Whitakers man was setnenced to 78 months in prison for robbing a bank and Family Dollar store.
According to court documents, Christopher Bryan Shingleton, 43, pled guilty to robbing the First Bank located in Morehead City on June 6, 2019 and robbing the Family Dollar located in Havelock on June 15, 2019. During both robberies, Shingleton threatened employees by saying he had a gun and demanded money.

A felony maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for a controlled substance, trafficking in marijuana, firearm by a felon and possession of marijuana paraphernalia was reported on 4/7/21 at 1253 Drivers Circle, Rocky Mount
An obtaining property by false pretense was reported on 4/7/21 at 13145 Taylors Store Road, Nashville

COVID-19 hospitalization metrics jumped over the weekend.
Nash County Health Director Bill Hill reported on Monday that hospitalizations due to COVID-19 had jumped from 22 to 32.
Hill said of the 32 in hospitals, five were in ICU and two were on ventilators.

INCIDENTS
An open container was reported on 4/4/21 on E Old Spring Hope Road
An obtaining property was reported on 4/5/21 at 725 Smith Street

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. and the Wilson County Health Department are hosting a COVID-19 vaccination event at the Wilson County Agriculture Center on Friday, April 16th from 7 am to noon. The Johnson & Johnson/Janssen one dose vaccine will be available.
This event is open to the community; however, growers and farmworkers are a priority.

When Nash Community College Broadcasting and Production Technologies student Isaac Anderson entered the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts competition in the two-year colleges category he knew the competition would be fierce.
"I was actually very nervous," said Anderson. "There are some great schools in that category. I didn't know we would actually win."

NC AgVentures is a Cooperative Extension program that provides grants to NC family farms and community organizations to develop new and innovative agricultural projects designed to increase farm profits. Grant funding is sponsored by the NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. Nash County Cooperative Extension assists farmers and agribusinesses with the application process and proudly recognizes two recipients of this grant.

The Nash County Animal Control Officers help us save the Nash Pets! Without the corporation of our officers, NCAF would not exist. Initially we were only allowed to come in during public hours to photograph. Now we are allowed to have an hour of the Shelter staff's time in the mornings, as long as there are no meetings (or virus quarantines), for the opportunity to take the pets out for those great shots!

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." (Psalm 46:1)
Several years ago, I succumbed to the reality that I could not control my weight without some help. I had ballooned to 320 pounds and felt as if I had no hope. I entered a weight loss surgery program and had a lap band installed around my stomach. Everything was fine for about 3 months.

Hezekiah is affirmed in Scripture as doing "what was right in the Lord's sight" (2 Kings 18:3). The next verse details what Hezekiah did: "He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it." (2 Kings 18:4).

The 2021 Missions Extravaganza and WMU NC Annual Gathering will be Saturday, April 24 from 9:00 am - 3:30 pm. This year the event will be virtual celebration. Registration is $20 per person. The theme will be "Relentless". Worship leader will be Susan Lafferty. The Keynote Speaker will be Kendra Graham, wife of evangelist Will Graham). Register now at wmunc.org/missions-me-2021.

When Jesus was alive he took the disciples to Jerusalem. Now that Jesus (so they thought) was dead the disciples are leaving Jerusalem.
This is the context of the infamous "Road to Emmaus" story. It's still the third day in this story. The men(disciples) have heard the story from the women(disciples) that Jesus' body wasn't there. The men, as men are prone to do, don't listen, as it still seems an idle tale to them.

Oak Level Ruritan Club-will hold their Annual BBQ Chicken Cooking Friday, April 23, 2021, from 11a.m. - till. It is first come first serve. Drive-thru, take-out only. No tickets will be sold. Dining hall will be closed. $8.00 a plate.
Coopers Ruritan Club- Will hold their Annual BBQ Chicken Cooking Friday, May 7, 2021, from 11:00am- until.

This past Sunday was a beautiful day. The Peachtree Baptist Church Congregation, family and friends met to worship our Lord. The Church was full of the faithful. The sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday was loving presented to glorify God by Melba Hobgood in honor of our Lord and Savior.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2020 -2021 school year. The following students at Nash Central High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2020 -2021 school year. The following students at Northern Nash High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2020 -2021 school year. The following students at Southern Nash High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

NASH ROCKY MOUNT EARLY COLLEGE
Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2020 -2021 school year. The following students at Nash Rocky Mount Early High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2020 -2021 school year. The following students at Rocky Mount High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2020 -2021 school year. The following students at CITI High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2020 -2021 school year. The following students at Nashville Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2020 -2021 school year. The following students at Tar River Academy made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2020 -2021 school year. The following students at Coopers Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

We had frost and just a few days later, we hit the 80s on the thermometer.
That means it is spring in North Carolina.
Spring means lots of good things: strawberries will be ready soon, crops are going in the field, the school year's days are numbered, vacations are on the horizon and baseball is back.

Apparently my recent conversations and emails to Greensboro regarding Rocky Mount's postal delivery issues helped some as many of you have reported a timely delivery last week. However I know many of you are still experiencing issues.
We will continue to monitor the issue, but please continue to give us updates.

Dear Editor: I would like to commend you on the church news section. I always enjoy reading this section of the paper. I appreciate the articles by Mike Ruffin, Carlyle Hall and Luke Whitehead. They are very encouraging and upbuilding spirituality. Also I enjoy reading about the church news in the community.

Willie L. Perry is pictured in the press room of The Nashville Graphic when the office was located on Boddie Street. The operation was then owned by Tom and Joe Wilson. Willie Perry passed away recently but is fondly remembered by many Nashville citizens.

TOUGH RUNNING. Rocky Mount High School's Myles Powell lunges for extra yardage last Friday versus Northern Nash.

ROCKY MOUNT -- In a normal season, there would be few -- if any -- standings-related controversies in the competitive Big East Conference football scene.
But that wasn't the case this spring in the Big East as a late COVID-19 scare threw a wrench into the league's championship-related possibilities.
That's because Northern Nash, due to an earlier cancelled game with Wilson Fike, had no chance of winning the Big East crown heading into last Friday's regular season finale on the road against ultimate rival Southern Nash.

NASH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL'S TRALON MITCHELL

NASH COUNTY -- With the exception of Class 3-A Big East Conference Champion Rocky Mount Gryphons, each of the remaining three Nash County high school football programs wrapped up their 2021 spring campaigns last week.
In a year truly unlike any other ever seen in the high school sports landscape, Nash Central, Northern Nash and Southern Nash each finished off their respective seasons as the schools capped off the annual Spring Break week.

SOUTHERN NASH SHORTSTOP TAYLOR BAILEY

STANHOPE -- Two years later, not much has changed within the burgeoning Southern Nash-Franklinton softball rivalry.
Back in 2018, the clubs tangled in a pair of fierce, high-level matchups as Franklinton was working its way up toward the top of the Big East Conference standings -- a spot usually reserved for Southern Nash.

NORTHERN NASH'S CALEB REAMS

NASH COUNTY -- It was a guard-heavy boys basketball season in Nash County in 2021, as all of the county's squads were blessed with quality backcourt performers.
That theory was strengthened when the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association recently released its All-District 3 Team.

MISENHEIMER -- The #9 North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball team rolled to another conference sweep by edging Pfeiffer University 14-12 in Game One and 5-3 in Game Two on the road on Sunday.
With their 6th straight win, the Bishops improved to 23-3 on the season and 11-1 in the East Division as they now lead second-place Peace by 3.5 games.

WARREN COUNTY -- Christian Buffaloe, an Assistant Instructor (Senpai) of area Kyokushin Karate Classes was recently promoted to Shodan (1st Degree Black Belt) by the International Kyokushin Karate Organization in Tokyo, Japan.
Christian Buffaloe started his Kyokushin Karate training under his father, Sensei Kenny Buffaloe, at the age of 2 1/2 years old.

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Soccer Game Scores:

NASH COUNTY -- Here are the pairings for the first round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3-A State Football Playoffs:

This sack by Rocky Mount High School's Dar'Savius Williams (left) resulted in a fumble that was recovered by the Gryphons during last Friday night's Big East Conference football showdown on the RMHS campus.

Northern Nash High School receiver Jayden Freeman (left) tries to break a tackle after bringing in a screen pass during last Friday night's football game at Big East Conference rival Rocky Mount.