A house fire at 112 Arrowood Drive in Nashville claimed the life of its resident early Sunday morning.
Nashville's fire department was dispatched to the fire at approximately 1:50 a.m. finding heavy flames coming from the roof of the home. A press release from Nashville Fire Department states crews began to attack the fire but were unable to make entry due to amount of electrical arcing.

Nash County faced many changes in 2021 and continues to prevail through them all.
During the State of the County address Monday, Commissioner Chairman Robbie Davis said the county's performance in 2021 was similar to that of 2020 as unknowns and challenges faced from COVID-19 continue. In spite of everything, he said county officials and employees have kept the area running smoothly.

Doris Booth of Rocky Mount celebrates her 100th birthday joined by members of the Nash County Sheriff's Office, Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson and her family.

Doris Booth wore the brightest grin as she was surprised by family, friends, and community members for her 100th birthday.
The celebration happened at Booth's home on February 4, which was a day before her actual birthday.
Booth's niece, Cindy Coppedge, said the family was going to have a three-day weekend birthday bash filled with food, fun, family, and friends.

Nashville Blooming Festival committee members are seeking some creative art ideas!
As tradition, the committee solicits a new design for its annual event T-shirt.
In the past, high school students have participated but the committee decided to open the contest to all Nash County residents this year since the event had skipped two years due to COVID-19.

A program with a mission to prevent substance misuse among Nash and Edgecombe county middle schoolers is open for registration.
The Empowering Youth and Families Program (EYFP) is a free 4-H program designed to improve communication between parents or caregivers and their middle school-aged children and assist children in making healthy choices.

Castalia Town Commissioner Mildred Costen has resigned from her seat leaving an empty seat on the board.
Costen left in January due to undisclosed health issues. She sent a letter to the board which she said, "I have enjoyed working with the town and with the Board of Commissioners."

A few town of Spring Hope employees will be receiving additional payment for working on-site continuously through COVID-19.
The town has received $208,000 through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which provides funds to help governments recover from the impact of COVID-19.
Spring Hope commissioners have approved for $32,000 of the total ARPA grant funds to be used for essential worker premium pay for select full time town employees who have worked in-person when the virus struck.

Nash County Health Department Director Bill Hill said COVID-19 cases in the county is continuing to have a downward trend in cases.
He said over the past week there has been 612 new cases which brings the county to 26,286 confirmed cases.
"It's about a little less than 25 percent of where we peaked in new cases on a weekly basis so that's a good thing," Hill said, "We are continuing a downward trend and I think we're gonna continue to see this until we possibly see a new strain."

Resisting arrest/hinder and delay reported at 100 N. Boddie St, Nashville on 02/04/22
Obtain property by false pretense and counterfeiting coin reported at 314 W. Washington St, Nashville on 01/30/22
Abduction of child reported at 1840 Community Circle, Nashville on 02/05/2022

Damage to personal property reported at 100 N. Boddie St, Nashville on 01/31/22
Warrant service reported at 13432 NC 43, Nashville on 02/01/22
Warrant service reported at 1877 Sandy Cross Rd, Nashville on 01/31/22

North Carolina's egg prices had no price comparison when compared to last week. Supplies were light to meet a very good demand. The North Carolina weighted average price quoted Thursday, February 03, for small lot sales of delivered, cartoned, grade "A" eggs was 194.07 for Extra Large, 194.07 for Large, 155.15 for Medium, and 109.00 for Small eggs. No. 2 yellow shelled corn was 1 to 9 cents higher when compared to last week.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2021-2022 school year. The following students at Nash Central Middle School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Bailey
2/19/2022: 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Bailey Chamber of Commerce, 6270 Main Street

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2021-2022 school year. The following students at Cedar Grove Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Shelter personnel have a hard job. It has been deemed one of the most stressful jobs. Maybe that is why they haven't replaced two officers that are extremely needed to patrol and handle calls. However, the pay and benefits are excellent, and it can be very rewarding. You must love and have a need to protect animals!
The shortage leaves only two officers and one Shelter person, who has been performing more of the duties of an officer.

Over the Christmas season, we frequently see angels depicted in church plays and in our decorations. When our grandchildren and nieces were looking at our Christmas decorations, they loved the angels and talked about them.
Listening to them talk about angels prompted a lot of questions about them. When did God create angels? What do angels do? How many angels are there? Do angels have bodies? What do angels look like? Do people become angels after death?

Storms are just a part of life. I have heard it said that you are either in one, coming out of one, or about to be in one. The question is when you find yourself in the storms of life what do you do?
How do you get through it?
There are different reasons we find ourselves in storms. Some storms are from bad decisions or choices we have made in life.

Congratulations to Sean and Carrie Baker on the birth of their son, Brock McCuen Baker! Big sister is Austin. Proud grandparents are Doug and Sue Ella Johnson. Proud great grandmother is Sue Edwards.
Make plans to attend the soup and sandwich lunch in the Red Oak Baptist Church Family Life Center on Sunday, February 13 immediately following the morning worship service.

We at Peachtree Baptist Church Celebrated Peachtree's 213-year anniversary today.
We are called upon to serve The Lord. Some people say: we are too old, too tired, and too busy. Remember a lot of people do their best works after age 60. Don't let age hold you back. Don't put yourself in a holding pattern. Peachtree Elders took on that responsibility 213 years ago.

SOUTH CHINA SEA - "Go the extra mile, even if you're not asked to," Logistics Specialist 1st Class (LS1) Zachary Love's father would often tell him. Love is from Rocky Mount and is currently assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), forward-deployed to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. He said his largest influence on how he acts in the Navy is his father.

The Small Business Center has announced the return of Launch Rocky Mount which is scheduled for March 1, 2022.
The Small Business Center at Nash Community College with local support from the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce, Station Square, Small Shops Mall, and Carolina Community Impact - Central NC Kiva Hub will offer the Launch Rocky Mount program to spur business creation and equip small business owners and entrepreneurs with tools for successful business planning.

The Caswell Center Foundation, Inc. has announced the availability of up to three $1,000 scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic school year.
The scholarship is available to qualified applicants residing in 38 counties including Nash County.

Building Permit
Commercial
Rebecca Risner, 1721 Ricks Rd; addition; $29,000
Kelsey Williams,119 E NC 97; sign; $150

Wyatt Gardner, Kinsley Leake, Maddox Parker, and Jayden Jenkins are 100 days smarter on the 100th day of school at Coopers Elementary School.

Isabelle Langdon, Coopers Secretary Lorie Styles, Prince Barnes, Madison Updyke, and Kevin Ramos model their 100 Days shirts.

While I can't tell you if the Russians are going to invade Ukraine, I can tell you that invading countries and world domination can get expensive.
I believe they are trying to use me to help raise funds. I've gotten several emails trying to lure me into giving them my personal information.
There have been five invoices from "McAfee," three from "Hulu" and two from "Geek Squad." All three of my "accounts" are being charged for the same amount. What a coincidence!

Dear Editor: Recently the Pope chastised young couples for choosing to have pets rather than having ever more children.
It's not that Pope Francis is against pet ownership. He really isn't. Rather he's just for large, traditional Catholic families.

Not to harp on the Blooming Festival again this week but it is very exciting to be moving forward with an event we all so dearly enjoy after having to skip two years!
The festival committee is asking Nash County residents to submit ideas for the 2022 festival T-shirt.

This photo was originally published in The Nashville Graphic on April 24, 1979. Don Bulluck, president of Don Bulluck Chevrolet in Rocky Mount, was pictured unveiling Detroit's first model for the 1980 automotive year.