Local News

NASHVILLE - A waiver request regarding a new 24-lot subdivision, the "Longleaf Reserve Subdivision," planned off S. Old Carriage Road will come up for Nash commissioner consideration Sept. 8.
The 26-acre tract of land, owned by Alvin H. Bone Heirs, is located on the east side of S. Old Carriage Road north of the Kaitlin Acres subdivision and is zoned R-30, Single and Two-family residential.

NASHVILLE - A rezoning request to convert five acres at Winstead's Crossroad for general commercial use will come up for county consideration and a public hearing Sept. 8.
Currently undeveloped, the wooded land parcel, owned by Miller & Miller Realty LLC, is at the intersection of E NC 97 and NC Highway 58, Elm City; it is currently zoned R-40 single family residential, but two commercial businesses already exist at the same intersection, Dew Auto Sales and a Dollar General.

RALEIGH -Civic Foundation proudly congratulates Rebecca Cotugno, Accounting Specialist for the Town of Nashville, upon receiving a scholarship to attend the Introduction to Local Government Finance course at the UNC School of Government.
According to Rebecca, "Working in finance for a small town means handling a little bit of everything. This scholarship from the Civic Foundation allows me to attend a professional development course that will give me the framework and confidence to handle these responsibilities more strategically.

On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the Nash County Sheriff's Office received a call about an online post threating violence against Southern Nash. NCSO immediately began an investigation into identifying the individual behind the post.
As Deputies began working on leads, the SBI was contacted. The investigation continued with the aid of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations (NCSBI) until a suspect was identified.

NASHVILLE - The August addition of Drone technology to the Nashville Police Department proved immediately effective, with the apprehension of two fugitives in separate cases only three days apart.
In the first case, NPD Officers were in the Richardson Court area August 24th to serve felony warrants on Jarvares Cornell Wilson.

"I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven." (II Corinthians 12:2)
Have you ever wondered what Paul meant when he referred to a "third heaven"? We've been taught all our lives that there is only one heaven. But then right out of the blue, Paul says there are three heavens. What??
A friend of mine once remarked that he didn't really care how many heavens there were just as long as he was in one of them. Not me!

Last time, we began to unpack Friedrich Nietzsche's "God is dead" philosophy by looking at his assertion that there is no objective (absolute) truth or moral values, and that could only happen with the death of God and the abandonment of Christian values. But there is more to the story than that.
Nietzsche believed that Christianity, at its base, was a religion of and for the masses--the common folk masses, that is. Society, he argued, is made up of two classes: masters and slaves.

John, Tammie, and Grace Jordan joined the family of faith at Red Oak Baptist Church on Sunday, Aug. 23.
Red Oak Baptist Church celebrated Sunday School Promotion Sunday on Aug. 30. Bryant Fisher, Sunday School Director and Randy Griffin, Assistant Sunday School Director thanked everyone who worked with Sunday School this year and led the promotion recognition. They recognized children moving up to first grade. Each child received a Bible from the church. Those children recognized were Garrett Boone, Tristan Sykes, Hayden Cole, and Evelyn Jared.

Upcoming blood donation opportunities in Nash County include:

100 N Boddie St, Nashville; 08/14/26; malicious conduct by prisoner; 08/13/26; assault on law enforcement officer
10696 E NC 97, Rocky Mount; 08/13/26 larceny misdemeanor
3929 Caitlin Dr, Battleboro; 08/09/26; assault inflicting serious injury
5021 Forest Rd, Elm City; 08/14/26; financial transaction card fraud

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