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ROCKY MOUNT -- North Carolina Wesleyan College has officially approved the reinstatement of its women's lacrosse program, which will return to varsity competition during the 2017-2018 academic year.
With the addition of its 13th sport, the Department of Athletics has also announced the hiring of Bridget Walker as the Battling Bishops' head lacrosse coach.
Said Walker, "I would like to thank President Clark, Director of Athletics John Thompson, and the athletics staff for this opportunity and for the warm welcome I have received.

NASH COUNTY PARKS AND REC TAR RIVER RIPPERS 7-9 SOFTBALL ALL-STAR TEAM. (In no particular order) Coach Jason Burden, Avery Antill, Kaitlyn Bass, Addison Brumfield, Kailey Burden, Maylee Garner, Emma Grabil, Tynleigh Hinton, Elizabeth Jackson, Gracyn King, Kaylie Love, Dana Webb, Payton Whitley, Jayla Williams and Kaylee Wright.

NASH COUNTY PARKS AND REC 10-12 SOUTHERN STORM SOFTBALL ALL-STARS. (In no particular order) Coach Brian White, Jamie Carter, Maci Worrells, Lydia Wallace, Sarah Wallace, Grace Mims, Olivia Bowling, Reagan Weber, Jenna Weber, Leah Carr, Makayla Gibson, Lilly Boone and Briana White.

GEM OF A SEASON. The Lady Gems were the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department's 13-14 Girls Softball League Champions for the spring youth campaign. Ron Wine served as the head coach for the talented squad. Pictured are (in no particular order) Head Coach Ron Wine, Destiny Cheesman, Maiya Davenport, Makayla James, Harley Lancaster, Ayla Miller, Haley Toler, Kristen Purvis, Alex Cole, Emma Webb, Allison Ngo, Kelsey Calhoun and Grayson Gibson.

STANHOPE -- The annual Southern Nash Ladybird Basketball Camp is scheduled for July 12-14 on the SNHS campus, which is located in Stanhope.
The event is open to girls in grades 4-8 and will be overseen by SNHS head coach Jordan Bass and his Ladybird players.
Cost is $30 per person, which includes a camp T-shirt if pre-registered for the event.
The pre-registration deadlinefor the camp is July 1.

BULLDOGS. The Bulldogs were the co-champions in the Nash County Parks and Rec Department's Tar River 7-8 Coach-Pitch Baseball League. Pictured are, in no particular order, Coach John Gibson, Joseph Gibson, Ayden Phillips, Trey Kowack, Aaron Mowatt, Carson Holloman, Nicolas Groesser, Carter Griffin, Hunter Parker, Jayden Jones and C.J. Rosser.

Twenty-one individuals from the Spring Hope area were arrested early Monday morning as part of Operation Spring Cleaning.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office has arrested four suspects and are still searching for the fifth suspect in connection with the county's first homicide in over two years.
Members of the Sheriff's Office responded to 13360 W. Old Spring Hope Road, Spring Hope on Friday morning in reference to a man with a possible gunshot wound.
The victim, Tony Maurice Braswell, 21, was found by a family member lying on the ground in the front yard of the residence.

Nashville Police are searching for a man who robbed Food Lion on Saturday night.
According to a press release, a white male entered the store, at 1151 Eastern Avenue in Nashville, around 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, June 18. He ordered one of the cashiers to place the money from the cash register into a plastic bag. The suspect did not display a weapon but told the cashier that he had a weapon in the waistband of his pants.

While most kids are sleeping in on Saturday mornings, Tripp and Riley Evans are in their garden, picking and preparing to sell their homegrown goods to the public.
The brothers recently opened Evans Brothers Veggie Stand at the corner of Old Bailey Highway and Rose Loop Road.
This is the second year the boys have had a vegetable stand but the Evans' family has had a garden for many years.
The boy's mom, Lindsey Evans, said she has always had a garden with her mom and grandmother.

An employee of PNC in Nashville was arrested and charged with stealing from a customer's account.
Meghan Nicole McComb, 28, faces 13 charges of felony obtaining property by false pretense plus one charge each of felony embezzlement, felony financial card theft and felony identity theft.
According to Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore, McComb allegedly used a customer's debit card to remove cash from a customer's account.

The Tar River Regional Drug Task Force spent most of Monday rounding up suspected drug dealers in and around the Spring Hope area.
Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone will announce the results of the roundup, dubbed Operation Spring Cleaning, on Thursday afternoon.
Operation Spring Cleaning is an initiative geared to address the recent drug-related crimes, specifically in and near Spring Hope.
Around 30 subjects have been investigated within the past year, which resulted in felony warrants being obtained against the subjects.