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RED OAK -- Veteran Northern Nash High School girls basketball coach Grover Battle will host his annual NNHS Girls Basketball Camp next week.
The event will be held June 15-17 at the NNHS Auxiliary Gymnasium in Red Oak. The camp will run from 5:45-8 p.m. each night.
Battle will serve as the camp director, and several of his Lady Knights will be on hand as instructors.
Cost is $25 per person, which includes a T-shirt. The camp is open to girls in ages middle school through high school.

NEW YORK -- On June 3, former North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishop Greg Viggiani did something that most baseball players only dream to do... he played at Yankee Stadium.
Viggiani did so in honorable fashion as a representative of the NYPD at the "True Blue" celebrity softball game organized by WFAN's Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton.

The Town of Nashville agreed last week to enter into a private-public partnership for development at the town's newest industrial park.
Nashville's Town Council approved an inducement agreement last Tuesday night with Prime 1 Builders to build four shell buildings on property on Cooke Road.
The town purchased the property in 2013 with the intentions to develop an industrial park. Council later named the park the West Nashville Commerce Park.
A public hearing was held on Wednesday, May 27 on the proposed appropriation and expenditure of town funds to aid and encourage the location of light industries and service businesses in the West Nashville Commerce Park.

Nash County Commissioners unanimously approved the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year Budget on Monday with no comments from the public.
The budget approved is a 1.8 percent increase from the revised budget for the 2014-2015 Fiscal Year. The budget approved for 2015-2016 is $91,789,878.
The budget approved includes several changes made by commissioners during several work sessions.
County Manager Zee Lamb went over the changes made, including a salary reserve for raises that was cut in half and the purchase of EMS defibrillators.

A longtime employee of Nash County Cooperative Extension will be saying goodbye at the end of this month.
Patricia Cotton will retire from her position as County Extension Support Specialist on June 30.
Cotton has been with the agency for almost 20 years and is a face many have come to know and love.
A retirement celebration was held last week at the Nash County Ag Center, where friends and family were able to celebrate Cotton's dedication to the organization.

Nashville Police are investigating numerous break-ins of vehicles that happened recently.
Nashville Police Chief Thomas Bashore said around 16 cars were broken into in the Laurel Springs and Golfers Lane Subdivisions. The break-ins reportedly occurred last Friday, June 5.
Bashore said the suspects started going into the subdivision just trying out door handles and breaking into cars that were left unlocked, stealing valuables out of the cars.

Dr. Anthony Jackson, Superintendent of Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools, has been named one of the top candidates for a similar post in a Florida school system.
The Brevard County School System reported on its website that its current superintendent, Dr. Brian Binggeli, would be leaving his post at the end of this month. Binggeli is taking on a superintendent position in Plano, Texas.
Since the announcement of Binggeli's departure, the Brevard County Board of Education has hired a search firm, Ray and Associates, to initiate a nationwide hunt for the next superintendent of their school district.

Nash County 4-H is gearing up for summer by offering numerous summer camps for youth ages five and up.
The first camp begins on June 15, said Sandy Hall, Nash County 4-H Extension Agent.
Two sewing camps will be held June 15th through 18th, one for beginners ages nine to 18, and one for intermediate sewers, for ages 10 to 18.
A horse camp is also being offered next week, from June 15th through June 19th at Circle J Farm in Nashville.

Nash County Commissioners have once again tabled a request from Elm City to purchase land for expansion of its wastewater treatment facility.
The Town of Elm City is wanting to purchase a tract of land owned by Charlotte Bissette for the expansion of its wastewater treatment facility. Because a portion of the property is located in Nash County, the town must first be approved by the Nash County Board of Commissioners before they can purchase the property.
The town wants to purchase a total of 211 acres, 140 of which is in Nash County.

St. Luke Baptist Church in Nashville held its first Commujity Giveaway event on Saturday, June 6. The church gave away items that were donated by businesses as well as served a hot meal. The event was held in conjunction with Ray of Hope Church in Whitakers. Pictured above, (left to right) are Brandon Edmonds, Deshae Morse, of Ray of Hope and Rev. James Parks, the Pastor of St. Luke. Edmonds and his family were the first family to receive the gifts from the church. The church plans to hold more community giveaway events as it gets the resources it needs from donations.

Nash County Commissioners gave the go ahead for the design and bidding on the Nashville EMS Station, which will be located in Nashville's Business Center.
The new 60 by 60 foot station will replace the existing Momeyer EMS Station.
Derek Hawkes, Nash County Engineer and Facilities Director, said that staff had been evaluating floor plan layouts and construction costs to minimize the proposed building size while also allowing for future growth of the building.

Marilyn A. Taylor, 60, of Rocky Mount, died on June 5, 2015 at her residence in Rocky Mount.

Willie Edward Howell, 70, of Rocky Mount, died on Sunday, June 7, 2015.

Willie Harrison of Winston Salem died on Saturday, June 6, 2015.

Wesley Stephen Gailliard, age 84, died on Thursday, June 4, 2015.

Raymond Anthony Brown, III died on Thursday, June 4, 2015.

Mary Ann Isbell Haskins, 48, passed away, Sunday, June 7, 2015. She was born February 26, 1967 in Fulton County, Georgia.

Brenda Joyner Lamm, 63, passed away Friday, June 5, 2015. She was born in Nash County July 19, 1951 to the late Clifton and Bertha Pridgen Joyner. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Delton and Boyce Joyner and half brother, Wille Joyner.

Thomas Earl Jones, 71, passed away Tuesday June 2, 2015. No services are scheduled at this time.

Karen Bottoms Brantley, 44, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2015. Karen was born August 18, 1970 in Nash County. She is preceded in death by a niece, Ashley Pridgen and brother-in-law, Jamie Brantley.

John Collins Sykes, Jr., died Friday, June 5, 2015, in Rocky Mount. Born in Tarboro, on September 16, 1938, he was the son of John Collins Sykes and Mary Madry Parks of Roanoke Rapids.

Inez Clark Carson Stancil, born September 12, 1921, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ira and Beulah Clark; her sisters, Nell Garrard and her husband, Clarence; Margaret Cooley and her husband, Dave; brothers, J.T. Clark and R.C. Clark. Her only surviving siblings are sister, Kathleen Sullivan and sister-in-laws, Jane Clark and Rene Clark.

Frances Gurley Willis, age 86, passed away on June 2, 2015. Graveside services were held on Friday, June 5, 2015 at Pineview Cemetery.

Jaimes Davis, age 21 of Zebulon passed away June 7, 2015.

Marie O'Neal Adams, age 88 of Middlesex, passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2015.