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GREENSBORO -- Rosters have been finalized for the 2015 North Carolina Coaches Association's East-West Boys Basketball All-Star Game.
The event will be held July 20 at the Greensboro Coliseum. Tickets will be available at the gate.
Head coaches will be D.H. Conley's Rob Maloney (East) and Erwin's David Rhoney (West).
The complete rosters are as follows:

NASH COUNTY -- The Nash-Halifax Swim League will swing back into action for the summer beginning on June 18.
On that day, defending champion Nash Rec will be on the road to tangle with backyard rival Birchwood Country Club in Nashville.
The other league matchup on June 18 will featured Roanoke Valley at Westridge.
Regular season events will run through July 23, with the annual N-HSL Championship Meet slated for August 1 at the Harrison Family YMCA in Rocky Mount.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated Nash County Parks & Recreation Youth Spring Soccer League Scores:

ROCKY MOUNT -- The Wesley Men Yankees made the most of their sparse opportunities last Thursday night and, in doing so, came away with a hard-fought 5-1 win against the Phillies of Hester, Moore & Tucker in Rocky Mount Youth Baseball League action.
The Yankees failed to hit a single ball out of the infield cleanly and collected only two hits for their evening's work, but the lights out pitching of Maliq Nicholson, Trent Lewis and Mason Pilgreen offset any offensive woes they might have suffered.

Rocky Mount Academy boys soccer standout Christian Toney (front, center) signs a letter-of-intent to continue his career at William Peace University, which is located in Downtown Raleigh. Also pictured are (back, l to r) RMA Head of Upper School Timmy Tucker, RMA Soccer Coach Larry Smith and RMA Headmaster Beth Covolo; (front, l to r) William Toney (father) and Spring Toney (mother).

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education agreed on Monday to begin charging students for taking driver's education.
The decision was made in expectation of the North Carolina General Assembly changing funding for the driver's education program in the state.
The General Assembly is considering cutting funding to the program or possibly providing no funding to the program, leaving school systems to fully fund the program.

Numerous complaints about the condition of dogs at a home off of Old Carriage Road have led to animal cruelty charges against a Rocky Mount woman.
Angelyna Marie Card, 25, was charged with misdemeanor cruelty to animals on Friday, May 15.
The charges stem from numerous complaints made by one person, said Environmental Health Supervisor Robert Hunt.
Card's address is listed as 5177 Sapony Creek Drive however she allegedly has 21 dogs at property at 5252 S. Old Carriage Road.

RED OAK -- A .500 overall record usually indicates an up-and-down season for a high school baseball team -- and that's exactly how things went this spring for the Northern Nash Knights.
Northern experienced its share of heroics, including a Big East Conference Tournament Championship along with a no-hitter from Derrick Carter at the Golden Leaf Invitational in April in Wilson.

NASHVILLE -- Two regular season victories over Edwards should have given Nash Central Middle School coach Mark Wooten a bit of confidence heading into last Friday's championship game of the Tri-County Conference Baseball Tournament.
But citing the old adage that it's difficult to beat a good team three times, Wooten was a bit uneasy despite the fact that his favored Trojans entered the title event with an undefeated record.

I hope all the mothers had a really nice Mother's Day on Sunday. We had a great service at Beulah Church of Christ. The attendance was good and we were so thankful to have a lot of visitors. The sermon was brought to us by our minister Chris Matchem and was on "Mothers are the Best Preachers." Chris and his wife, Bre, also sang a duet, which was beautiful. We were also blessed with a solo by Mary Lee Bass, which was beautiful. God has blessed all them with a special talent and we look forward to hearing from them all again.

After finally getting a meeting set up with Edgecombe County Commissioners to discuss the potential realignment of school systems, Nash County Commissioners have cancelled Friday's meeting.
Nash County Commissioners have been trying for weeks to meet with Edgecombe County Commissioners to discuss a study that was done by MGT America, Inc.. The study reviewed local funding provided by both Nash and Edgecombe Counties.

A Nashville resident requested Nashville's Town Council consider enabling the town to become a Tree City USA and a Tree Lines USA.
Victoria Frazier, of Collins Street, quoted Dr. Seuss in appealing to the town council last week at the regular meeting, held on Tuesday, May 5.
Frazier quoted "The Lorax," a children's book that tells of the plight of the environment and the Lorax, who speaks for the trees against the Once-ler.
Frazier said trees in Nashville are being butchered by Duke Energy, who are trimming the trees on or near power lines.

The 19th annual Nashville Blooming Festival ended with perfect weather, despite possible forecasts of rain.
Organizers said they are pleased with this year's events and thankful the rain held off for the festival, which ended on Saturday night with the Hip Pocket Band performing on the main stage.
"The weather held off," Co-Chair Cindy Puckett said. "It was literally like God put his hand over Nashville and kept the rain away,"

Nash Central High School's Marching Band performs during the Blooming Festival Parade. Also performing were Southern Nash and Northern Nash High School Bands.

Spring Hope Commissioners went over a tight budget on Tuesday night and discussed cuts and increased taxes to enable the town to do more in the upcoming budget year.
The proposed FY 2015-2016 budget is balanced at $1,047,997. The proposed budget is almost $10,000 lower than the current year's budget.
Holpe said in preparing the budget, he went through each department and cut as much as possible.

Rev. Mildred C. Brown will soon be celebrating her one-year anniversary as pastor of Galatia African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Brown is the first female pastor of the Nashville church, which will turn 145 years old this year.
The church is one of the oldest churches in Nash County, having been organized in 1870 in a "bush arbor" by the Rev. L.B. Clark. The church later moved into an old building about a mile south of Nashville on Old Wilson Highway. The church moved to its current location at 320 Galatia Street in the Brooklyn Community around 1930.

Robert Lee Anderson, Sr., 52, of Rocky Mount, died on May 8. 2015.

Jennette Baker Bone Cantrell, 76, passed away Monday May 11, 2015. She was born August 15, 1938 in Nash County to the late Lacy and Geneva Joyner Baker. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Wayne Cantrell, sons, Terry and Danny Bone.

Jase Matthew Griffiths, born on April 20, 2013, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015. He was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandfather, Tommy Cliett; his paternal great-grandfather, Wendell Holmes and his uncle Adam Wilder.

Deverna "Dee" Sims Wylie, 70, passed away Monday, May 11, 2015. She was born April 5, 1945 to the late John Sr. and Blanch Taylor Gerlinger.

Rosa Mae Moore Leonard, born on February 14, 1935, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015. She was born in Nash County to the late Mark Braswell Moore and Rosa Meyer Moore. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Hardy Leonard and her son, Patterson McClean Moore Davis.

Jane Winters Rohr, 70, passed away Saturday May 9, 2015. She was preceded in death by her father; William Winters, mother, Elenore Davis Winters, grandfather, "Uncle" Sam Davis and grandmother Lena Bulluck Davis; brother, William "Bill" Thomas Winters.

Ernestine Winstead age 81, passed away Friday May 8, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years Elijah Winstead.

Arthur Freer, Jr., 84, of Rocky Mount, died on May 9, 2015.

Isaac Lee "Scrap" Garrett AKA "Mr. Bodacious", 68, of Brooklyn, New York and formerly of Rocky Mount, died on May 5, 2015.