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Nash County Sheriff's Office Deputy Stan Ricks takes a few minutes to join the fun with kids during the New Year's Eve Egg Drop in Nashville.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it and know thou it for thy good. Job 5:27
The days prior to New Year's Day are ones when we look back at the year and take stock of ourselves. What happened to you that was most important? What lessons will you take from this year into the next year? How have you changed?

I've been asked the question before. Sometimes it's said with genuine curiosity-"So explain to me what membership is all about." Other times it's said with a tinge of suspicion-"So tell me again, why do you think I should become a member?"-as if joining the church automatically signed you up to tithe by direct deposit.
For many Christians membership sounds stiff, something you have at your bank or the country club, but too formal for the church.

THIRD GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Sebastian Aleman-Roman, Mason Allen, Semaj Hinnant, Adylen Luper, Sophia Maldonado, Aryanna Sagadraca and Ashton Surles

NINTH GRADE - A/B HONOR ROLL
Estrella Benitez-Zamora and Cameron Mathis

WJH, LLC to Janelle Andrikia Johnson; 1173 Manor Drive, Rocky Mount; $269,000
Barnes Land Corporation to CMH Homes, Inc.; 10.56 acres and 42.04 acres; $980,000
Amanda R. Patterson to Jacqueline Barnes and Eddie Taylor; Section 2, Red Oak Hills Subdivision, Lot 58

Members of the Nash County Senior Center prepared stockings prior to the holiday. Pictured above, Gladys Butler scoops a snack for a stocking.

A 72-year-old Sandy Cross grandmother accused of murdering and abusing one of her grandchildren in February will be returning to court in March, possibly to face the death penalty.
Patricia Ann Ricks of 5073 Dutchman Road, Nashville, is charged with first degree murder and felony child abuse inflicting serious injury in the case of 8-year-old Christal Neveah Lane, who was pronounced dead on arrival at Nash UNC Health Care Hospital on Feb. 2, 2023.