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HATTIESBURG, MISS. -- Cameron Giannini tossed his first career complete game in a 3-1 victory over East Carolina University in a Friday night elimination game in the 2014 Conference USA Baseball Championship.
USM knocked the sixth-seeded Pirates (33-26) from the tournament in avenging an opening round, 9-8 loss in 11 innings in the last baseball game between the long-time rivals as Conference USA brethren.

Cornelius Leonard drains a putt during last Friday’s action at the Fifth Annual O.D. Moore Scholarship Foundation Tournament at Belmont Lake Golf Club.

Larry Edwards tries to read this putt during last Friday’s O.D. Moore Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament at Belmont Lake Golf Club.

James Harfield eyes his tee shot during last Friday’s action at the O.D. Moore Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament.

INCIDENTS
An obtaining money/property by false pretense was reported on 5/19/14 at Just Save, 731 E Washington Street
A larceny was reported on 5/19/14 at 514 Golfers Lane
A larceny was reported on 5/20/14 at Nashville Church of God in the administrative building, 308 Western Avenue
A larceny was reported on 5/19/14 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue

Nash County Manager Zee Lamb unveiled an $89.2 million budget to county commissioners on Monday afternoon.
The budget presentation came after several budget workshops among commissioners and department heads.
The $89.2 million budget presented is a 1.61 percent increase from the current year’s adopted budget but a 1.24 decrease from the current year’s revised budget.

The Nash County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Middlesex men last week for kidnapping and assaulting one of the men’s ex-girlfriends.
Deputies were dispatched to a kidnapping and domestic assault on Highway 231, near Middlesex, on Thursday, May 15. When deputies arrived, they located the victim with injuries to her head and face.

Law enforcement officers from throughout North Carolina are carrying the Special Olympics Flame of Hope across the state during May to light the cauldron at the 2014 Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) Summer Games Opening Ceremonies on May 30 at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek in Raleigh.
This past Saturday, Deputy Stan Ricks, of the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, and his son, Logan, carried the torch to the Nash County Courthouse to participate in the 28th annual NC Law Enforcement Torch Run Relay for Special Olympics.

The Town of Nashville recently received news that it had not been awarded a grant that would have helped redevelop Boddie Street. However, the town is moving forward with a phased approach in funding the redevelopment.
The Boddie Street project is considered phase two of the town’s overall Downtown Redevelopment Project.
Town Manager Preston Mitchell told council members earlier this month that although they had thought they were on target to receive the $75,000 grant, they were informed that they had not.

A Nashville woman is heading up a support group for families and friends of people incarcerated.
Robin Dunn plans to officially begin the support group, called Straight Talk, on June 16 at a special event at the American Legion Building on S. Alston Street.
Dunn said around a year ago, her son became incarcerated and as a mother, she didn’t know what to do.

A long-time employee of the Nash County Cooperative Extension was recently recognized with a customer service award.
Patricia Cotton received the Award for Excellence and Customer Service on April 30 at a special award’s luncheon.
Cotton began her extension career in 1995 with Nash County.

In just a few hours, up to 100 volunteers were able to package meals to feed 20,000 people.
The meals were packaged Saturday morning as part of Stop Hunger Now, a Raleigh based ministry, and will be distributed to crisis-burdened areas around the world.
The event was led by Red Oak United Methodist Church.

Herbert “Herb” Greenberg, owner of WHIG-TV in Rocky Mount died of a heart attack at the age of  65, Sunday, May 18, 2014.
Monday morning, the station announced on its website, “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our leader, inspiration and the very heart of WHIG: Herb Greenberg. For now - know that WHIG continues to run the way Herb always expected it to: serving the community with information and entertainment in a reasonable and respectable manner. “

Former Nashville Fire Chief David Cheek “Pappy” Cauble Jr., 79, of Mebane,  passed away May 16, 2014.
Cauble joined the fire service in 1962 with the Wilkinson Blvd. Fire Department in Mecklenburg County, eventually reaching the rank of Chief Officer. In 1972 he was hired by Alamance County as their first County Fire Marshal where he served until 1985.

Jessie Dan Web, 71, passed away May 16, 2014. He was born in Rocky Mount on June 25, 1942 to the late Thad and Nannie Mae Webb.

NASHVILLE -  Brenda Sikes Gurganus  passed away May 15, 2014. Born in Nash County on August 25, 1969, she was the daughter of Lois Joyner Sikes of Rocky Mount and the late Chester Sikes.

Vickie Harris Mathis, 59, passed away Friday, May 16, 2014. She was born February 10, 1955 in Halifax County to the late William “Bill” and Pauline “Polly” Proctor Harris. Vickie is also preceded in death by her brother, Donald Ray Harris.

David Lee Burnworth, 69, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014.  He was born in Indiana July 7, 1944 to the late Harry Rex and Helen Walton Burnworth.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Kenneth Lavonn “Big Red” Macklin, 64, of Rocky Mount, died on Thursday, May 8, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Lizzie (Dickens) King, 93, of Rocky Mount, died on May 18, 2014.

OKALOOSA, FLORIDA –– Sadine Harris, 59, of Okaloosa, Florida, and formerly of Rocky Mount, died on May 14, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Kyol Germane Allen-Gailliard, 27, of Rocky Mount, and formerly of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died on May 16, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT, –– William Arthur Cooper, 65, of Rocky Mount, died on May 15, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT - Jason Javon Britt, 29, of Rocky Mount, died on May 16, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Dennis Ray Battle, Jr. 21, of Rocky Mount, died on May 16, 2014.