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NASHVILLE- Nashville's historic courthouse made more history Wednesday, Sept. 25, when it was the setting for a session of the NC Court of Appeals.
Invited by Timothy W. Wilson, Senior Resident Superior Court Judge, a special session of court was conducted by judges Valerie Zachary, Michael Stading and Jefferson Griffin, who heard arguments in one criminal and one civil case.
Zachary, from Yadkin county, was elected by voters to an eight-year term in 2016 and is a candidate for re-election to the NC Court of Appeals this November.

SAN DIEGO - Seaman Jaden Collins, a native of Nashville, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Pacific (COMHSMWINGPAC).
Collins graduated from Leesville Road High School in 2022.
Collins joined the Navy two years ago. Today, Collins serves as a logistics specialist.
"I always knew I wanted to join the service because my grandpa was in the Army and my mom was in the Air Force," said Collins.

NASHVILLE- A Maryland man is in the Nash County Detention Center without bond after his arrest Saturday near the Virginia state line - but a dog that was in the car he allegedly stole from Pennsylvania is still missing.
Kenneth Wilson Crider, 43, of Poolesville, Maryland, is charged with felony hit and run, assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a stolen vehicle and felony flee to elude law enforcement, among multiple other charges, after a high-speed chase that began in the area of Octavia Drive, Dortches, Saturday.

RALEIGH- A Rocky Mount man and former felon caught last year in possession of drugs and a stolen gun has been sentenced to 13 ½ years in federal prison.
Marcus Antonio Lucas, 48, with a last listed address of 114 South Pine Street, Rocky Mount, was sentenced Sept. 18, 2024, receiving a revocation for violating his federal probation at the time of his latest arrest in August of 2023.

WILSON - Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc., which includes its Elm City facility, the Harvest Family Health Center at 8250 NC Highway 58 South, has been awarded a two-year, $1.1-million-dollar grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration, along with its first Health Center Quality Leader (HCQL) Gold badge.

NASHVILLE- The first Community Plant Swap, hosted by Nashville's Parks and Rec department at its 200 Boddie Street Rec Center and co-planned by th Harold D. Cooley library staff, drew a crowd of 19 to the free event Sept. 19 despite a rainstorm and has been deemed a success, with plans already underway to host another next fall.

Did you know that there is now agreement among scientists that the very fear of a certain disease - such as cancer - may have a lot more to do with why we get it than we ever suspected? God has known that since he breathed life into us. He tried to teach us that very lesson through the life of Job. Isn't it strange that while science and religion fight to convince us that no common ground exists on which they may stand, science has proven that God's word was right all along? Indeed, as God told the prophet Isaiah: "So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth. It shall not return to me void". (Isaiah 55:11)

As Psalm 119 draws to a close, the psalmist prays with increasingly greater urgency. Throughout this psalm, he maintains his confidence in God's word to meet. Yet, as the psalm draws to a close, the writer's difficult circumstances have not changed. In the opening of this stanza, he is still suffering affliction. And his experience both issues us a warning to heed and gives us an example to follow. Devotion to the Lord will not solve all your problems. It may produce new, big, and long problems.

The Watchman Quartet will be performing on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Red Oak Baptist Church Family Life Center at 2 p.m. Come enjoy some great music as they celebrate 50 years!
Welcome to Taylor Brantley, new member of Red Oak Baptist Church!
Congratulations to Bradley and Kristen Boone on the birth of their son, Wyatt Hunter, on Sept. 18.

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) has announced its Summer 2024 Dean's List. The summer terms run from May to August which includes Nashville natives Morgan Richardson and Jarrett Davis.
Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the reporting term are named to the Dean's List.

ARREST
Caleb Hinton was charged with obtain property by false pretense on 9/12/24
Lewis Marc Gilbert was charged with driving while license revoked; DWI on 9/28/24

NASHVILLE- Hundreds of local churches and businesses in Nash county are collecting donations for Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief to help out the folks in western NC.
One such drive is being conducted by Nash Produce at 6160 South NC 58 in Nashville, designated as a regional distribution center by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety Emergency Management, according to Robin Narron, Marketing Director for Nash Produce.

ROCKY MOUNT - The resignation of a District Court Judge stirred Nash county democrats to make plans to convene with the purpose of selecting a new democratic nominee for the ballot, but according to the State Board of Elections, that's not the way it works.
William Robert Solomon Jr. of Rocky Mount, District Court Judge for District 8, Seat 3, reportedly resigned his current appointment as judge during the third week of September but has yet to issue an official statement.

ROCKY MOUNT - Rocky Mount is set to enjoy a night of homegrown talent as two local favorites take the stage at The Dunn Center on Friday, Oct. 11. The evening will feature a dynamic blend of music and comedy, with Nashville recording artist Chandler James opening for award-winning comedian John Floyd. Both performers have deep roots in the Rocky Mount community and are eager to entertain their hometown crowd.
Chandler James, a country musician with a well-rounded sound, is no stranger to the spotlight.

NASHVILLE- Nash County's EMS Department is now 8 positions away from being fully staffed, with 19 hires coming on board since July, when there were 23 vacancies.
"I'm very excited that we are where we are," said Dale Griffin, Nash EMS Director, who credited budgeted pay increases as the reason for the hiring upswing.
Griffin, with Travis Green, EMS Deputy Director, gave the Nash board of commissioners a detailed, hour-long update on EMS operations since July 1 at the board's Sept. 23rd afternoon meeting.

NASHVILLE- Nash Arts will not be joining forces with Nash County. Less than a month after a draft memorandum of agreement was delivered to the Nash Arts Council board outlining a potential partnership between the two agencies, Nash Arts voted it down but is asking for an updated building lease agreement.
"After careful consideration of the (MOA), discussions with community members and supporters of the organization, and by a vote of our organization's membership body, our board of directors voted against the merger in our September 10th board meeting," said Shelly Gray, Nash Arts Director, in an email to The Graphic.

MIDDLESEX - Brenda Stallings has a great appreciation for veterans. Her father, father-in-law and several uncles were all World War II veterans. Many years ago, Stallings decided to show her appreciation to not only her own family of veterans but to other veterans as well by hosting an appreciation luncheon at her Middlesex home.
The first luncheon brought out 36 World War II veterans.

NASHVILLE - A Sharpsburg man has a court date this week to answer charges of communicating threats to Englewood Baptist Church in Rocky Mount.
Jerry Junior Evans, 58, of 9212 County Line Road was arrested April 28, 2024, on the same date that he allegedly contacted church staff via phone "numerous times," relaying that he had a .22 caliber pistol that he carried in his right pockets and "could shoot everyone in the church," court records stated.