RETURNING THE FAVOR. Nash Central High School avenged an earlier loss to Northern Nash by topping the Knights by a 3-1 margin last Friday in Big East Conference baseball action. Highlights included (above) Northern Nash’s Dimaggio Silver being honored as part of Senior Night.
NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated scores from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department’s Spring Sports Season:
RALEIGH -- No. 6 North Carolina State Univesity evened its series against No. 1 North Carolina with a 7-3 win in front of a record crowd last Saturday night at Doak Field at Dail Park.
The Wolfpack (34-11, 15-8 ACC) drew 3,123 to watch the victory, the largest crowd in Doak Field history.
State ran out to a 7-0 lead by the end of the fifth, thanks to one run in the third and three in the fourth and fifth.
NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated results from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department Spring Soccer Season:
ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College Department of Athletics hosted its 48th Annual Awards Ceremony on April 24th in the Garner Lobby of the Dunn Center.
Coaches, staff and student-athletes came together to celebrate the accomplishments of both individuals and teams from the 2012-2013 season.
STANHOPE -- Tryouts for the Powerade State Games Northeast Region Boys Soccer Team will be held this Saturday at the Southern Nash High School Soccer Complex.
SN head coach John Matthews is in charge of the Northeast squad this season. The event will be held June 22-23 at Wingate University near Charlotte.
WILSON -- Jackson Willis left little doubt as to who was the best singles performer at the Big East Conference Boys Tennis Tournament.
Nash Central’s Willis dropped just eight games over four matches to win the Singles Championship at the annual event, which was held last week at the Barton College Courts.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Drake’s ‘Started From The Bottom’ couldn’t have provided a better musical pre-game backdrop last Wednesday for the Nash Central High School Lady Bulldogs.
The once-downtrodden Lady Bulldogs have risen to postseason contention this team with a balanced lineup featuring several talented seniors -- along with a new influx of younger talent.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash-Rocky Mount Schools will move forward with planning a consolidation of seven of its schools into three, board members agreed on Monday night.
Board members met on Monday at Red Oak Elementary School, one of the schools featured in consolidation plans, to discuss the school system’s Capital Improvement Plan, which is in the process of being created.
An altercation at an evening cookout led to a Nashville man being shot in the leg.
According to the Nashville Police Department, 26-year-old Anthony Lurvene Ruffin, of Rocky Mount, was at a cookout in the Richardson Court area when he had an altercation with an unknown person. Ruffin left the cookout after the altercation and as he was leaving, said he felt threatened by a group of unknown subjects in the area.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Sandy Cross man is facing 32 felony charges of sexual exploitation and sex offenses with a child.
According to the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, 49-year-old Mark Awalt was arrested after one of his victims came forward and told officers about a sexual assault that took place.
Captain Pat Joyner said the Sheriff’s Office began investigating and arrested Awalt on April 12.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Celebrations and memories were a big part of this year’s Relay for Life, which was held Friday and Saturday at the Rocky Mount Athletic Complex.
The event began on Friday evening with its traditional survivor and caregiver walk, a walk that honors those that have survived cancer. As part of the walk, survivors walk a lap around the track while Relay teams and others cheer the survivors on.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County residents wanting to apply for their concealed weapons permit will have to make an appointment, starting May 1.
The appointment only system will hopefully reduce the wait time for the permits, said Lt. David Wooten, of the Nash County Sheriff’s Office.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Middlesex Commissioners continued to plug away at the FY 2013-2014 budget on Monday morning during a special budget work session.
Mayor and Town Administrator LuHarvey Lewis told commissioners there were still two unknowns in the $1.27 million budget, including insurance rates and sewer rates, but he hoped to have those figures in place for the board soon.
Red Oak, Battleboro and Salem Fire Departments battled a house fire for several hours at 5530 Red Oak-Battleboro Road. The call came in around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 28 and as firefighters arrived, flames were showing through the structure. According to Red Oak Fire Chief Bryant Fisher, the home was vacant at the time of the fire and no one was injured in the fire, which is still under investigation.
TEA MA’AM? –– Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore (far right) serves a glass of tea to Hilda Evans (far left) during the Cooley Library Ladies Luncheon, which was sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Pictured behind Bashore and Evans is Nashville Mayor Donald Street.
INCIDENTS
A burglary - forcible entry and larceny from a motor vehicle was reported on 4/22/13 at 621 Washington Street
A larceny was reported on 4/22/13 at 410 Indian Trail
A criminal damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 4/22/13 at 910 S. First Street
An attempted overdose was reported on 4/22/13 on Cedar Tree Drive
Narcotics violations were reported on 4/22/13 at 9935 LA Green Farm Road
A harassing phone calls was reported on 4/23/13 at 1315 Newcastle Court
An arson of an abandoned residence was reported on 4/23/13 at 400 E. Hornes Church Road
Over 500 grams of cocaine was seized and three arrested following a month long drug investigation by the Nash County Sheriff’s Office.
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office arrested Donald Dewhite Garris, Jr., of Halifax, Robert Mack Richardson, of Whitakers, and Natalie Lynch, of Roanoke Rapids, on April 19 for trafficking cocaine in Nash and Halifax Counties.
James E. (Jay) Bryant, 67, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center. He was born in Wilson County on October 5, 1945 to the late Wade and Undine Murray Bryant.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Gerald Edward Bynum, 51, of Rocky Mount, died on April 23, 2013.
ROCKY MOUNT - Orbin Faircloth, age 80, passed away on April 24, 2013. He was born in Nash County on April 27, 1932. He was predeceased by his parents Sola Parrish Faircloth and William Jeff Faircloth, his wife of 50 years Josephine Faircloth, step-daughter, Donna Weeks, step-son, Jamie Barrow, sister, Mable Faircloth Edwards, brother, Jeff Faircloth, and son-in-law, Kenneth Wayne Patterson all of Rocky Mount.
Rocky Mount –– Lula Belle Faison, 76, of Rocky Mount, died on April 26, 2013.
CASTALIA –– Elmo Jackson Godwin, 43, passed away, Saturday, April 20, 2013. He was born March 25, 1970 in Nash County to the late Ollie and Annie Mae Winstead Godwin.
Debra Gail Howell, 58, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2013. She was born in Nash County on July 26, 1954 to the late Albert Lee Toler and Mary Elizabeth Wheeler.
