GREENVILLE -- East Carolina University baseball fans will get their first chance to meet the 2013 Pirates up close and personal on February 2 as ECU hosts its 13th Annual “Meet the Pirates” luncheon.
Scheduled to start at approximately 11 a.m. at the Murphy Center’s Harvey Banquet Hall, “Meet the Pirates” offers fans a chance to get autographs and photos of the ECU baseball team and eighth-year head coach Billy Godwin, as well as enjoy a catered lunch with the Pirate coaches and players.
Northern Nash’s Armon Moore (right) looks for an opening as part of the Knights’ team match with C.B. Aycock as part of the annual Southern Nash Firebird Duals.
Northern Nash’s John Mizelle (right) puts a hold on Bunn’s Clifton White during last Saturday’s action at the annual Southern Nash High School Firebird Duals, which were staged at the SNHS Gymnasium in Stanhope. Northern Nash went 1-4 overall at the tournament, including a victory against Bunn.
ROCKY MOUNT -- As the 2012-13 high school swim season starts to wind down, this much has become a certainty -- it would take a monumental upset for the Nash Central girls to be defeated in Big East Conference competition.
The Lady Bulldogs have yet to drop a league match during the campaign -- and none of them have been very close, either.
BROOKFIELD, ILL. -- Chowan University football player TJ Batchelor has earned another post season accolade after being named to the 2012 Don Hansen All Super Region 1 Second Team.
Batchelor, who prepped at Southern Nash High School under Coach Brian Foster, adds this award to his selection to a significant list of post season awards including: All-CIAA First Team, BSN DII Second Team All-American, and NCCAA Defensive Player of the Year.
Southern Nash’s Cody Thorne (top) prepares to wrap up this match as part of last Saturday’s action at the annual Firebird Duals Wrestling Tournament at the SNHS Gymnasium.
Southern Nash High School’s Nick Owens (left) tangles up with a Washington foe during last Saturday’s action at the annual Firebird Duals Wrestling Tournament. Southern Nash, coached by Eddie Coble, hosted the event at the SNHS Gymnasium.
RALEIGH -- The National Hockey League has announced the 2012-13 regular-season schedules for its 30 member clubs.
The Carolina Hurricanes will open their 48-game season at Florida on Jan. 19, before hosting their home opener at PNC Arena on Tuesday, Jan. 22, against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
FAYETTEVILLE -- The USA South Athletic Conference has released its weekly honors for January 14, and North Carolina Wesleyan College senior Brandon Givens has earned his fourth Player of the Week honor in men’s basketball.
By:
Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
The Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) board approved the first reading of 13 technology policy updates at their meeting Monday night. These technology policy updates are up for review for the next 30 days, and the public is invited to review them on the system’s website, www.nrms.k12.nc.us
The policies will be up for final approval during the board’s February meeting. The policy committee met November 19 last year to formulate these updates, which are reviewed periodically by the NC School Boards Association.
A reported shoplifting at Nashville’s CVS Pharmacy turned into quite a scare Monday as the suspect claimed to have explosives in a travel bag.
Nashville Police Chief Thomas Bashore released a statement after the incident reporting that the suspect, Walter S. Wright, 37, of Reading, Pennsylvania, had allegedly shoplifted allergy medicine from CVS Pharmacy at 101 W. Washington Street in downtown Nashville.
The house of a Pilot firefighter’s parents burned to the ground Saturday, December 29 and and two Nash County firefighters were injured battling the blaze.
The injuries were not believed to be life threatening, fire officials said.
According to Nash County officials, two residents escaped without injury before firefighters arrived about 10:50 a.m. on Saturday to battle the blaze at a home along old U.S. 64 near Worth Road outside Spring Hope.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Graphic Staff Writer
One Nashville man has been released on bond and another is awaiting a court date after they were arrested on kidnapping charges.
Investigators allege William Lee McCullen and Brian Lee McCullen kidnapped Timothy W. Jones the evening of Dec. 28.
By:
Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
The Town of Spring Hope began the new year by updating appointments to its Planning Board and Revitalization Committee. However, there are slots on both committees that still need to be filled.
For the planning board, Spring Hope commissioners reappointed Eugene Griffin as chairman, Spring Hope Enterprise editor Ken Ripley as vice-chairman, and Dr. Howard Weeks as a board member.
By:
Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
The Nashville Town Council approved plans for a billboard to be erected on Hwy. 64 West near Exit 230. The new sign is part of a larger advertising strategy that the town has planned. The move came at the first town meeting of the year which was held on January 3.
The sign will contain the slogan “A great place to live, work, and play.” Commissioners also voted to change the original designation on the sign from “the Town of Nashville” to “the Original Nashville.”
By:
Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
According to a recent employee opinion survey, Nash County Health Care Systems showed improvement in conditions in most areas, CEO and President Larry Chewning said last Thusday, as he revealed the results of the survey conducted primarily during the month of September 2012. The board meeting took place on January 3, 2013.
INCIDENTS
Larceny of firearm, larceny, breaking and entering was reported at 106 Barnes St. 12/26/12
Missing person was reported at 721 Westview Court on 12/27/12
Injury to personal property, trespassing was reported at 125 Surry Drive on 12/28/12
12/27/2012 - Injury to real property at 3962 Kaitlyn Dr.
12/27/2012–break/enter/larceny 11990 W. Old Spring Hope Rd.
12/27/2012 - found narcotics 220 W. Washington St.
12/28/2012 - larceny from construction site 2181 NC 231
Gregory Telford Ormond, Sr., 63, passed away Friday, January 4, 2013. He was born January 31, 1949 in Beaufort County to the late Jessie T. and Etta Lee Squires Ormond.
Sybil Langston Waddell, 78, passed away Friday, January 04, 2013. She was born in Wayne County October 2, 1934 to the late Elder Alex and Malissa Tedder Langston.
NASHVILLE - John “Jay” Wilford Pearce Jr., age 69, passed away Friday, January 4, 2013. Born in New Bern on November 16, 1943, he was the son of the late John Pearce Sr. and Georgia White Pearce.
ROCKY MOUNT - James Allen Wood, Jr. died on January 4, 2013. He was born September 11, 1942 in Winston-Salem NC to James Allen and Nellie Cranfill Wood. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Shelby Wood Sink.
NASHVILLE – Dorothy Narron Joyner, 93, passed away on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. She was born in Nash County on November 26, 1919, daughter of the late Buck Narron and Bettie Boone Narron. In addition to her parents, Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Joyner and twelve siblings.
Deborah Sawyers Jones, 57, passed away on Monday December 31, 2012 at Duke University Hospital.
ROCKY MOUNT - Annie Blanche Thomas, 87, died January 1, 2013. Funeral services were held January 5 at Stokes Mortuary Chapel. Burial was at Gardens of Gethsemane. Arrangements by Stokes Mortuary, Inc.
