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Survivors recount a harrowing escape of Wednesday's tornado while emergency management officials continue a massive cleanup effort.
Steve Crone, who owns a mobile home park in Dortches with his wife Vicki, said the storm destroyed one trailer and damaged most of the others in the park off North Halifax Road.
"It destroyed my workshop," Crone said. "One tenant was home with his wife and dog when the tornado flipped their home upside down."

Nashville is moving forward with the processes needed to build fire station 2 on Oak Level Road.
A public hearing is slated to be held on August 1 at 7 p.m. in council chambers on submission of an application to the Local Government Commission (LGC) for approval of a long-term land lease/installment financing agreement and approval for a bank loan and Edgecombe-Martin Electric Service Cooperative loan not to exceed $3.3 million to build the fire station.

The Town of Nashville is hoping to hear good news this week, as a grant announcement is expected on a sewer improvement and extension project in the Regency Estates and Essex Road areas.
The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet this week to recommend projects to fund. Nashville Town Manager Randy Lansing said at last week's town council meeting that he had received an email that Nashville's project is among those being recommended for approval.

FIRST COTTON BLOOM 2023 - Matthew Floyd, age 8, joined by his uncle, Jonathan Evans, found the first cotton bloom of 2023 on a farm located on Old White Oak Road in Nashville. They spotted the bloom on July 11th. The Nashville Graphic has held a long-time tradition of offering a free one-year subscription for the first bloom of the season brought to the newspaper.

The Nash County Board of Commissioners has changed its zoning to allow a family to move a mobile home onto a spot where their former trailer burned to the ground.
Single-family residential zoning for the property, located on Old Smithfield Road in southern Nash County, doesn't allow for mobile homes. However, an older mobile home was grandfathered on the 0.87-acre lot when zoning was established for the area.

Nash County Soil and Water Director Cole Strickland is excited about the future of his department.
Strickland said the department has two new hires. Heather Bell was hired in September 2022 as an administrative support specialist for Nash County Soil and Water while Steven Ward was hired in February as the new natural resource conservationist.
Bell is a Franklin County native, raised on a family farm. Bell is now married to a farmer and they have two daughters.

Friday, July 21 at noon is the final day to file for area municipal seats.
The seats held by Nashville Mayor Brenda Brown and council members Louise Hinton and Lynne Hobbs are up for election.
Lynne Hobbs announced on social media Tuesday morning she will not file to run for re-election.
As of Wednesday morning, Brenda Brown has filed to keep her seat as mayor and former mayor, Donald Street, has filed to run against her.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office plans to hand out back-to-school bookbags the first weekend in August.
The annual Back to School Bash is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 5 with 300 bookbags handed out on a first come first served basis.
Children must be in attendance to receive a bookbag.
Deputies will also cook hot dogs and serve cold drinks, said Maj. Eddie Moore of the Nash County Sheriff's Office.

Two Nash County High Schools will see a change in leadership as the new school year kicks off.
Nash County Public Schools has named Dr. Jonathan Tribula Principal of Nash Central High School and Nelson Johnston as Principal of Northern Nash High School.
Tribula has a decade of experience as a principal and 17 years of experience in education. Before joining Nash Central High School, Tribula was the Principal at Beddingfield High School, Forest Hills Middle School and Vanceboro Farm Life Elementary School.

Authorities arrested a fugitive accused of killing a dog after a chase through Nash County.
Ladarius Powell, 31, faces charges of possession of a stolen vehicle and fleeing to elude an arrest. The vehicle had been reported stolen in Pitt County. Powell was taken into custody earlier this week.
Powell had outstanding warrants in Edgecombe County on a charge of cruelty to an animal on an accusation he shot a dog, according to court records.

State and local authorities are offering tips to ensure residents don't fall victim to summertime crime.
The best step to prevent theft is locking vehicle doors, said Maj. Eddie Moore of the Nash County Sheriff's Office.
"Lock your car doors and home doors," Moore said. "Don't leave valuables such as guns, purses or money in vehicles."
An important extra step is recording serial numbers of valuables such as electronics and other high-dollar items.

A recent recall of beef at area Food Lion stores doesn't involve the Nashville location.
Last week, Food Lion issued a recall of ground beef sold at locations on Hunter Hill Road in Rocky Mount and Wakelon Street in Zebulon due to foreign material found in the meat, said Food Lion spokesperson Katherine Kirby.
Beef at the Rocky Mount store may contain plastic.

INCIDENTS
A misdemeanor larceny was reported on 7/10/23 at 1205 Eastern Avenue
A breaking and entering an auto and larceny from an auto was reported on 7/15/23 at 209 Virginia Avenue
A driving while license revoked not impaired rev., felony maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for a controlled substance, felony possession with intent to sell/deliver

Two counts of obtaining property by false pretense and forgery - uttering was reported on 7/12/23
A warrant service was reported on 7/10/23 at 100 N Boddie Street, Nashville
Found property was found on 7/15/23 at 1012 S Halifax Road, Rocky Mount
A discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling/moving vehicle was reported on 7/14/23 at 1024 Coggins Court, Rocky Mount