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The Hester, Moore and Tucker Attorneys Lady Stars softball travel team recently won the NCUSFA Swing Into Spring Tournament. The Lady Stars used good pitching, strong defense and timely hitting to post a 7-1 overall record for the tourney. During the event, the Lady Stars outscored opponents by a 51-21 margin. In the championship game, the Lady Stars used some late-inning heroics to defeat the Lake Country Crushers from Virginia.
Attention: Mark your calendar for this Friday night! The monthly fish fry at the Beulah Church of Christ Annex on Reges road will be from 5:00 - 8:00 PM. Once again we look forward to your fellowship and really appreciate your continued support. For anyone who would like to help with preparations, that will be held on Thursday morning at 9:00 AM. All help is appreciated.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Nashville man has been charged with attempted murder after reportedly shooting another Nashville man five times outside Omar’s Quick Mart on Saturday night.
According to Nashville Police Chief Bill Creech, 26-year-old Shiaphan Lewis and Marcus Antonio Alston were in Omar’s Quick Mart, at 802 S. First Street in Nashville, with owner Omar Bayyari around 10:40 p.m. Creech said sometimes Lewis helps Bayyari at the store and the two were getting ready to close up for the night.
Two Nash County Sheriff’s Deputies are recovering after being injured while responding to a call last Wednesday night.
Deputy Ray Lynch was responding to a call of shots fired on Driver Road in Middlesex when he was assaulted by several suspects. During the altercation, Lynch’s shoulder was fractured.
By: Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Barring miraculous intervention, the Nash-Rocky Mount school system seems destined to face additional massive cuts to its budget for the coming fiscal year. Officials say that these cuts will be sure to impact staff, students, and facilities in a drastic way.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
“I want to live. I want to be cancer free.”
Ginger Pate signed those words to her sister-in-law, Elaine, in January after being told she had triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma.
Ginger, 52, was born deaf and over time, she became legally blind with only four percent vision in her right eye. Elaine said she needs a cornea transplant but that they are hesitant to move forward with such a procedure.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Rocky Mount Branch of the NAACP sponsored an education forum that focused on Senate Bill 8 and the effects the bill would have on public education if it were passed in the General Assembly.
North Carolina Representatives Angela Bryant, Joe Tolson and Jean Farmer-Butterfield all came out to offer their thoughts on the bill, along with Nash-Rocky Mount Schools Superintendent Rick McMahon and Rocky Mount Preparatory School Headmaster Michael Pratt.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Coopers Community Development Corporation is one step closer to their dream of a community park, thanks to a $2,500 donation from a local farmer.
Faye Bone was recently selected as a winner in the America’s Farmers Grow Communities project sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.
A second public hearing will be held on Monday morning for the proposed Sanderson Farms site on Highway 97.
The Nash County Board of Commissioners voted to rezone the properties from Rural Commercial and Residential to General Industrial last November. However, the rezoning was challenged by area residents opposed to the project so Nash County agreed to send the rezoning back to the planning board.
Nashville Police charged three with drug violations as part of an on-going narcotics investigation.
According to Investigator George Bottoms, of the Nashville Police Department, complaints of narcotics sales and use as well as suspicious activity led to an investigation, which resulted in three search warrants being issued last Friday afternoon at locations in Nashville.
A Spring Hope woman is dead after the vehicle she was driving was hit head-on on Bend of the River Road last Wednesday evening.
According to reports from the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Ernest William Tyska, 68, of Bend of the River Road, Elm City, was driving a Chevrolet Silverado east on Bend of the River Road, near NC Highway 58, when he crossed the center line and collided with Alma Rosa Lopez, 32, who was traveling west in a Dodge Caravan.
NASHVILLE - Marvin Earl Nelms, age 79 of Nashville, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Nash General Hospital.
ROCKY MOUNT - Tommy Mitchell ,55, of Rocky Mount, departed this life on Friday, March 25, 2011 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
ROCKY MOUNT - John Williams, Jr., 78, of Rocky Mount, departed this life on Friday, March 25, 2011 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
SPRING HOPE - Alma Rosa Lopez Rodriguez, 32, of Spring Hope, departed this life on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
Jimmy Richard Robbins, 76, passed away, Friday, March 25, 2011. He was born November 23, 1934 to George and Fannie Winstead Robbins.
Steven Davis, 47, passed Friday March 18, 2011 at his residence in Brunswick, Maryland. He was born in Cheverly, Maryland.
Ruth McCullers Morgan, centenarian, age 103, passed away Friday, March 25, 2011. Born on August 09, 1907 in Calhoun County, Alabama, Ruth was the second youngest of 11 children belonging to James and Emma McCullers.
NASHVILLE - Baby boy Kristopher Isaiah Battle passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2011.
I don’t stare at goats like the guys did in the George Clooney movie from last year, but I must admit I am a man of many goats. And the numbers seem to be growing every week.
Some of you may remember last year when months of me saying, “We’re going get some goats,” for our little farmstead finally turned into “We got some goats.” It was a great time.
By: LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
I feel compelled to write this letter because I am getting the impression that the general public either does not realize the critical status of the state budget for public education or they think it is political jargon and will not really happen. Folks, this is real, and if you want the children of Nash County and the rest of North Carolina to have a chance at a decent public education, you need to contact your legislators immediately before it is too late.
Well it looks like we’re in the short rows now. Just 10 more weeks and Allen and I will be parents.
I wish I could say we were sitting back and relaxing, waiting for our little boy’s arrival but instead, we’re rushing to get a million things done before this little guy comes.
By: A PICTORIAL LOOK INTO THE PAST
We found this photo in the archives at The Graphic. We’re pretty sure the photo was taken in 1961. We’re not sure who these guys are, but looks like they were having a ball! We’ve often heard of the many womanless pageants held back in the 1960’s to raise money for local organizations. We’re wondering if these guys might have been taking part in one.
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Civilian Kanisha J. Battle, daughter of Veronica Battle of Rocky Mount and Barry Sears, of Rocky Mount recently enlisted in the United States Navy under the Delayed Entry Program at Navy Recruiting District.
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