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ROCKY MOUNT - North Carolina Wesleyan University Professor, Dr. Patricia Brewer, has been awarded with the 2023-2024 Jefferson-Pilot Professorship. This award is the highest and most singular honor that can be bestowed upon a faculty member and is given in recognition of scholarship, teaching and community service.
The Jefferson-Pilot Professorship is an endowed award that was established in 1981 through the generosity of the Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company.

Nash Central High School golfer Matthew Page gets out of the sand trap on the 8th hole during Monday's Big East Conference match at the River GC in Franklin County.

RED OAK -- It's been a season to remember for the Northern Nash High School girls soccer team -- and it isn't over yet.
Once a powerhouse in the Big East Conference, the Lady Knights have been in a rebuilding phase over the past several campaigns.
But that work has led to NN returning to its past place in the top portion of the league standings in 2023 with a roster that is still relatively young.

KINSTON -- Luke Adams hit his team -leading third home run of the season in the fourth and Jace Avina added a two-run blast of his own moments later as the visiting Carolina Mudcats finished off a doubleheader sweep of the Down East Wood Ducks with a 4-3 victory in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader at Grainger Stadium in Lenoir County.

RED OAK -- Needing a pair of victories to remain atop the Big East Conference baseball standings, Northern Nash got the job done last week during a two-game series against backyard rival Nash Central.
In both games, the Fighting Knights used some late heroics to pull away, beginning with last Tuesday's 12-1 road decision at The Dawg Pound on the NCHS campus.

BUNN -- Hone some skills and gain some much-needed course knowledge -- that was the theme of the final Big East Conference regular season boys golf match Monday at The River GC.
The nine-hole event was staged on the front nine at The River -- the same layout that hosted Wednesday's 18-hole league championships.

Nash Central's Hannah Frazier slides into home plate as Bunn's Lenita Bryson waits to apply the tag during last Thursday's Big East Conference softball showdown at Ladycat Field.

BUNN -- Nash Central scored early and late -- and held off Bunn in between -- in order to gain a key Big East Conference road softball victory last Thursday at BHS' Ladycat Field.
Needing a triumph to remain part of a three-way tie for first place, the Lady Bulldogs erupted early to look what appeared to be a commanding seven-run cushion.

Southern Nash's Brayden Parker tries to beat a throw to second base during the Firebirds' road baseball victory last Thursday evening at rival Bunn in Big East Conference action.

BUNN -- Holding serve in the Big East Conference standings was the main goal for the Southern Nash Firebirds during last week's key league series against backyard rival Bunn.
Southern held off a late Wildcats' threat in last Tuesday's opener at home before hitting the road for BHS for last Thursday evening's series finale.

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Nash County Social Services violated state confidentiality rules in reporting on the disposition of the siblings of a girl allegedly killed by her grandmother earlier this year.
"We kind of got our hands slapped for sharing confidential information," said Bill Hill, the county's director of Health and Human Services.
Hill updated members of the county's Consolidated Human Services Board during a meeting last week.

Nashville is getting a second chance at applying for grant funding to help with sewer issues in town.
Council members met briefly on Tuesday morning to approve submission of the applications for the Regency Estates Sewer Extension Project, Essex Road Sewer Extension Project and the Nashville Sewer Rehabilitation Project.

Otis Chancey is often the first face you see when entering Nashville's Harold D. Cooley library. On Tuesday, his warm welcome was remembered as a reason many keep coming back to the library.
Chancey is retiring this week, after 10 years as a Librarian Associate.