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Nash County 911 is losing telecommunicators to neighboring Wilson County at an alarming rate.
Nine telecommunicators have left Nash to work for Wilson 911. Four additional staff members have left Nash to work in Brunswick, Franklin, and Durham counties, and Rocky Mount.
With its pay rate, Nash just can't compete with other counties, specifically Wilson, said Tony Cameron, the county's director of emergency services.

Spouses and widows of area veterans were recognized last Monday night during Post 110's annual Ladies Night dinner.
The event is hosted each year by Nashville's American Legion Post 110 to honor the wives and widows of legionnaires.
Jeremy Hetrick, Division One Commander for the American Legion, was the guest speaker for the night.

Nashville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources will host its annual "Eggciting Saturday!" on April 1 at Stoney Creek Environmental Park.
The event includes free egg hunts, interactive science stations, music, games, free hotdogs, Easter Bunny pictures and more.
Egg hunts for ages 0-12 begin promptly at 10 a.m. Participants should arrive early to not miss out.

The Spring Hope Board of Commissioners will again consider a rezoning request for a trucking business.
Kent Sessums is asking that his property be rezoned from single-family residential to light industrial for his proposed trucking yard on 10 acres on Wilkins Street.
A handful of residents attended a second planning board meeting on the request to voice concerns about the rezoning.

Dustin Collie, 38, Richard Perry, 63, and Bobby Kyle Eatmon, 40, face charges of cockfighting, a felony in North Carolina.
Collie, of Lake Royale Road, outside Spring Hope; Perry, of Old Nash Road in Middlesex; Eatmon, of Bruce Road in Sims; each posted $5,000 bonds.
At 9:45 a.m. March 25, deputies received an anonymous tip related to a possible cockfighting event in progress at 3593 Old Nash Road in Middlesex, said Maj. Eddie Moore with the Nash County Sheriff's Office.

A former Nashville citizen well known for her resilient volunteerism and her non-stop work to make Nashville a better place to live passed away last week.
Christine Lincke Wilson Johnson passed away Friday, March 24, 2023 at her home in Hopewell, Virginia.
Johnson was well known in Nashville for her tireless work with the Nashville Kiwanis.

A former Nashville councilman, educator and public servant has passed away.
James McBride passed away last Wednesday, March 22. He was 89 years old.
McBride was a true community servant, involved in many organizations throughout his life.

Two armed men robbed the Dollar General on N.C. 58 in Castalia last week, according to authorities.
The two men left the business with an undisclosed amount of cash, said Maj. Eddie Moore of the Nash County Sheriff's Office.
Anyone with any information about this case is asked to call detectives at the sheriff's office at 252-459-4121. Deputies said callers can remain anonymous.

BAIELY - Nash County deputies say they had to tase a man who repeatedly broke into his girlfriend's home in Bailey.
Jamel Rashawn McNair, 32, of Butterfield Lane in Wilson, faces charges of first degree burglary, larceny, breaking and entering, damage to real property and resisting arrest. He received a $150,000 bond.

A recent traffic stop on Interstate 95 by Nash County deputies led to an arrest for drugs and firearms possession.
Chauncey Antonio Morst Jr., 36, of Virginia, faces charges of two counts of trafficking methamphetamine; possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine; maintaining a vehicle for a controlled substance; and possession of a firearm by a felon. He received a $750,000 bond.

INCIDENTS
A felony larceny was reported on 3/22/23 at 700 E Washington Street
A possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine was reported on 3/20/23 at N NC 58 and Taylors Store Road, Nashville
A hit and run and misdemeanor failure to stop was reported on 3/24/23 at 100 East Evans Drive

A first degree burglary was reported on 3/25/23 at 10582 Jack Road, Bailey
A missing person was reported on 3/21/23 at 2528 Wintergreen Road, Nashville
Two counts of larceny after a breaking and entering and felony breaking and/or entering was reported on 3/24/23 at 2584 Wintergreen Road, Nashville
An assault with a deadly weapon was reported on 3/19/23 at 2585 Campground Road, Nashville