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ROANOKE RAPIDS -- When someone thinks of Roanoke Rapids High School softball, the first name that comes to mind is Carleen Goodwin -- and for good reason.
Goodwin, a Nash County resident and former standout at North Carolina Wesleyan College, coached the Yellow Jackets for 32 years before retiring in 2013.
Already a member of the RRHS Hall of Fame, Goodwin received another honor last October when the on-campus softball facility was named 'Goodwin Field'.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated Nash County Adult Basketball League Scores:

Nash County's new superior court judge says he will strive to be fair and expeditious.
Timothy W. Wilson took his oath of office last week as senior resident state superior court judge for Judicial District 7A, which comprises Nash, Edgecombe and Wilson counties.
Wilson said the state constitution requires judges to deliver justice without favor, denial or delay.

Nashville's Town Council has changed its tune about not allowing parking on Drake Street.
Council members unanimously amended a decision made earlier this month to not allow any parking on Drake Street after agreeing to keep the street a one-way street.
Drake Street currently has nine on-street parking spots between Washington and Elm Street.

Nashville police found the family of a young child wandering around in the middle of a downtown street last week.
"The child has since been reunited with his parents and law enforcement is working with Child Protective Services to educate and ensure incidents such as this, do not happen in the future," said Police Chief J.T. Winstead.

A Nash County Sheriff's Office K-9 has retired after seven years on the job due to bad hips.
Dako, a German Shepherd from Holland born in 2014, was assigned as K-9 in 2015 to Lt. David Walker. The two worked together as a unit for seven years and 10 months.
During last week's meeting, Sheriff Keith Stone requested the Board of Commissioners give the dog to Walker.

A Nashville man is behind bars accused of a one man crime spree that included stealing from a local hardware store, breaking into vehicles and pocketing a beer at Sheetz.
James Allen Moss, 52, faces multiple counts of larceny and habitual larceny after being arrested by the Nash County Sheriff's Office last week.
Moss can be seen on security video footage taking a dog kennel from Bell's Ace Hardware in Nashville while the store was closed, according to investigators.

A handful of out-of-area owners of Nash County property say Semper Fi Lane is too controversial a name for a rural road near Middlesex.
The Nash County Board of Commissioners voted last week to name the road Semper Fi Lane at the request of a property owner building a house on the spot.
Semper Fi is Latin for always faithful, the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps.

A small party with family and friends was held to celebrate Cora Clark's 100th birthday but hundreds of others also celebrated Clark's special day.
Clark, of Nashville, received around 400 birthday cards from all over the world for her special day, which was on January 5th.
Clark's daughter, Sara Rudd, said 136 of the cards came from her great grandson Davis Mills' school but the rest came from all over the world. Rudd said cards came from Belgium, Australia, France and India.

Effective January 9, 2023, Nash UNC Health Care has changed its name to UNC Health Nash. The move also comes with a new logo, as the hospital is adopting the new UNC Health brand that debuted in 2020.
The UNC Health system rebranded back in February 2020 with the intention of affiliate hospital rebranding to take place shortly thereafter. Due to the pandemic, that process was put on hold.

Boice Willis Clinic is a sponsor of the American Heart Association - Twin Counties Heart Walk. As sponsors, a CPR Kit was donated to the Nashville Fire Department. The CPR Kit is deisgned to meet the needs of workplaces, community organizations and schools. Kits contain everything needed to train 20 people at once in the lifesaving skill of CPR and first aid.

A damage to personal property was reported on 1/9/23 at 10326 W Old Spring Hope Road, Spring Hope
A felony breaking and entering and forced/no larceny was reported on 1/9/23 at 10762 Liles Road, Bailey
Two counts of obtaining property by false pretense and obtaining advances under promise to work was reported on 1/11/23 at 13426 Eagle Ridge Drive, Zebulon

INCIDENTS
A registration (cancelled/revoked/suspended title or tag), no insurance, driving while license revoked impaired rev; speeding and possesion of cocaine was reported on 1/9/23 on US 64E at the 459 mile marker
A damage to personal property was reported on 1/11/23 at 612 E Church Street, Nashville

I'd been dodging germ clouds for what seemed like weeks.
Friends, co-workers, fellow congregants -- I saw them drop one-by-one.
Then, my crowd brought it into the house. It's not COVID-19, or the flu, it goes by the medical term "the crud."
It ran through a couple of members of my family right before we went on vacation to Florida.