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A Nashville man was arrested for sending lewd material to a minor under 13.
According to Major Eddie Moore with the Nash County Sheriff's Office, 46-year-old Wade Caraway texted a sexually explicit picture to a minor on March 14. Once received, the minor contacted the sheriff's office who then investigated the case.
Moore said the minor vaguely knew of Caraway through friends.

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Commercial
Maria Malone, 4932 Baines Loop Rd; addition; $10,000
Richard Belk, 106 W. Nashville Dr; sign; $8,000

Northern Nash High School students want to help you find your happy face!
Students will perform in the musical comedy "Bye Bye Birdie" this weekend at the Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences in Rocky Mount.
The musical includes the popular song, "Put on a Happy Face," which these days rings true of what we need.

I mentioned to some folks at church on Sunday -- the first day of spring -- that it thundered last week, so that means we are supposed to get snow since it was winter when that took place.
Depending on who you ask, it was supposed to happen within seven or 10 days.
A debate ensued about whether that counted once spring arrived. It was not resolved because we were all getting hungry and left.

Spring is here which means the days are longer and brighter, grass cutting season is upon us, flowers are budding and budgets are being crunched all across Nash County.
Yep - it's budget season for county government and municipalities which calls for a lot of conversations about the economy, what's to come, how do we prepare, where do we go from here and how do we grow.

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on October 2, 1979. Communication workers (left to righ) Gerald Batts, Robert Chason and William Alston were among the pickets parading in front of Carolina Telephone Co. offices as members of the Communications Workers of America who went on strike against the company over contract terms.

"And because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them." (Acts 18:3)
I will soon be celebrating my 69th Birthday. That has prompted a lot of questions for me about where I am in my Christian walk.
The closer I get to 70, I realize there are a lot more years behind me than ahead of me. I never thought much about it until I got into my fifties. But the Bible tells us that we should not expect to live too much beyond 70. I finally understand why my dad read the obituaries so religiously when I was in my teenage years.

Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. (1 Peter 4:1-2 ESV)
1 Peter 4:1 records the only command in this passage: "arm yourselves with the same way of thinking." The rest of the passage explains why we should obey this command. This call to arms pictures the Christian as a soldier ready for battle. Victory requires weapons.

The Baptist Men had their monthly breakfast on Sunday, March 20.
Remember to give to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions now through Easter. Did you know that 100% of your gift to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering goes directly to the mission field? Please give to support the NAMB missionaries.

Sunday's Service was dedicated to the people of Ukraine. Pastor Gene and The Peachtree Members ask for everyone to pray for Ukraine. To pray for God's mercy and the wisdom of the world leaders to solve this terrible tragedy. Pastor Gene played a music video presentation by Ukraine's President Zelensky and his wife singing to the people of Ukraine's people, "My Endless Love."

The Florence Craig Bunn Revocable Trust, Florence Craig Bunn and Charles Ivy Bunn Jr. to Brantley Land, LLC; 136.2 acres
Robert J. Silver and Lashawnda R. Silver to Clifton B. Hunter Jr.; 0 Helm Street, 637 Hunter Hill Road, 647 Hunter Hill Road and 691 Hunter Hill Road; $20,000
Arlin Teresa Chavis to 6658 Red Oak, LLC; 27.76 acres, 6658 Red Oak Road, Battleboro; $245,000
Daniel Randolph Williams and Donna L. Hair to Joshua G. Pearson and Laura R. Pearson; 274 Joy Road, Nashville; $175,000

Nashville will soon reveal its newest Distinguished Citizen.
The Nashville Chamber of Commerce will hosts its annual Distinguished Citizen Reception Thursday, March 31 at Nash Arts Center in downtown Nashville. Refreshments begin at 6:30 p.m., the ceremony starts at 7 p.m. This year marks the 30th event hosted by the chamber.
Guest speaker of the event is well known local author and newspaper columnist, Michael K. Brantley.

73-year-old Nashville man died following a boating accident at the Tar River Reservoir in Rocky Mount last Saturday afternoon.
Rocky Mount police and surrounding agencies responded to the single boat collision around 2:40 p.m. March 19.
Authorities said John "Jack" McManus was operating a Hurricane deck boat when he struck a pier on the reservoir and was ejected.
McManus was taken to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville where he was pronounced dead.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball team dropped two hard-luck games to USA South West Division rival LaGrange College (Ga.) in a cross-divisional matchup on Sunday afternoon at Bauer Field on the NCWC campus.
LaGrange rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat the Bishops 12-9 in game one and then squeaked out a 2-1 pitcher's duel over Wesleyan in game two.

NASH COUNTY -- Four Nash County standouts have earned spots on the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association's All-District 3 Team.
Making the All-District 3 Girls list was Rocky Mount's Dynamic Duo of Dee Graham and Caroline Thiel -- juniors who have been stars since they first set foot on the RMHS campus as potential-rich freshmen.

Northern Nash's Griffin Webb (left) advances the ball for the Fighting Knights during Monday's Big East Conference home girls soccer meeting with the Southern Nash Ladybirds.

RED OAK -- A pair of expected Big East Conference aces met Monday night in an early-season pecking order showdown.
The Big East crown is up for grabs this spring after perennial powers Wilson Hunt and Wilson Fike left the league following the latest realignment by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association.

Nash Central's Kaylee Faile (right) engages Bunn's Rebecca Alford during Tuesday's Big East Conference girls soccer showdown, which was claimed 3-0 by the visiting Lady Bulldogs.

BUNN -- Even though this is his first season as Nash Central's girls soccer coach, Micah Faile offered some sage advice late in the first half of the Lady Bulldogs' Big East Conference showdown on the road Tuesday against the Bunn Ladycats.
Central had controlled the majority of the action, but the homestanding Ladycats proved to be stingy in their final line of defense -- not to mention the fact that a handful of the Lady Bulldogs' point-blank attempts sailed either wide or high.