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ZEBULON - Exciting family fun is here as the Carolina Mudcats have announced that single-game tickets are on sale now at carolinamudcats.com, by calling (919) 269-2287, and at the Five County Stadium front office.
Single-game ticket availability coincides with the unveiling of the first phase of the club's promotional schedule for the upcoming 2022 season at Five County Stadium.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Shane Garrett grew up in Franklin County and competed in baseball for the Town of Louisburg Parks and Recreation Department.
Now, Garrett is coming home for the next two years as he has signed a letter-of-intent to continue his baseball career at Louisburg College.
Garrett, who has been a member of the Faith Christian School diamond program in Nash County for the past three years, chose Louisburg College over several different options that he had to compete on the collegiate level.

GREENSBORO -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College men's basketball program rolled to its 10th conference win of the season last Saturday as they routed Greensboro College 92-71 on the road to clinch the #2 seed in the East Division.
Wesleyan improved to 18-7 overall and 10-4 in the division.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball team rolled to a big 14-4 non-conference neutral site win over Susquehanna University (Pa.) on Sunday afternoon on the campus of Christopher Newport University.
The Bishops took advantage of five SU errors while totaling 14 runs on 10 hits in the win en route to improving to 3-3 on the year.

Northern Nash's Carson Ashman (front, left) and Travis Gamache (front, right) signs letters-of-intent to continue their baseball careers at North Carolina Wesleyan College.

RED OAK -- Travis Gamache and Carson Ashman have been cornerstones of Northern Nash's recent baseball renaissance -- both on and off the field.
Certainly, both players are blessed with talent -- and have been teammates since their days at Red Oak Middle School.
Ashman has developed into a top-notch outfielder for the Fighting Knights -- and also gives Coach Joey Keefe an always-welcomed left-handed bat.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Excellent coach, tremendous teacher. And an even better person.
If someone drew up a scouting report for Renny Taylor, those would be the intangibles listed on the list as Taylor has excelled in all phases of his work life during his career at Nash Central High School.

WINSTON-SALEM -- Colin Johnson's goal is to compete in the pole vault event in college -- and his recent performances may have raised the eyebrows of some potential future coaches on that level.
Johnson, a senior standout at Nash Central High School, was able to qualify for the Class 1/2-A State Indoor Track and Field Championships, which were held at the JDL Fast Track facility in Winston-Salem.

Members of the Nash County Public Schools Board of Education unanimously voted Monday night during a special called meeting to make wearing a mask at school optional.
Staff and students are still required to wear a mask on a school bus or activity bus due to current federal guidelines suggested by the Center of Disease Control (CDC.)

Nash County EMS workers are struggling with fatigue which calls for the need to possibly change their hours in the future.
The emergency services department has three different shifts that rotate hours on a 24 hour on, 24 hours off basis daily. Those shifts are the A, B, and C shifts.
About 25 workers are included within each shift.

A fifth grader from Cedar Grove Elementary will be headed to compete in the state's regional spelling bee in Charlotte.
Nash County's district spelling bee was held at the Impact Center Thursday night to determine which student would go to regionals.
Parents watched anxiously as 30 nervous students from the third through eighth grade vied for the top spot.

Charlie Lewis is super ecstatic about turning 100 this Saturday.
He was born February 26, 1922. Lewis grew up in the Leggett area, near Tarboro and Whitakers and lived there for 27 years. In the 1960s, he moved to the Nash County area.

A widespread brushfire broke out behind a home in Nashville last Thursday night.
Firefighters from Nashville, Castalia, Red Oak and White Level and the NC Forest Service were all called around 8:36 p.m. to the burning area behind a house on Bunting Road.

The Nashville Farmers Market is planning its grand opening for April 22.
Nashville's Town Council approved the vendor fees last Tuesday so staff could move forward with securing vendors.
The vendor fees will mimic the fees for vendors at the Nash County Farmers Market.

Students at Nasvhille Elementary School celebrate "Twosday." 2/22/22, a palindrome date, which means its the same forward and back. The event will not happen again in a lifetime. Pictured, Robin Reynolds and her class pose for a photo with their Twosday hats.

Kohleigh Wade, Jaleia Williams, Avery Joyner and Kyleigh Creech dress in tutus for Twosday.

Town of Nashville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources is gearing up to host a slew of fun events for the entire family.
The first event to kick off is the Music in the Park series, a monthly concert series that will be March 19, April 22, and May 20 at Stoney Creek Environmental Park from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

This supply chain mess was all fun and games until they started monkeying around with my bacon supply and jalapeño cheese puffs.
Now I'm paying attention -- it has hit close to home.
First, my favorite "market style" bacon started disappearing from the cases of one of my regular grocery stores.

I can't imagine pulling a 24-hour shift and having anything else to give, let alone have a good attitude.
I have been burning the midnight oil myself for quite some time and these days it takes a lot more coffee to even get me to the point of having a reasonable conversation with another human first thing in the morning.

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on August 21, 1979. Steve Evans (left) and his brother Keith demonstrated how tobacco is put onto racks prior to curing in a bulk barn. Looking on are guides from the Phillip Morris plant in Richmond who, along with company executives, toured tobacco operation in Nash County that year as guests of the Nash County Extension Service.

A Whitakers man was sentenced last Friday to 12 ½ years in federal prison for armed drug trafficking.
The Nash County Sheriff's Office received information May 2020 that Tony Darrel Pittman, 42, was distributing drugs around the Rocky Mount area.
An investigation of Pittman ensued for several months. From May and September 2020, a private tipster made controlled purchases of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine from Pittman.

A Bailey man was arrested Monday night for breaking and entering the Bailey Nash County ABC store on Deans Street.
Nash County Sheriff's Office deputies responsded to the alarm at approximately 9 p.m. A witness observed the subject breaking the front glass door and entering the business. Another witness told deputies the subject exited the business and ran towards Joyner's Mini Mart. Deputies set up a perimeter and conducted a K-9 track.

Larceny felony and injuring property to obtain nonferrous metals reported at 733 E. Washington St, Nashville on 02/15/22
Reckless driving, speeding, posession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting arrest/hinder and delay reported at MM 460 US 64 E on 02/13/22
Obtain property by false pretense reported at 102 Sunshine Ct, Nashville on 02/13/22