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24 HOURS is the most critical time to find a lost pet. The following steps are the most important things to do:
Don't Wait ~ The first 24 hrs makes a difference.
Search ~ Make sure not at home, accidently locked in a building, a closet or under the house.

West Mount Ruritan Club Past President Wayne Outlaw (center) is shown accepting the Ruritan National Club President's Award for outstanding service to the club in 2020 from Rocky Mount-Durham District Lt. Governor Johnny Johnson (left) and Ruritan National Director George Brothers (right).

ROCKY MOUNT - Film doesn't lie, and veteran Nash Central High School football coach Chris Lee didn't necesarily like what he saw when breaking down Smithfield-Selma game tape ahead of last Friday's showdown between the clubs at The Dawg Pound on the NCHS campus.
Smithfield-Selma doesn't necessarily have the greatest recent gridirion tradition in the area, but that trend seems to be changing quickly these days.

NASH COUNTY -- The current crazy world of high school sports is continuing this fall with coaches and athletic directions trying to be last-minute matchmakers as the campaign progresses.
Last Friday, Northern Nash was supposed to play Wilson Fike and Southern Nash was slated to take on Corinth Holders.

READY TO GO. The first full weekend of college football is upon us, and Nadir Thompson (left) and the Virginia Tech Hokies will have a key Atlantic Coast Conference game to start as the Hokies will host North Carolina this Friday night in Blacksburg, Va. Thompson, a redshirt sophomore, is a Nash County native who prepped for the Southern Nash Firebirds. He is currently listed as a backup cornerback for the Hokies on their latest depth chart.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Russell Rouse, Jr., an North Carolina Wesleyan College alumnus and former Battling Bishops football player, is returning to the Wesleyan family.
Rouse a 2010 graduate of North Carolina Wesleyan, has joined the College as First-Year Advisor and Coordinator of Academic Intervention Services.
Russell Rouse began working for Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools in 2011 where he taught 6th and 7th grade math ematics and science at Red Oak Middle School.

NASHVILLE -- A beloved Saturday tradition will be returning this fall, albeit with a few twists.
A generation of kids and their families have taken part in Nashville Hornets' football activities through the years.
The Hornets are making a comeback, but will now be managed by the Nash County Parks and Rec Department as opposed to the Town of Nashville.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA. -- The Carolina Mudcats snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory versus the Fredericksburg Nationals at FredNats Ballpark on Sunday night.
Ernesto Martinez went 4-for-5 with a RBI double while extending his hitting streak to 14 consecutive games, Zach Mort earned his third victory and James Meeker struck out four batters in the ninth and five overall while earning his third save as Carolina earned a victory in the final game of the series.

A Rocky Mount man is facing charges after striking a police officer when fleeing the the scene of a traffic stop.
An officer with the Rocky Mount Police Department conducted a traffic stop at 12:45 a.m. on August 24 due to a motor vehicle violation. The officer was standing next to the vehicle when the suspect accelerated, striking the officer with the motor vehicle and fleeing the scene.

Rocky Mount Police Departments Traffic Unit observed a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction on South Franklin St. near Hammond St. Tuesday. Members of the Traffic Unit conducted a traffic stop for the violation. Upon further investigation, a probable cause search was conducted.
Officers seized 509 grams of marijuana and a handgun from the vehicle.

The Rocky Mount Police Department partnered with Greenville Police Department to locate Michael Cherry, a 35-year-old male who was arrested in a string of Commercial Robberies at Foodlion on Harbour West Dr and the Fuel Doc on N. Wesleyan Blvd in Rocky Mount. He is also a suspect for a commercial robbery in Wilson. Cherry was residing in a hotel in Greenville,. He was charged with the following: