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Larceny misdemeanor, breaking and entering automobile no larceny from automobile, and breaking and entering automobile larceny from automobile reported at 403 Park Ave, Nashville on 04/27/22
Possession of cocaine reported at US 64/64A, NC on 04/30/22

Nashville Baptist Church members recently made and donated lap blankets to the residents of Autumn Care of Nash. Molly Willis, Activities Director, (center) is shown here receiving the blankets from church members Paula Strickland (left) and Debi Davenport (right).

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Bethel Heroes Chapter 636 held an April shower to benefit the Your Choice Resource Pregnancy Center.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2021-2022 school year. The following students at Nash Everywhere Digital Academy (NEDA) made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2021-2022 school year. The following students at Nash Central High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2021-2022 school year. The following students at Rocky Mount High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

I have to give credit to my former pastor in Georgia for this devotion. Several years ago, he preached a sermon on the prodigal son that inspired me to think about the "other son" in the parable. His slant on the meaning of this parable was both fresh and provoking.
A number of the newer bible translations refer to this parable as the "Parable of the Lost Son" rather than the "Parable of the Prodigal Son". You need to read the parable in Luke 15 and ask yourself who really is the "lost son" mentioned here?

This past Sunday the members of Peachtree Celebrate and praise a Risen Lord.
The Sanctuary flower arrangement today was lovingly given to honor our Lord by Beverly Wilson in memory of John E. Privette, grandson of Barbara Privette and in honor of her mother, Mrs. Barbara Privette who is celebrating her 91st birthday.

Everyone's invited to Red Oak Baptist Church on Sunday, May 15 for Focus on WMU! This special service will begin at 11:00 am in the Family Life Center and will feature guest speaker Caroline Jones. Caroline is a former International Mission Board missionary, former WMU NC President, and former National WMU staff member. She has been a featured speaker from Alaska to the Strait of Magellan and paints word pictures that have her audience laughing one minute and crying the next.

Building Permit
Commercial
Turner Votipka, 2721 S. Halifax Rd; new construction; $16,000
Sharon Greer, 522 N. Old Carriage Rd; renovation/alteration; $87,947

Finding Freedom Through Art by the Art Club at the Nash Correctional Institution will be coloring the walls of Mims Gallery at The Dunn Center on North Carolina Wesleyan University's campus. This free exhibition will be open to the public from Thursday, May 12 to Friday, August 5. A reception will also be held on Thursday, May 12 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

UNC Cancer Care at Nash is hosting its annual free skin cancer screening event on May 17 and 18, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. each night in the Danny Talbot Cancer Center on Nash UNC Health Care's campus.
The purpose of the event is to provide the community with healthy skin care practices, helpful tools, and to answer questions about skin health.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2021-2022 school year. The following students at Northern Nash High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll

Former Southern Nash Graduate, Will Tyson (left), a second year, computer science teacher at Washington High School, was awarded the 2022-2023 fellowship for the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership at NC State University. He is also the boys Varsity and JV baseball coach, girls basketball coach and is starting the schools first ever E-Sportsteam this fall. Pictured with Tyson is Washington School District Superintendent Matthew Cheeseman.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2021-2022 school year. The following students at Nash-Rocky Mount Early College made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony in celebration of Nashville's new farmers market. Graphic photo by Jo Anne Cooper