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Aubrey Skibniewski is ready for her first day at Nashville Elementary School.

Spencer Turner enjoys some reading time during open house at Nashville Elementary School.

The Town of Nashville is close to having an updated Comprehensive Plan.
Town Council, Planning Board and Steering Committee members gathered last Tuesday for a presentation of the draft plan.
The town hired WithersRavenel Inc. last year to update the town's comprehensive plan, which was last done in 2011.
A comprehensive plan is a town's vision and goals for the future and guides the town's growth and decision making.

Nash County youngsters of all ages are back in school. Pictured above, Nashville Police Chief Anthony Puckett welcomes students back to Nashville Elementary. He is shown opening the door and greeting Joe'Nyiah Whitley (left) and Krishera Shearin upon their arrival to school.

Nashville native Phil Valentine, 61, passed away Saturday after a month-long battle with COVID-19.
Valentine resided in Tennessee and has long been known as a nationally acclaimed conservative radio talk show host.
His family conveyed through various interviews and social media that Phil's opinion on the COVID-19 vaccine had changed after being hospitalized with the disease in mid July. His family continues to encourage people to get vaccinated.

Similar to other places in the state, nation and world, Nash County's positive cases of Coronavirus are rapidly rising again.
Nash County Health Director Bill Hill announced 256 new positive cases over the past seven days on Tuesday. Thirty-four of those are hospitalized and three people are on ventilators. "Very serious conditions that are in Nash county," he said.

The 2021 "Heroes Field of Honor," will display 380 American flags September 9-12 at 1081 S. Wesleyan Blvd in Rocky Mount.
The event is hosted by the VFW Post 2057 and the Sharpsburg Exchange Club.
A special recognition ceremony will be held Saturday, September 11 at 5:30 p.m. at which time the names of all those honored will be read.

Due to a rapid and significant rise in COVID hospitalizations, all non-urgent "elective" surgeries that require an overnight stay in the hospital after surgery will be postponed indefinitely, effective Thursday, August 26.
Urgent and emergent surgeries will still be performed, as will outpatient surgeries. Patients will be contacted by their care team if their case is to be rescheduled.
"We are seeing a rapid influx of patients needing hospitalization from COVID," said Dr. L. Lee Isley, president and CEO of Nash UNC Health Care.

Willow, the goat, gets prepared as 7th District Court Judge Anthony Brown leans over to kiss her as his pledge to raise money for the North Carolina Special Olympics.

Free speech is being attacked, maybe more seriously than even the Sedition Act of 1798 which was designed to be in force during John Adams' presidency and prevent criticism of the government.
But it might not be exactly how we think at first glance.
For example, social media platforms Twitter and Facebook have banned former President Donald Trump.