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FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. -- The North Carolina State University baseball team is headed back to the College World Series for the first time since 2013 and its third time in program history, thanks to its 3-2 win over No. 1 Arkansas, on Sunday evening in a winner-take-all game at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville, Ark.
After suffering a 21-2 loss in game one then evening the series with a 6-5 win in game two, the Wolfpack gutted out the win over the number one overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

KANNAPOLIS - Felix Valerio drove in two with a RBI double in the third and homered in the sixth while directly accounting for four of the Carolina Mudcats' six runs in a 6-2 series finale victory versus the Cannon Ballers in Kannapolis on Sunday afternoon in Low A-East baseball action.
Andre Nnebe also had a two-run single in eighth and Nick Belzer earned his second victory as the Mudcats left with a series split in Kannapolis.

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ROCKY MOUNT -- The City of Rocky Mount Little League's two top hurlers locked horns last Wednesday evening on a steamy, Southern afternoon and put on quite a show for those in attendance.
Pizza Inn's Colson Gay and Wesley Men's Jaelyn McLean threw darts all game long, controlling the strike zone and reducing the hitters to putty with every thrown ball.

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Dr. Shelton Jefferies, superintendent of Nash County Schools from January 4, 2016 to August 2, 2019, "violated his contract and multiple policies and procedures," according to the final investigative report issued this week from State Auditor Beth Wood's office. His violations resulted "in $45,690 in unallowed and questionable expenses."
Jefferies has 60 days to fully reimburse the system before the case will be handed to the district attorney for review.

A proposed development for the former Birchwood Golf Course was denied by Nashville's Town Council on Tuesday night.
Council members voted 3-1 to deny a special use permit for a residential planned unit development, or PUD, on the 110-acre tract.
The request, by RBD Investments, Inc., was first heard on May 4 and a quasi-judicial hearing was held.

A second assessment of trees on Washington Street in downtown Nashville offers a less grim outlook for 15 trees that were initially slated for removal last month.
Nashville's Town Council agreed to hire Historic Tree Care out of Durham to offer a second opinion of the health and risk of 21 trees. The service was commissioned at the rate of $135 per hour.

Jeanne Soltis, who turned 100 recently, attributes all of her accomplishments and long life to her strong faith.
Jeanne was born on June 2, 1921 in Canada. Her family moved to Vermont in 1929. She attended high school in New Hampshire and her graduating class consisted of eight members.

Nash County Health Department Director Bill Hill reported Tuesday afternoon active cases of COVID-19 continue to decline in Nash County.
Hill said only 14 new cases were reported between June 8th and June 14th, 27 were reported the previous week.
Total hospitalizations as of Tuesday at Nash UNC Hospital were 8, while the total number of deaths in Nash County increased by one for a total of 193.

Utility customers in Nashville will soon receive a letter explaining rate and fee increases that will go into effect July 1.
Council members were not in agreement about everything that needed to be included in the letter, however.
A draft letter was brought before council members on Tuesday night. The draft letter informed customers of the changes in the town's fee schedule.

On Wednesday morning last week, Nash County Public Schools (NCPS) held the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Red Oak Elementary School. Situated behind the current Red Oak Elementary School, the new school will merge students from Cedar Grove, Swift Creek, and Red Oak elementary schools onto one large campus. The current 12,300-square-foot gymnasium will continue to serve the new school after a partial renovation and a 1,900-square-foot new addition.

The Town of Nashville is applying for a grant with hopes of helping a local business expand.
Council members approved submitting an application to the North Carolina Department of Commerce for a Building Reuse Grant for "Project ANF Building Renovation."

This is both an announcement and a call to arms to get all of y'all to go green.
It's time.
I'll admit writing an essay for a class in graduate school entitled "I Hate the Environment: What Has It Ever Done for Me?" several years ago.

Dear Editor: I watched the exchange at the end of the Nash County Commissioners meeting held on June 7, 2021 between Commissioners Sue Leggett, Dan Cone and Wayne Outlaw regarding the proposal on residential lot sizes of R 30 (30,000sf) vs R 20 (20,000sf).

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on October 8, 1970.

A Rocky Mount man was sentenced recently to 144 months in prison for possessing a firearm while on post-release supervision for a prior federal felony. This sentence is the result of a federal jury convicting Kalid Koron Ocean-Avent, 24, on a charge of possessing a firearm by a convicted felon on January 26, 2021.
According to court documents and other information presented in court, Ocean-Avent, a member of the 9-Trey Bloods in Rocky Mount, led Rocky Mount Police Officers on a high-speed car chase through a residential neighborhood on January 16, 2020.

On June 13, 2021, Anthony Horne, a 19-year-old male, was charged and arrested for conspiracy to commit robbery and first degree murder of Derrick Anthony Bryant, a 53-year-old male, who was fatally shot in the 600 block of Park Ave., Rocky Mount on June 11.

Warrant for service (4) were reported on 6/7/21 at 100 N. Boddie St., Nashville
Felony larceny was reported on 6/11/21 at 10555 Christian Rd., Wilson
Obtain property by false pretense was reported on 6/11/21 at 11005 Walker Lane, Whitakers

Incidents
A larceny was reported on 6/1/21 at 800 E. Washington Street
A larceny was reported on 6/2/21 at 1022 Eastern Avenue

The Golden LEAF Foundation has announced that 215 rural North Carolina students were selected to receive up to a $12,000 Golden LEAF Scholarship, including four in Nash County.
Students will receive a $3,000 scholarship each year for up to four years of undergraduate study at a participating four-year North Carolina college or university.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is launching an expanded COVID-19 screening testing program to support public, charter and private K-12 schools in protecting students and staff from the spread of COVID-19. The program will launch in fall 2021 and schools can register to participate beginning in early July.

Top educators, administrators, board of education members and community partners traditionally gather at Rose Hill Conference Center to honor various Nash County Public School educators, however for the last two years the annual event has taken on new twists.
As with many other traditional mass gatherings, the normal celebration over a meal and awards ceremony had to be cancelled due to COVID-19 related restrictions on such events.