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Raven Slade and Mazie Murphy have been named 2020-2021 Scholars of The Rocky Mount-Nash ECU Honors College Scholarship & Enrichment Fund.
Slade attended the Rocky Mount Early College High School which is a five-year program where students take college courses along with the required high school curriculum. Slade plans to concentrate her studies in the healthcare field.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office is currently looking for Brittney Lynn Dudley, a 21- year old female missing from 7907 Buck Deans Road Middlesex NC. Brittney Lynn Dudley was last seen on February 13, 2021, at 05:40 A.M. She was seen wearing a red hoodie and red plaid pants. Brittney Lynn Dudley is believed to be traveling in a navy-blue Chevy Trailblazer (unknown year or registration plate number) possibly with a friend, Shanicia Gardner, from the Bertie County area.

On last Sunday, we celebrated Valentine's and many of us expressed our love for someone else like a child, parent, or spouse. I pray that you were the giver and receiver of love.
Love is interesting in our cultural context because it has become so easy to utter the phrase "I love you."

Three recently retired Nash County Sheriff's Office employees were presented the state's highest honor during a meeting of the Nash County Board of Commissioners.
Major David Brake, Captain Jeremy Worrell and Captain Todd Wells were presented the Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award on February 1.

The fifth park in Nash County's park system is officially open.
The Nash County Miracle Park at Coopers opened on Monday under gloomy skies but that didn't stop a few youth from checking out the all-inclusive playground.
An official opening for the park will be held on May 15, said Nash County Parks & Recreation Director Thomas Gillespie.

Construction will begin this summer on proposed plans to widen parts of Eastern Avenue, North Old Carriage Road and Sunset Avenue between Nashville and Rocky Mount.
Andrew Barksdale, Public Relations Officer for Divisions 4 and 6 for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), said currently, work has been focused on getting temporary and permanent easements and new right-of-ways for the project.

An Elm City man was shot after trying to burglarize a Bailey home Monday night.
According to the Nash County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to 7996 Old Middlesex Road in Bailey at 11:11 p.m. in reference to a reported burglary where the suspect had been shot by an occupant of the home.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office led a parade through the yard of Pauline Thompson Battle's home last month to help celebrate her 100th birthday.
Battle celebrated her 100th birthday on January 23. In addition to the parade, friends and family also wished her well in a Zoom call.
In a video, Battle offered words of wisdom to family and friends, saying she had no regrets in her life.

All Nash County Public School students wanting in-person instruction will have the opportunity to do so.
The Nash County Board of Education voted 9-2 to move forward with Superintendent Dr. Steve Ellis' recommendation to return to school on March 1 under Plan B.
The decision was made on Thursday, February 11 following a special called meeting.

Nashville's Planning Board will no longer be making recommendations to town council regarding special use permit requests.
Nashville's Town Council voted on February 2 on several of the town's land use ordinances. One of those changes had to do with how special use permits were approved.

Nashville's Police and Fire Departments are going after grant funding to help add personnel to their force.
Nashville's Town Council approved applying for a total of three grants between the two departments that, if all approved, could add a total of seven new positions.
Fire Chief Chris Joyner told council members on Tuesday night that the 2021 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER, grant was not requiring any match this time.

Twelve hundred doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Nash County this week.
Nash County Health Director Bill Hill said the Nash County Health Department received 500 of those doses. In addition, Nash UNC Health Care received 400 doses while the Bailey Pharmacy, Harvest Family Health Center and OIC Family Medical Center at CHP each received 100 doses.

The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles will hold a drive-through career fair on Feb. 23 to recruit employees for its new Rocky Mount headquarters.
People may visit this event website to register for free and learn more about the jobs fair. The event will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the DMV headquarters parking lot at 1515 N. Church St.

The Red Oak branch of Southern Bank shut down in December but town officials say a new bank is working to occupy the building.
The bank was brought up during the board's meeting last Monday. Councilwoman Sandra Russ brought up the bank during a discussion of the town's goals for 2022.

Remember the good old days when someone did something stupid and he or she wanted to keep it secret?
That time has passed.
Welcome to 2021.
In the age of video camera phones, YouTube and TikTok, the dumber the actions, the more attention it might get.

In baseball, three strikes and you're out. In today's politics, it's one strike and you're out. Just ask Richard Burr. Our senior Senator listened to all the evidence in the Trump impeachment trial and voted the courage of his convictions, declaring the former president guilty. The North Carolina Republican Party Executive Committee wasted no time. They couldn't kick Burr out of the party, but they did vote to censure him.

These photos originally published in The Nashville Graphic on April 22, 1975. 4-H and FFA members participated in the Eastern Carolina Animal Show and Sale and were honored at a dinner held at Overton's Restaurant.From left to right in the lower picture are Burt Phillips, reserve champion steer; Larry Price, grand champion steer and best Nash County steer; and Jeanette Edwards, best Edgecombe County steer.

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Robin Massenburg; 2/11/21; charged with driving while intoxicated