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LOUISBURG -- Funeral services for Annie Ruth Cannady, 94, who died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, in the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg.

LOUISBURG--Funeral services for Mary "El" Allen, 68, who died Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, will be held Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. in the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg, with the Rev. Ethan Arrington officiating.

LOUISBURG--Funeral services for Bobby Epps, 73, who died Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, will be held Friday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. in the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the Cemetery on the Hill, Louisburg.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- All football games have the potential to be difficult in the Atlantic Coast Conference, as evidenced by North Carolina State's road showdown last Saturday at Syracuse.
NC State entered the contest as a prohibitive favorite against the Orangemen, who had only one victory coming in.

Nashville residents can watch from the comfort of their homes as the town's Christmas tree is lit virtually on Saturday.
Nashville's Chamber of Commerce will host its Christmas festivities a bit different this year, with a socially distanced Santa visit followed by the tree lighting. The costume contest will still be a part of the festivities but winners will be announced later.

A Nash County Sheriff's deputy has died in the line of duty.
Deputy Jared Allison, 26, passed away on Tuesday night, December 1, less than a week after he was involved in a motor vehicle accident.
According to the Nash County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Allison was conducting traffic enforcement last Thursday, November 26, on US 301 in Rocky Mount as part of the Governor's Highway Safety Program's Thanksgiving Click it or Ticket Campaign.

Nashville's Town Council turned down one rezoning request while approving another on Tuesday night at the board's regular meeting.
Council members voted 3-1 against rezoning property at 608 Western Avenue from R-10 (medium density residential) to MF (multi-family).
The request on Tuesday night was for 5.01 acres of a 9.47 acre tract of land owned by Michael Hurt.

Pictured above, Red Oak Commissioner Craig New, dressed as the Grinch, with his wife Susan, during the town's annual Christmas Parade on Saturday. PIctured below, Macon Shearin reacts as he sleds down a slide on Saturday in Red Oak.

Saturday brought perfect sledding weather for the Town of Red Oak's third annual Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting Festival.
Sledding was a new addition to this year's festivities, which was deemed a success by both young and the young at heart.
Red Oak Town Clerk Tracy Shearin said this year's festivities were a huge success.

Santa waves at attendees of the Red Oak Christmas Parade on Saturday in Red Oak.

A second fire station in Nashville is closer to becoming a reality.
Nashville's Town Council voted on Tuesday night to offer Clayton Homes $65,000 for four acres of land at 1035 Eastern Avenue to build Fire Station 2.
Town Manager Randy Lansing announced in September that Clayton Homes had agreed to look into gifting the town the property for the fire station.

A tanker truck carrying LP gas overturned in Dortches on Monday morning, shutting down the area for several hours.
The accident happened just before 8 a.m. off of Highway 43 on Town Hall Road in Dortches. The tanker truck overturned into a ditch, forcing emergency officials to close parts of Highway 43, Halifax Road and Town Hall Road.

Nash County saw 52 new positive cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, Health Director Bill Hill reported on Monday.
On Saturday, Hill said 27 new cases had been reported while on Sunday 25 new cases had been reported.
The update was given on Monday afternoon during a COVID-19 meeting among county leaders and other officials. The update is one of three given every week.

The town board of Castalia did not hold a public hearing to discuss a property annexation as originally planned because public notice was not rendered in a timely manner. The plan now is to hold the hearing on December 29 at 6 pm in the Town Hall.
The board voted to approve holiday bonuses for the town's employees.

It was estimated that $9 billion was spent on Black Friday last week.
That's up over 20 percent from last year and that's with many stores being closed on Thanksgiving this year.
It's interesting that numbers were so high considering the last several years, Black Friday was becoming less of a "thing." Many stores were having sales earlier and discounts weren't as deep.

It seems 2020 is the year for all things controversial.
Between politics and COVID-19 and all things in between, it seems there's plenty of things for people to argue and disagree about. I think I've heard more name calling from adults here lately than I have from my three boys, who have perfected the art of "roasting" each other and telling "your mama" jokes.

Nashville's town council had some tough decisions Tuesday night, one of which was the final decision on an apartment complex proposed for Western Avenue.
The developer seems to be a well liked, very professional man and seems to have lot of interest in Nashville. I don't think anyone doubts his professionalism or visions.
However the proposed plan just didn't make for a good fit in the eyes of existing homeowners in that neighborhood.

This photo was originally published in The Nashville Graphic on April 8, 1975. Womanless beauty pageants were quite popular in the 70's. Beauty contestants are pictured practicing for the "Cinderfeller" contest which was held at the Nashville Elementary School auditorium.

The following deed transfers were made in Nash County from November 20 - 27

Building Permit
(commercial)
Bobby Richardson; 15415 Avent Road; sign; $6725.25