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08/02/26; mile marker 458 US 64 W, Nashville; DWI; Fail to stop for light and siren; fail maintain lane control; no operator's license
08/02/26; mile marker 462 US 64 E; liquor-open container in passenger area (broken seal); possession marijuana less than 1/2 oz; carrying
08/04/26; 1205 Eastern Ave., resisting arrest/hinder and delay; trespass-second degree
08/08/26; 1765 Red Oak Rd; liquor-open container in passenger area (broken seal); fail to maintain lane control

Jean J. Griffin to Edwing Nahun Santos Marquez and Connie Cedillo; 9228 Main Street, Castalia; $290,000
William Zimmerman to Jerone Craig Williams Jr.; 4138 Irwin Isle, Rocky Mount
Mamie Lee Washington to The Mamie Lee Washington Family Trust and Mamie Lee Washington; 8006 Watson Seed Farm Road and 2957 Lonesome Pine Road, Whitakers

A Celebration of Life for Xavien Harrison, Pastor and Nashville Town Councilman, who passed away August 11th, will be held Saturday, August 22nd, beginning at 12 noon at Northern Nash High School, 4230 Green Hills Road, Rocky Mount.
Harrison, 53, described by Nashville Mayor Brenda Brown as a "true servant of the community," has a distinguished history of service. A Shaw University graduate and former 8th grade history teacher, Harrison, Pastor at Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville previously served for years as a youth Pastor for Union Hill Baptist Church.

Landon Blount practices his numbers while teacher Mrs. Hauter looks on at Nashville Elementary School.

Laelynn Turner shows off her work in Mrs. Hauter's class Nashville Elementary School.

NASHVILLE - A Nash County EMS pickup truck, draped with black and strewn with flowers on its hood, stood in mute testimony Monday to the loss of Dale Griffin, EMS Director, who passed away Saturday, August 8th, in a drowning accident near Shackleford Banks, Carteret County.
The Beaufort Fire Department was the first emergency response agency to arrive on the scene, relating that firefighters recovered Griffin, 60, from the water and immediately began resuscitation efforts. Also assisting were crews from Harkers Island, the Beaufort Police Department, Carteret County Emergency Management and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commision.

NASHVILLE - The town of Nashville is the latest Nash municipality to adopt a temporary moratorium on data centers, while Nash County is setting a public hearing date on the same subject Sept. 8th.
Nashville town council members, minus an absent Xavien Harrison, voted unanimously in favor of a moratorium at their August 4th meeting after holding the second of two public hearings that same night.

Nash County students returned to classrooms Tuesday for the 2026-2027 school year. Pictured above, Nashville Elementary student Cali Keel colors in Mrs. Hauter's class.

NASHVILLE - The case of a Nashville father, charged with second degree murder for the death of his son last year, has wrapped up in court with the father released on probation "under extraordinary mitigating factors."
Darrell Gregg Wallace, 64, of Nashville, entered an Alford plea to one count of voluntary manslaughter during a disposition hearing July 21st concerning the shooting-related death of Brandon Michael Wallace on May 6th, 2025.

Nash County's ongoing work to expand water infrastructure in the northern part of the county will be getting a boost through $13.7 million in state-awarded funds.
As announced July 21st through the office of Senator Lisa Barnes, both Nash and Franklin Counties are receiving a combined amount of more than $18 million to use for water and wastewater projects through the North Carolina State Water Infrastructure Authority, with $13.7 million designated for use on Northern Nash Water System Phase 3.

NASHVILLE - Water drainage issues along one of the town's oldest streets, Boddie Street, will hopefully be a thing of the past once three new storm sewer intakes are put in and a fourth one is reconstructed.
This year's budget includes $170,000 in Fund 40, Stormwater, for small storm sewer improvements; the town council voted to spend $139,211 of that August 4th for a two-part project.

The Graphic learned at press time that Nashville Town Councilman Xavien Harrison passed away when Harrison's family issued a public statement on the evening of August 11th.

In an attempt to make opioid overdose medications more accessible to the public, Nash County is installing newspaper-style distribution boxes at local libraries across the county.
Tia Foula, Assistant Nash County Manager who oversees planning and distribution of Nash's Opioid settlement funds, spent most of August 6th delivering and setting up the boxes, which contain naloxone, commonly referred to as 'Narcan.'

SPRING HOPE - A resident of the town's historic district is taking the town to task for what she says is misleading historic signage and a lack of a historic preservation commission.
Jeannette Bucher of 207 Hopkins Avenue, speaking at the August 3rd board of commissioners meeting, said that signage in the town's historic district was a "major factor" in the 2024 decision to buy her home, but that no historic preservation protection is actually present.

NASHVILLE- The Nash County Sheriff's Office, recently awarded $348,000 from the state to start up a Swiftwater/Flood Search and Rescue team, has picked out the boat they want and received county approval.
Lt. Tony Cameron spoke with Nash commissioners at their August 3rd meeting, reporting that because of his previous Highway Patrol experience during Hurricanes Floyd and Andrew, he had been put in charge of organizing the new unit, which will be able to respond nation-wide.

Last week, we took a family vacation. This one was a little different.
It was the first one for us as an extended family -- Holly is married and so our new son-in-law was along for the first time. He's given us no choice but to like him, so based on our vacation history, we were a little concerned for his safety -- mentally and physically.
The last time we took a family trip was back in 2024 when we did our version of European Vacation.

Superior Court Judge Timothy Wilson made a statement during a recent disposition hearing at the sentencing of a local father whose son had been struggling for years with severe mental illness issues. "It would be a manifest injustice to impose an active punishment in this case," Wilson stated, who apologized on record to Darrell Gregg Wallace, and to all his family "for the way that our state deals with people who have mental illness."
Due to the mental illness, there were many times of extreme danger imposed upon the family. The unimaginable happened one day when a father had to choose safety for the rest of his family during a severe episode.

This photo published in The Graphic on Sept. 16, 1976. Paula Bass checks the skies over Nashville as heavy rains fell in Nash County and across the state helping to alleviate a severe drought.