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The Nash County Health Department is reporting the fourth COVID-19 related death in Nashville.
The female patient, in her late 60's, with underlying conditions died on May 21, from complications associated with the virus. To protect the family's privacy, no further information will be released.

I have had to play with a chip on my shoulder throughout my baseball career.
I have had to do it in order to "survive" on the field.
This past summer was nothing short of that: I worked the hardest I have ever worked in my life to reach my goal, which was to have the best senior season that I could ever have.

Nashville Mayor Brenda Brown brought concerns before town council regarding the Municipal Service District tax charged to certain businesses in downtown.
The concerns were brought up during the board's regular meeting earlier this month.
Brown said she had heard concerns from citizens and businesses while she was campaigning last year.

Communities are finding creative ways to honor the Class of 2020.
With formal graduation ceremonies canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions, schools, parents and members of the community are finding other ways to honor local graduates.
This past Saturday, members of the Southern Nash High School community honored graduates by hosting a parade.

Maria Rojo waves while riding in the parade.

Southern Nash High School seniors showed their creativity decorating their cars for the parade Saturday.

Southern Nash High School seniors parade through Spring Hope Saturday. The parade route also included Bailey and Middlesex.

Nashville's Town Council is making the implementation of a pay plan study a priority for the upcoming budget year.
Council members agreed at a budget work session on May 12 to include an additional $142,702 in the budget to implement the recommendations from the study.
Last year, council members gave pay increases to public safety employees, with the intention of including all other employees in the 2020-2021 budget.

The City of Rocky Mount is under scrutiny after the release of a state audit report last Friday.
The report was released by State Auditor Beth Wood and was conducted after her office received over 200 complaints of misconduct by elected officials and employees of the City of Rocky Mount.

Phase two of Governor Roy Cooper's Executive Order is expected to begin on Friday, May 22, which will allow more restaurants and other businesses to open.
Phase 1 of Cooper's order began on May 8 and included modified stay-at-home restrictions and allowed some businesses to reopen. Small outdoor gatherings were allowed though gatherings of 10 or more people was still prohibited.

What started out as simply a chapter in a book morphed into much more for local author Michael Brantley.
Brantley's second book, "Galvanized: The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate," was released on May 1. The book is a historical, non-fiction narrative that depicts the life of Brantley's great, great grandfather Wright Stephen Batchelor through and after the Civil War.

The other morning, I woke up thinking it was Wednesday.
I had my Wednesday breakfast, which is pretty exciting, because I get cereal. Then I started in on my To Do's and kept thinking, "man, I didn't get squat done yesterday, but I was busy all day."
That was what my notebook claimed.

Over 500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenburg igniting what we know as the Protestant Reformation.
Two thousand years ago an innocent man was crucified outside the city on a hill called Golgotha paving the way for all of mankind to be saved.
The two most significant acts of the Christian church both occurred outside the church building. Not to mention, the Apostle Paul spent most of his ministry physically distanced from those he repeatedly expressed he longed to see.

This photo was filed in the 1954 Nashville Graphic archives of a gathering in front of the Nash County Courthouse in downtown Nashville.

Nashville's Town Council and Planning Board will meet separately next week to host two public hearings.
Typically, the boards meet on the last Wednesday of the month. Public hearings are typically held with members of both boards present. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the two boards will have to meet on different days.