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BANNER ELK -- Lees-McRae College Head Women's Soccer Coach Cally Morrill announced the addition of 12 newcomers to the 2020 recruiting class.
Among the signees is former Nash Central High School standout Mallory Roughton, who inked a letter-of-intent to play for the Bobcats during her senior season.
Roughton was a four-year starter for the Lady Bulldogs and played a variety of positions, including midfield, defense, goalkeeper and forward.

Mallory Roughton will be remembered as one of the best-ever girls soccer players in the history of Nash Central High School.

Nash Central High School alum Mallory Roughton (left) will continue her soccer career at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk. Roughton was a four-year star for the Lady Bulldogs.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Breakfast Optimist's Thomas Pittman lashed 2 triples, Matt Pridgen knocked home 3 runs and Andrew Rine gave up only one run over 3 innings on the hill as the threesome spear-headed a 7-5, extra inning thriller in taking down the Wesley Men 7-5 on a hot, muggy Monday evening in local Rocky Mount Youth Baseball action at the RM Sports Complex.

WILSON -- The homestanding Wilson Tobs defeated the East Coast Weekenders by a 9-8 final on Sunday night in Coastal Plain League baseball action at historic Fleming Stadium.
In the teams' first-ever matchup, the Tobs found their 13th overall victory this season.

NASHVILLE -- The Nash Community College Foundation will host its Fourth Annual Student Scholarship Sporting Clays Tournament on August 7 at Rose Hill Farms Sporting Clays and Hunting Preserve in Nashville.
Check-in and warm-up will begin at 1 p.m.

CHARLOTTE -- After thorough analysis the Board of Directors for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), in conjunction with its Athletic Directors Association (ADA), has voted that NCAA sport competition sponsored by the conference will not occur during the fall of 2020 due to ongoing safety concerns.
The decision is informed by the reality that several CIAA member schools are located in states experiencing dramatic increases in new COVID-19 cases.

Juan Jackson was a true asset to Nash Central High School in his roles as a coach, teacher and mentor. Jackson was recently named the football coach at Wilson Hunt.

Each Sunday at Peachtree become more exciting. We, as the member, welcomed many more visitors to Peachtree. With some becoming new members. GOD IS GOOD.
The sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday was presented to glorify God and present the wonder of His creations to adorn the world.

The Nash County Health Department is reporting the county's eighth and ninth COVID-19 related death.
The eighth was a male patient in his early 50's who died Friday afternoon from complications associated with the virus. The ninth death, also a male patient, was in his early 80's. He died Saturday morning. The two are not related, both had underlying conditions.

A message from Pastor Gene Whitehouse of Peachtree Baptist Church. "Love in the Bible can be directed from person to person or from a person to things. When directed toward things, love means enjoying or taking pleasure in those things. Love towards persons is more complex. Loving persons may mean simply enjoying them and taking pleasure in their personalities, looks, achievements, etc. But there is another aspect of love that is very important in the Bible.

Nash County Public Schools presented a draft version of its 2020-2021 reopening plan on Monday evening, a day before Governor Roy Cooper announced the state's plans for reopening for the upcoming school year.
Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen announced on Tuesday afternoon that Schools would open for in-person instruction under an updated Plan B that requires face coverings for all K-12 students, fewer children in the classroom, measures to ensure social distancing for everyone in the building and other safety protocols.

Little Mary Claire Bissette, 2, holds the first cotton bloom of 2020. She is the daughter of Candice Bissette (holding her) and Josh Bissette (not pictured.) Mary Claire's big sister, Caitlyn Bissette, is also pictured. Also pictured are Candice's parents, Carolyn and Stewart Philips. The cotton bloom was found on the children's great uncle Burt Philip's farm in the Battleboro community. They brought the bloom to the newspaper office on July 13.

Nashville citizens who reside on Western Avenue could become neighbors to a large apartment complex.
Six three-story apartment buildings, each housing 24 units equating to a total of 144 apartments, are proposed to be developed at 608 Western Avenue in Nashville.
The property is 9.45 acres, however only six acres will be developed with the remaining property left as green space.

The number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Nash County.
As of Tuesday night, July 14th, Nash County was reporting 691 positive cases. In just a week, there have been well over 100 new cases reported in Nash County.
Health Director Bill Hill said the increase in numbers is due to more virus in the community but also due to more testing going on.

Filing for the Nash County Public Schools Board of Education has garnered four candidates so far.
Filing begin on July 6.
There are six seats up for grabs on the board of education.