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An Elm City couple and Wilson man have been arrested and charged with a shooting on January 23 in the Farmington Hills Mobile Home Park.
Nash County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the parking lot of Ramo's Pizza on West Mount Drive around 9:30 p.m. on January 23 in reference to several subjects being shot.

The Rocky Mount Elks Lodge will soon be moving to Nashville.
Nashville's Town Council on Tuesday night approved a request to establish a non-profit club and/or lodge at 901 Birchwood Drive.
The Birchwood Country Club property was purchased last year by Turn-Key Contractors.

Nash County Commissioner Fred Belfield announced at the regular board of commissioner's meeting Monday that he will not support the building of the new elementary school on the current Red Oak Elementary site.
"I have watched for 50 plus years the situation there in Red Oak," Belfield said.

January and February are not usually the busiest months for hardware and outdoor power equipment stores but since opening almost a month ago, Bell's Ace Hardware and Outdoor Power Equipment has seen a steady flow of traffic.
Owner Jeremy Bell hopes that continues.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office is proposing a new organizational structure that would change the Nash County Detention Center into a Detention Division with additional command staff.
The proposal was presented on Monday during the Nash County Board of Commissioners regular monthly meeting.

A joint operation between the Nash County Sheriff's Office, Bailey Police Department, Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office and Probation and Parole led to the arrest of eleven residents.
The arrests were part of Operation Shadow, which targeting the sale of illegal narcotics.

Nashville Police will be on the lookout for loud vehicles and excessive lighting during the month of February as part of Operation Under Glow.
The operation is a result of numerous complaints of speeding, loud vehicles and LED lighting on vehicles in town, said Nashville Police Captain J.T. Winstead.
Winstead said while customizing vehicles to stand out is fine, there are a few statutes to be mindful of.

No injuries were reported during a house fire last Thursday on Arrowood Drive but one resident of the home was rescued from the porch of the home.
Firefighters responded to 102 Arrowood Drive last Thursday, January 30 in reference to a fire.
The fire had started in the kitchen area and had moved into the attic of the home.

A Nashville man recently had the opportunity to thank the two officers who made his day back in December.
Richard Bryant was driving along Highway 58 on December 18 when he had a flat tire at the intersection of 58 and Old Spring Hope Road. Bryant said as he struggled to take the tire off with a jack he had, two Nashville police officers pulled over to check on him.

George Washington, arguably the best president the nation has ever known, warned us.
He urged Americans to ban political parties.
Washington, who did not have a party because he believed in unity not division, specifically addressed this in his farewell address in 1796.

The new elementary school proposed in the Red Oak area has been a bit controversial lately among the Board of Education and Nash County Commissioners and not for reasons you'd think.
There seems to be a pretty unanimous agreement that a new school needs to be built.

This photo was found in The Nashville Graphic 1970 archives. The photo was taken at the 1970 Nashville United Methodist Church homecoming.

Rocky Mount Police have charged two juveniles in a recent bank robbery.
Rocky Mount Police received a bank robbery call at Providence Bank, 2401 Sunset Avenue, around 10:17 a.m. last Wednesday, January 29.
While responding to the call, the suspect's vehicle was located in the 600 block of Old Mill Road. Two suspects were taken into custody in the area.

INCIDENTS
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 1/27/20 at 1201 Eastern Avenue
A motor vehicle theft was reported on 1/27/20 at 206 Apache Drive

A death investigation was reported on 1/26/20 at 5018 Lonesome Pine Road
A death investigation was reported on 1/26/20 at 7613 Ferrell Road
A breaking and entering and larceny after a breaking and entering was reported on 1/26/20 at 10778 US 64 Alt

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from January 27 through 31.

Rocky Mount Police are investigating a shooting that happened at the intersection of N Wesleyan Boulevard and Jeffreys Road last week.
The shooting with injury call came through around 3:13 p.m. last Tuesday, January 28.
Responding officers located 42-year-old Kesha Santiago, of Rocky Mount, inside a vehicle at the intersection.

A federal grand jury in Raleigh returned an indictment on a Rocky Mount woman.
The indictment was returned on Jill Thompson Arrington, 42, charging her with seven counts of wire fraud, one count of theft of government property and one count of financial aid fraud.

Dale Garrison Howard and Dr. Aaron Seth Holland were married on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Charles Daniel Memorial Chapel at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Mr. Alan Dwight Bunn was the wedding officiant.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. William Bostwick Howard III, of Clinton, South Carolina.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year.
The following students at Nashville Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year.
The following students at Northern Nash High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

"People who want to live a full life and enjoy good days must keep their tongues from saying evil things, and the lips from speaking deceitful things." (1 Peter 3:10)
When I was a child, my dad hired a housekeeper who would pay me to cuss her out. Can you believe it? It just tickled her to death to hear a child "cuss like a sailor."