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Nash County cases of COVID-19 continue to increase, with seven more cases reported overnight Friday and additional cases during the day Saturday.
"We've had a surge again but not unlike we've seen in the state," said Nash County Health Director Bill said during a daily update.

As of now I am missing the sports season, mainly due to being so confident and hopeful it would help me focus on college and better myself.
Everything has shut down, and with almost no hope of returning, I think I speak for all athletes when I say this senior season has been the most disappointing.
With the start of my year having a new soccer coach, it was already off to a bad start.
The outbreak of COVID-19 was unheard of or unworried about at first.

When I first heard the news, I wasn't really the slightest bit surprised.
I had heard several days beforehand that Wake County and other counties were starting to suspend all athletic travel and practice and knew that Nash County was soon to come.
Immediately, I thought of the match I was about to play and that it was sure to be my last.

Greeting from The Bunker.
That's what my dad calls my room, since I spend most of my time there now. I like to play computer games with my friends online and it's the only place to escape the exhausting people, I mean family, that I live with.
My parents say daylight, eating, and socialization are important. I think they are being a little dramatic. Maybe that stuff mattered in olden times.

There is one thing for sure about the COVID-19 pandemic - you won't find anyone who isn't feeling the pinch in some form or fashion right now.
Emotions are all over the place, and rightfully so.
People who had to shut down businesses with no means of creating revenue are at a loss as to how they're going to stay afloat. Thankfully there are relief funds, but the process of getting the funding is getting slower and slower due to the overwhelming response.

Do you also find it hard to believe that only four weeks ago a slate of presidential candidates were making last chance stops here in North Carolina, vying for a Super Tuesday victory? How has time moved so slowly, and yet so fast?
These are unprecedented times, and perhaps what's happening right now is the pinnacle of an unprecedented era. For me, it seems our society has, for some years now, begun accepting the unparalleled as the ordinary.

BATTLESHIP - This photo was taken sometime during the years 1954-1956. The photo shows an elevated view of the "Battleship" island in downtown Nashville as well as a rare glimpse of the hotel which no longer exists.

Gas Turbine System Technician 3rd Class Isaac Edge, from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, takes a fuel sample for testing during a replenishment-at-sea abaord the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), March 23, 2020. Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its seventh forward deployed naval force patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners as well as U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.

Remembering the past impacts our way of living in the present, thus directing our future. Therefore, we need to get the past right.
This could certainly be a problem for those of us who have a sketchy past, filled with foolish decisions, hurtful conversations, and broken relationships.
As Rafiki said, "the past can hurt".

Easter is my favorite holiday. It ushers in spring and renews the hope and joy that the winter season seems to steal from so many of us.
I've always thought of Easter as a season of celebration. In fact, my former church in Georgia hosts an Easter production each year for which thousands will literally get off work early to go on one of the seven nights that the play is running just to get a seat.

Rev. Steve Massey led the online Bible study for Kingdom International Church on April 8. His message was about the Wednesday before crucifixion. Youth Pastor Grant McGlothlin and Victoria Moss also led the online Bible study for the KIC Aftershock Youth. Their message was about Passion week.
KIC held "drive-in church" this past Sunday. Amber Mims, Mindy Lester and Taylor Mercer mimed the song "Ain't No Grave".

Adam "Gus" Griffith of Nashville is Nash Community College's 2020 Academic Excellence Award recipient.
Gus Griffith is an Associate in Engineering degree student who plans to transfer to North Carolina State University and major in Chemical Engineering with a concentration in nanoscience.

A Nash Community College instructor and her family are bringing a favorite 1980's pastime back to the area. Information Technologies Instructor, Amy Vester, along with her children Baeden, age 16, and Lachlan, age 14, have re-introduced the Rubik's Cube as a fun pastime for all ages.
"Lachlan first became interested in cubing last year as a result of boredom," Vester said.

A message from Pastor Gene Whitehouse of Peachtree Baptist Church.
Two thousand years ago, before corona virus shook the world, an earthquake rocked the world --- and it changed everything. On the morning of Jesus' resurrection, the Bible says, "Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone and sat on it."

It's a hard pill to swallow as an athlete when your season ends prematurely.
It was something I never expected in my senior year. I've been playing sports since I was a kid and through playing sports it was my safe space and where I felt fully confident within myself, it was where I relieved all my stress.
It was home.

My senior year has not gone as planned, especially with baseball.
I anticipated my teammates and I would be able to play our full season just like any other year.
When I got the news that the season was being postponed, I was pretty bummed. I thought this season was going to be an amazing season for us all.
It would be extra special for me because of it being my last high school year.

I went out on a limb last year and randomly decided to try out for the soccer team. It was my junior year and I hadn't played a contact sport since I was 10 years old.
I don't know what prompted my rash thinking, but it was one of the best decisions I have ever made.
I was able to grow individually and collectively with the team. I met new people and extended my sports family.

STANHOPE -- It may never happen, but at least Matt Foster will always know that he was chosen for the honor.
Foster, a senior quarterback at Southern Nash High School, has been selected to the East roster for the annual East-West All-Star Football Game.
The event is scheduled for July 22 at 8 p.m. at historic Jamieson Stadium on the campus of Greensboro Grimsley High School.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. -- The rapid spread of the coronavirus has forced the closure of schools, businesses, events and any other nonessential gatherings of people in our country and across the world.
For many of us, being off work or out of school means an opportunity to go bass fishing. But should we?

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats have designed a new web page aimed at helping baseball fans find fun new materials and activities for their children to work on at home.
The new WakeMed Mudcats Kids Club Activities Page is available now at carolinamudcats.com and includes video tutorials, coloring pages, word searches, crossword puzzles, bingo boards and more.

First responders applauded the work of employees at Nash UNC Health Care on Friday during a brief appreciation event.
The event was hosted by first responders with the help of Dexter David from Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home in Rocky Mount.
The event started with first responders, which included the Nash County Sheriff's Office, Nash County EMS, Rocky Mount Police, the Rocky Mount Fire Department, along with other first responders, parading through the Nash Health Care Campus with lights flashing.