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Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone said recent actions taken by Nash County Commissioners are hindering the work of his department.
Nash County Commissioners put a freeze on spending at the Sheriff's Office, asking that all purchases be pre-approved by the Nash County Manager and Nash County Finance Director.

All kindergarten through third grade classes in the Nash-Rocky Mount School District are now in compliance with legislation requiring smaller class sizes.
The legislation will go into full effect by the 2021-2022 school year and allows schools to gradually decrease class sizes each school year.
The average required for the 2018-2019 school year was 20 with the number decreasing to 19 in the current school year and 18 for the 2020-2021 school year.

Forty-one bicycles sat in the yard of Anne Richardson on Saturday morning, December 21.
The bikes had been checked over, cleaned and polished and sat waiting for their new owner.
This the third year Richardson and her ministry, Helping Hands Outreach Ministry, of Nashville, have provided bikes to those in need for Christmas.

Franklin County sheriff's deputies charged a woman with assault following a knifing.
Deputies responded to a home in the 200 block of Clearwater Lane just after 3:15 a.m. on December 21 to find a man suffering from a stab wound to the back.
The man's injuries were not life-threatening.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office are investigating a shooting that occurred Saturday morning during a birthday party.
Deputies responded to a residence at 11260 Cedar Lake Court in Middlesex around 1:40 a.m. on Saturday, December 28.
Upon arriving, deputies were informed that a birthday party had been going on when an altercation broke out between several people at the party.

The Joint Veterans Committee of Nash and Edgecombe Counties honored the service of two Nash County men during a flag raising ceremony.
During the ceremony, which is held every month on the third Saturday at the Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park in Rocky Mount, a flag was lowered and presented to the family of Franklin D. Vickers, SSgt Army National Guard. The flag had flown over the park in honor of Vickers since the last ceremony in October.

Joint Veterans Committee Honor Guard member Dave Sannes (at right) presents a flag to Sandra Ferguson (at left), the daughter of Franklin D. Vickers, SSgt. Army National Guard, during a flag raising ceremony. The flag flew over the Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park in honor of Vickers before being retired and presented to his family.

A graduation ceremony was recently held for the second cohort of the Empowering Youth and Families Program.
The program is a 12-week program for parents and youth ages 10 to 14. The program's purpose is to empower families to better combat the opioid crisis.
The ceremony including a dinner and a recap of the highlights from the fall program.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce held its annual holiday ticket sale fundraiser over the Christmas season. Pictured above, Kevin Taylor won the $500 prize. Lisa Hattaway (left) won the $100 prize. Chris Bissette (not pictured) won the $250 prize. Pictured right is Amy Beasley, the chamber treasurer.

Luke Eason of Nashville, NC, has received a $4,000 scholarship from Bridgestone Americas for the 2019-20 academic year. Luke, a freshman majoring in history at Barton College, is the son of Lisa Eason and Gregory Eason of Nashville.
The scholarship was distributed by the Independent College Fund of North Carolina (ICFNC), an arm of North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities.

I'll admit I've always been a fan of time travel stories.
My boys are at the age where the idea of time travel comes up from time to time. One of them mentioned a story they'd seen the other day about a guy in Iran who claims to have invented a time machine.

It's hard to believe another year has come and gone but 2020 is officially here!
I was glad to bid 2019 farewell, if I must be honest. It wasn't the greatest year for me personally or for my family but we learned a lot of lessons and are ready to take on 2020 and show it who's boss!

Nash county consists of townships, farm lands, home developments, exclusive estates, single and double-wide modular homes, plank board housing, giant and small industries. Nash County crime jurisdiction encompasses I-95 to 301 to 64 East and West and the railroad tracks that separate Nash and Edgecombe Counties.

This photo was found in The Nashville Graphic's September 1970 archives. These three young men were apparently newspaper delivery boys posing for a photo. If you can identify any, please call us 252-459-7101.

STEP, the Strategic Twin-Counties Education Partnership, recently hosted a series of Lunch with an Engineer with area high school students. STEP is an educational nonprofit whose mission is to help create a talent pipeline through collaboration within public schools, community colleges, and employee sectors. STEP has been in existence since 2012.

A Christmas Eve shooting in Bailey sent one man to the hospital and law enforcement are seeking the suspect.
Nash County Sheriff Deputies were called to the 8300 block of Old Smithfield Road in Bailey around 7:45 p.m. December 24 in reference to an individual being shot.

INCIDENTS
A warrant served was reported on 12/20/19
An assault on a female and assault inflicting serious bodily injury/strangulation was reported on 12/16/19 at 125 Wheeless Circle

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from December 16 through 27.