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The Nash County Department of Social Services has started accepting applications for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) on the first floor of the Claude Mayor Jr. Administration Building. Applicaitons will be accepted Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. through March 31, 2020, or until funds are exhausted.

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

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

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

"It is more blessed to give than to receive." (Acts 20:35)
All around the world, children are flocking to malls and shopping centers to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what they want for Christmas.
The truth is the real story of Santa Claus has gotten lost in the commercialization of Christmas, a testament of sorts largely to the genius retailers who wanted to be sure that moms and dads didn't forget them at Christmas either.

On Sunday December 15 at Christian Fellowship Church, a baptismal service for three people was held in the afternoon at the church.
Vaughan's Chapel Church will be having their second annual Boston Butt Fundraiser Sale for New Year's Day. Let us cook the pork and all you have to do is make the greens and peas.

The Children's Ministry of Nashville United Methodist Church recently performed its annual Christmas musical. This year the kids didn't don nativity robes or angel wings. No one was dressed in Frosty, Rudolph, or Grinch costumes. Not this time. Instead, 7 fourth and fifth graders took the stage alongside a chorus of 60 preschool and elementary-aged friends, and we spoke and sang about kindness.

Richard Fennell, Export Compliance Manager, Collins Aerospace, Wilson, at left, presents a donation of $850 from the company's PRIDE Employee Resource Group to Albert Ervin, President, PFLAG-Rocky Mount, at right. The employees' gift, with its corporate match, supports the chapter's scholarship program for area youth.

Various Athletes from the Down East Senior Games won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the 2019 North Carolina Senior Games State Finals, held in September.
The Down East Senior Games are a part of a statewide network of 52 local programs sanctioned by North Carolina Senior Games, Inc. NCSG is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing year-round health promotion and education for adults 50 years of age and better.

It was an exciting Sunday at Peachtree as the member welcomed many visitors to Peachtree.
Sunday's large sanctuary poinsettia arrangement was presented to glorify God by Fran and Bobby Bunn in celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

New Year's Eve is one of the most festive nights of the year. Many people spend the final moments of the year celebrating with family and friends. As joyous as such celebrations tend to be, it's important that New Year's revelers keep certain safety precautions in mind when celebrating the end of one year and the dawn of the next.

NASH COUNTY -- Southern Nash's continued success and Northern Nash's resurgence were two of the main storylines this season in the Big East Conference football scene.
Southern once again won the league crown, and the Firebirds' train didn't stop until they had won the Class 3-A Eastern Regional Championship -- one week before suffering their lone loss of the campaign to Charlotte Catholic in the state finals.

STANHOPE -- Hard to believe, but the 2019 campaign was the only one for Quinton Cooley as the lead back in Southern Nash High School's prolific football offense.
Before this fall, Cooley had deferred a bit to Zonovan Knight, who graduated from SN last year and became an immediate impact player in the North Carolina State University backfield this season.

Southern Nash High School senior football standout Quinton Cooley (left) will enroll at prestigious Wake Forest University for the second semester after an exceptional tenure for the Firebirds on the gridiron and in the classroom.

STANHOPE -- What a season.
That was the overall sentiment coming out of Southern Nash after the Firebirds' historic 2019 football campaign.
Certainly, the end was a bit bittersweet as Southern led heading into the fourth quarter, but Charlotte Catholic rallied to defeat the Firebirds by a 23-7 margin in the championship game of the Class 3-A State Playoffs at historic Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh.

ROCKY MOUNT -- North Carolina Wesleyan College enior middle linebacker Antonio Johnson was named as a second team all-American by D3football.com it was announced last Friday night.
This is Johnson's second all-American honor of the year as he was also named a second team defensive all-American by the CFB network earlier this month.

IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. Members of the Nash Central High School Swim Team recently met for a Christmas get-together and decided to bring canned goods to a local charity. The Bulldogs visited the Rocky Mount Senior Center, which allows all of the area high schools to use their pool for practice. As a thank you, the Bulldogs donated the cans to the center.

SPRING HOPE -- For the first time in the course's long-standing history, Peachtree Hills Country Club in Spring Hope entered an athletic arena outside of golf earlier this month.
Last Saturday, the course hosted a disc golf tournament for the first time, seeing 34 different players compete across four different divisions.

DANVILLE, VA. -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College women's basketball team pulled away from conference rival Averett University (Va.) in the second half last Wednesday night en route to a strong 77-63 victory in Danville.
The Bishops outscored the Cougars 44-30 in the second half after a 33-all tie at halftime. Wesleyan shot 41 percent for the game while holding Averett to just 34 percent shooting in the win.

Southern Nash High School's Jason Bland (right) has earned a spot on the 2019 All-Big East Conference Football Team. Bland helped the Firebirds reach the state finals.

Richard Fennell, Export Compliance Manager for Collins Aerospace Systems in Wilson, visited with members of PFLAG-Rocky Mount to support the chapter's scholarship program for area youth.
Fennell announced $425 in employee donations from the company's PRIDE Employee Resource Group with a corporate match for a total gift of $850 to the chapter's scholarship fund.

STANHOPE -- Talk about an instant impact performer -- Izaiah Walker-Warren certainly was that this season for the Southern Nash High School football squad.
Walker-Warren, a senior safety, spearheaded the stingy Southern Nash defensive until while helping the Firebirds reach the Class 3-A State Championship Game at Carter-Finley Stadium.

LOUISBURG -- 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 Dec. 21 to find a man suffering from a stab wound to the back.

The man's injuries were not life-threatening.

A woman at the home, Jasmine Barnes, 24 of Spring Hope, admitted to the stabbing, said Franklin County Sheriff's Office Chief of Staff Terry Wright.

Barnes was charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

She is next slated to appear in court on Jan. 27.