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Close to 21,000 Nash County voters cast votes in the 2020 Primary Election.
The District One seat on the Nash County Board of Commissioners was the sole local seat up for grabs. Marvin Arrington, of Battleboro, won the seat, receiving 1,462, or 71.21 percent, of the votes. His opponent, Mike Johnson, received 591, or 28.79 percent, of the votes.
Arrington will take the place of Commissioner Lou Richardson who has served District One for many years.

Students at Nashville Elementary School were on pins and needles Monday afternoon, as they waited for the big reveal of a book they will read along with members of the community.
The event was the kick-off for the annual "One Book, One School, One Community" reading program.

Nashville's Town Council continues to hold off on a decision regarding its parks, recreation and cultural resources department.
The item was brought back before Town Council on Tuesday during the board's regular meeting. This time, the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department brought a recommendation to town council.

It was a busy first day for the new Superintendent of Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools.
Dr. Steve Ellis started his first official day on Monday, March 2 by serving as Firefighter Fred at Nashville Elementary School's Letterland Celebration and ended it with a lengthy, somewhat controversial board meeting.

Recommendations on how to make Nashville a more thriving community were presented to town council members last Wednesday.
Bruce Naegelen, of the Main Street Planning Center, and Hilary Greenberg, of Greenberg Development Services, each presented their findings to council members at the board's regular agenda meeting.

North Carolina has identified its first case of coronavirus in Wake County.
The person was tested by the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health. The test was presumptively positive and will be confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Lab. The person is doing well and is reportedly in isolation at home.

At the regular monthly meeting of the town board of Castalia, board members heard a brief presentation from Susan Phelps, a Retail Economic Developer for Nash County. Phelps told the board she had met with Mayor James Alston to discuss how to engage the public in a conversation on the future of Castalia. Highway 58, which runs through Castalia is a busy thoroughfare.

The O.D. Moore Scholarship Foundation will host its fourth annual Gospel Jubilee Fundraiser on Saturday.
The event will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 at the O.D. Moore Building in Nashville.
Goldie Moody, one of the organizers for the event, said at least seven groups will perform.

Nancy Kirkwood can't seem to stay away from Nashville Elementary School and that's alright by her.
Kirkwood spent 26 years as a teacher at the school and since retirement in 2012, continues to come back and help as often as she can.
Kirkwood often serves as a substitute at the school and tutors once a week. But Kirkwood is also spending her time at the school on a special project meant to help the students learn their sight words.

Harold D. Cooley Library hosted a Fairytale Storytime at the library last week. Pictured above, Harold D. Cooley Library Director Tikela Alston reads a book while Paisley Strickland looks on during a Fairytale Storytime last week at the library.

Sunday at 2 a.m., Daylight Savings Time rolls in.
That means clocks go forward one hour and the decent among us lose an hour of sleep.
Of course, that is one hour less we have to hear about the coronavirus, the Democrat Party primaries, and what Donald Trump has done in the last 60 minutes (or the next) to destroy the entire world.

I feel the need to set the record straight regarding press association awards since some neighboring newspapers recently announced their winnings.
This is not meant to trivialize awards won by other publications.
It's just really not fair to our veteran reporter, Amanda Clark, that I not explain the process to enter and/or win NC Press Awards.

Last week's Backward Glances photo featured a 1967 pageant. The negative was filed alone and marked only Spring Hope. Thanks to a loyal reader, Sandra Mayo, we now know the photo was from the Miss Nash County 1967 pageant which was held in Spring Hope. The event was held in April of 1967. We were able to locate the article which states Frances Stott of Spring Hope was crowned Miss Nash County in the event.

A Spring Hope man was sentenced to over 13 years in prison on heroin and firearm convictions.
United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Michael Jermaine Jackson, 36, to 160 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release last Wednesday in federal court.

A newly established Cold Case Unit has led to the arrest of a man wanted for the 2014 murder of Kelly Anderson.
Anderson, 30, of Rocky Mount, was found shot to death on August 5, 2014 at the corner of Holly Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Despite an extensive investigation, no arrests were made.

Rocky Mount Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred last Friday.
Officers responded to BB&T Bank at 2632 Sunset Avenue around 11:37 a.m. on Friday, February 28 in reference to an attempted bank robbery.
No injuries were reported during the robbery attempt.