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NASH COUNTY -- It's become an annual custom for the Big East Conference football championship to be at stake when Southern Nash and Rocky Mount collide on the gridiron.
This season will be no different as both clubs enter this Friday's showdown at RM with unbeaten marks in league action.

A woman authorities allege is responsible for the 2004 murder of a Nash County woman is also the step-sister of a Franklin/Nash County man who's been missing since 2009.
Authorities now are trying to see if there are any dots to connect.
The Nash County Sheriff's Office arrested Kimberly Hancock, 49, last Thursday evening and charged her with first degree homicide for the murder of Deborah Elaine Deans, who was reported missing in January 2004.

A popular Nash County route will be widened and a new Interstate 95 interchange will be constructed in Rocky Mount, after the N.C. Department of Transportation awarded a $60.5 million contract last Thursday.
Here are the project details:

Nashville Police Corporal Daniel Strutton shows Zayden Taylor how to lift fingerprints during Nashville Elementary's Science / Career Night. Several local businesses and agencies were on hand to offer information about careers ranging from wildlife, forestry, research scientist, geologist, engineering, agricultural, law enforcement, and more. Scientific activities were also popular during the event including classroom experiments.

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler recently inducted six new members into the 40th N.C. State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame at the State Fairgrounds, including a Castalia native.
"This is one of my favorite events each year, because it gives me the opportunity to recognize the men and women who have helped to make our livestock shows some of the best in the nation," Troxler said

Scholars from North Carolina State University recently provided STEM education to afterschool students in the Arc Program.
The Arc Program is in its third year being hosted at four Nash-Rocky Mount elementary schools and one Nash-Rocky Mount middle school.
The program is a partnership between the Boys and Girls Club of the Tar River Region and Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools and is made possible thanks to a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant.

Krista Ikirt is leaving Nash County to be closer to her grandkids in her home state of Pennsylvania.
Ikirt recently left her role as Vice-President of the Carolinas Gateway Partnership and will soon assume the role of President of the Erie County Redevelopment Authority in Pennsylvania.

The numbers were few but the talent was big for the first ever Nash County's Got Talent Junior edition.
Jillian Hale was announced as the winner of this year's event.
Hale is a fifth grader at Nashville Elementary School.
She sang "My Favorite Things" from the Sound of Music during her first performance and sang "Tomorrow" from Annie as her final performance.

Reyann Hatu won second place in the Nash County's Got Talent Junior competition. tion, which was held last Friday night at Nash Arts.

Attendance at the Sixth Annual Bark for Life event wasn't as high as organizers hoped but a dog found a new forever family and funds were raised for Relay for Life so Brandon Ward is happy.
Ward serves as the Chair for the annual event, which was held this year at Nashville's Stoney Creek Environmental Park.

Let me take you back to a dark and stormy night of my childhood, right around Halloween. I think I was in fifth or sixth grade.
My best friend Kelly invited a few friends over to his house for a sleepover. But this was no ordinary sleepover: Kelly was going to fulfill a "lifelong dream" of having a "real séance."
Me: You know that stuff's not real. And, it's like devil stuff.

I have friends who like to laugh at me.
I think they laugh because they're not sure what else to do but I can tell they really want to take my hand and say, "I'm sorry."
These friends either have little girls or no kids at all and have no idea how I am able to keep up with three wild and crazy boys.
Sometimes, I don't even know how I do it. I'm not really sure I actually do it.

LITE-A-BIKE -- This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on May 22, 1969. Carson Turnage, commander of the Nashville VFW Post, sticks a strip of reflective tape on a bicycle as some delighted youngsters look on. The safety tape was part of a program sponsored by the VFW to promote bicycle safety.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office arrested two Kenly women during a traffic stop, where methamphetamine was found.
The Narcotics Unit was following up on narcotics complaints when the arrest occurred. Officers were able to discern that a subject would be bringing an undiscloseed amount of methamphetamine to Nash County.

INCIDENTS
An involuntary commitment service was reported on 10/21/19
An assault on a female and simple assault were reported on 10/21/19 at 108 Arrowood Drive
A hit and run was reported on 10/23/19 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue

Recovered stolen property was reported on 10/20/19 at Old Bailey Highway and E NC 97
A flee to elude, driving while license revoked and fictitious tags were reported on 10/20/19 at US 264A and Camp Charles Road
An assault was reported on 10/20/19 at 1673 N NC 581
A felony larceny was reported on 10/21/19 at 5482 Dortches Boulevard

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from October 21 through 25.