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ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School has enjoyed a successful fall cross country season -- a stretch that was capped recently with a first-place team finish at the Eastern Plains Conference Championship at Farmville Central High School in Pitt County.
The Bulldogs, coached by Terri Cash, took the top spot with 37 points -- six points ahead of runner-up Farmville.

NASH COUNTY -- Northern Nash experienced an uptick in girls tennis this fall -- with even better things potentially to come.
The Lady Knights almost earned a playoff spot as a team, finishing in third place in the competitive Big East Conference behind co-champions (and perennial titans) Rocky Mount and Wilson Fike.

NASHVILLE -- This past Saturday was the last day of the regular season at Glover Park for the Town of Nashville Youth Soccer League.
The three-year-olds have come a long way this season.
In the first game, Providence Bank played Murray Auto and Tire.

Northern Nash's Jay Johnson avoids a sack for the Fighting Knights during last Friday's road football showdown against rival Franklinton.

Northern Nash High School's Amir Pittman-Williams had another huge game last Friday night for the Fighting Knights against Big East Conference opponent Franklinton.

By CAREY JOHNSON

Special to The Graphic

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 their are any dots to connect.

Just hours after unearthing human remains of a woman missing since 2004, the Nash County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest.
Kimberly Hancock, 49, was charged with one count of first degree homicide for the murder of Deborah Elaine Deans. She did not receive a bond.
Deans was reported missing in January 2004. Hancock was reportedly the last person to see Deans alive.
The arrest was made possible after a tip was sent to the Fighting Crime site a little over a week ago.

Acting on a detailed tip, the Nash County Sheriff's Office discovered human remains in a field on property on Wiley Road in Spring Hope.

Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone said the tip was sent to the Fighting Crime site a little over a week ago. Stone said the tip was very detailed.

"We started an active investigation on it," Stone added. "We worked it to its potential."

STANHOPE -- Flash back to earlier this decade, when the Southern Nash boys soccer team overwhelmed opponents with an offensive arsenal that was unmatched in school history.
Score four goals? The Firebirds would register five. Name the score, and Southern Nash's offense would find a way to get it done.

The community of Red Oak is mourning the loss of its former mayor.
Alfred Wester, who many knew simply as "Al," passed away last Thursday, October 17.
Wester served as mayor of Red Oak from 1993 to 2017 but his service to the town started long before.
Wester was a lifelong member of Red Oak Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon.

School closing studies were approved earlier this month by the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education as part of the process to consolidate three smaller schools into one new, larger school.
The school system was awarded a Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund Grant in the amount of $10 million last October to assist in the construction of a new elementary school in the northern end of the county. Nash County plans to match the $10 million grant.

Starr Radford holds Ashton Barrow, 5, as he selects a prize from one of the many games he played on Tuesday night at Nash Community College during the first annual Halloween Spooktacular, hosted by Nash County Recreation and Senior Services. The event drew a large crowd.

Early voting for the November 5 municipal elections is underway and so far, turnout has been higher than expected.
Nash County Board of Elections Director John Kearney said the high turnout is likely due to the runoff race in Rocky Mount.
The City of Rocky Mount held its general election on October 8, with mayoral candidates Sandy Roberson and Bronson Williams advancing.

Momeyer Commissioners are considering whether to make the Town of Momeyer a bird sanctuary.
The item was brought before the board last Monday morning at the board's regular meeting. Mayor Kenneth Parker said the suggestion of the town being a bird sanctuary had been brought to him by a citizen.

Black Cat Harley-Davidson in Rocky Mount will present Bikers Fighting Cancer on Saturday, October 26.
Registration for the ride will be held from 9 until 11 a.m. with the one-hour ride starting around 11 a.m.
Robert Toney, one of the organizers for the event, said he's expecting between 200 to 300 to attend.
"It's going to be held rain or shine," he said.

Nash Arts will host its first ever Nash County's Got Talent Junior edition on Friday night.
For the past 13 years, Nash Arts has hosted the talent competition for ages 14 and up. Shelly Gray, Director of Nash Arts, said there has been a lot of interest in younger ages competing so a junior event was put together.

The Town of Nashville will host its annual Halloween festivities next Thursday, October 31.
The town's Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department, along with Cooley Library, will host a Fall Festival beginning at 4 p.m. inside the library and council chambers.