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The body of a man was found in his Nashville home after a fire on Sunday morning.
Nashville, Castalia and Red Oak Fire Departments were called to the fire on Sunday, October 13 around 1:30 a.m. in reference to a structure fire at 3315 Sykes Road.
"It was a fully involved fire when the first engine arrived on scene," said Nashville Fire Chief Chris Joyner.

Red Oak Elementary School hosted its annual Science Day on Friday, October 11. Pictured is Nash County Sheriff's Deputy D. Walker showing students the gear his K-9 partner Dako wears when he is on duty.

The sixth annual Bark for Life will be held next Saturday, October 26 in Nashville.
Stoney Creek Environmental Park will be the host site for this year's event.
The inaugural Bark for Life was held in Nashville. The second event was in Nashville as well but then moved to Rocky Mount the third year.

Nash County Cooperative Extension was one of several stops of an Eastern North Carolina tour hosted by North Carolina State University.
A catfish luncheon was held to welcome the group to Nash County.
Each year, a tour of Eastern North Carolina is done with new faculty members, said Dr. Richard Linton, who serves as the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at N.C. State. Faculty are taken all over the state so they can see for themselves the diversity in agriculture.

Nashville residents, property and business owners and leaders of the town were given a chance to look towards the future on Tuesday night during a special forum.
The town hosted a Community Economic Positioning/Vision Forum in council chambers on Tuesday, October 15 to receive input that will help the town develop an economic development vision/positioning statement for the town.

Three generations of 4-H were honored on Sunday during an ice cream social hosted by Nash County Alumni and Friends.
Linda Fisher, Molly LaHay and Brenda Reges Shaw were each inducted into the Nash County 4-H Hall of Fame during the annual event.
The Nash County Alumni and Friends group was established in 2008. After the group was formed, the first inductees were named to the Nash County 4-H Hall of Fame. Barbara High Tyre serves as the president of the group and announced the latest inductees.

First graders at Red Oak Elementary School had the opportunity to meet Search and Rescue dog Denali-Nash last Friday at Red Oak Elementary's Science Day.

High School principals in the Nash-Rocky Mount Public School District provided input into whether high schools should continue holding graduations at their own schools or move graduations to one, larger site.
The consensus among principals was to keep graduations as is.

One resident is livid over what Envirolink workers did to gravesites at a local cemetery.
Spring Hope resident Ruby Davis said she visited Oakdale Cemetery to remove flowers from off of her family members' graves on October 4th, but they were nowhere in sight.

A long-time business in the Oak Level community hosted a grand re-opening this past weekend.
Nashville's Chamber of Commerce also took part in the celebrations, holding a ribbon cutting last Friday to celebrate the expansion of Harper's Garden and Stone Center.
The business has been around for over 60 years.

Red Oak's town board spent most of its regular monthly meeting planning for upcoming events and improvements to the park.
First, the board voted to accept a bid from Seegars Fence Company to extend the fencing at the baseball fields from the backstop to the dugouts. At last month's meeting, the board discussed the lack of fencing as a possible safety issue. The installation of the fencing will take about a week, sometime possibly in January or February and will cost $10,385.

Perhaps the Texas country poet and legendary balladeer Guy Clark summed it up as well as anyone, with a catchy tune:

"Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better
Than bacon & lettuce & home grown tomatoes
Up in the mornin' out in the garden

This is my third year helping out with little people soccer.
Two of those years, I served as an assistant coach, though I use that term loosely, and the other year I was "the" coach of a group of three-year-olds.
I got involved simply because there was a need.
I went into the whole coaching thing terrified.

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on June 26, 1969. Students from Nashville were registering with Coach Enid Drake for the Louisburg College Basketball Camp. Pictured, left to right, are: Rand Ward, Phil Valentine, Craig Smith and Tyrell Bunn.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder after a woman's body was found on the side of the road.
Rocky Mount Police were called to the 900 block of Greyson Road on Wednesday, October 9 around 9:45 a.m. in reference to a suspicious event. When officers arrived, they found an unidentified white female lying on the shoulder of the road.

A Rocky Mount couple was arrested last week on charges of trafficking heroin.
The Nash County Sheriff's Office, along with members of the Tar River Regional Drug Task Force, stopped a vehicle on US 64 Alternate at NC 231 last Wednesday around 5:15 p.m. for motor vehicle violations.

Crack and powder cocaine were discovered during a search warrant execution in Middlesex on Monday afternoon.
The Nash County Sheriff's Office and Tar River Regional Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 13459 Cope Avenue in Middlesex regarding the sale and distribution of crack cocaine around 3:30 p.m. on Monday, October 14.

INCIDENTS
A larceny (shoplifting) was reported on 10/7/19 at Sheetz, 100 E Evans Drive
A larceny of a motor vehicle, found property and breaking and entering a motor vehicle was reported on 10/9/19 at 2256 Barnes Court

A runaway juvenile was reported on 10/7/19 at 902 Holland Lane
A call for service was reported on 10/7/19 on Old Carriage Road
An injury to personal property was reported on 10/8/19 at 9684 Stoney Hill Church Road

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from October 7 through 11.

Saturday, October 19 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Penders Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 3426 Howard Avenue Ext., Tarboro
Monday, October 28 from 3 until 7 p.m. at Sandy Cross United Methodist Church, 3725 Sandy Cross Road, Nashville
Monday, October 28 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Nash Commumity College, 522 N Old Carriage Road, Rocky Mount

Representative James Gailliard recently hosted three town hall forums in Nash County to provide information on what is happening in Raleigh.
The forums are part of a promise Gailliard made when elected to host town hall forums to help constituents stay connected. Gailliard said during his campaign, he promised to host 20 town hall forums.
"One of my goals is to bring Raleigh to you," Gailliard said.

The Jim Dickens First Responders Appreciation Dinner scheduled again for Rocky Mount Event Center, Tuesday, November 12.
First Responders in Edgecombe and Nash Counties are being invited to attend the second Jim Dickens First Responders Appreciation Dinner scheduled in the Nash Room of the Rocky Mount Event Center on Tuesday, November 12 from 5:00 - 8:00PM.

Christ Christian Center will honor Pastor Jackie R. Richardson during a special Appreciation Service on Sunday, October 29 at 2 p.m.
Richardson became the pastor of Christ Christian Center Holy Church after the demise of her husband, Pastor Willie Earl Richardson.
However, the appreciation service is not only her pastorship of the church but about her being a pillar in the Nash County communities.

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap." (Galatians 6:7)
We all know what the Bible teaches: "For the wages of sin is death." (Romans 6:23) Yet, we often don't equate chronic everyday sin as something that will eventually lead to spiritual death. The truth is sin can often be a silent killer, one that doesn't show the damage it can do until it's in its late stages.