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Union Hill Baptist Church hosted a special presentation on personal safety and self-protection.
The presentation was presented by Rocky Mount Police Cpl. Clay Wilder.
Wilder spoke on the different ways to take safety precautions.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central made an early-season statement at last Thursday's inaugural Big East Conference swim meet of the 2019-20 campaign.
Central doesn't compete in the Class 3-A Big East, and instead dominates the Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference.
But the Bulldogs take part in all Big East events, though the league also keeps its own stats separate of the other at-large schools.

BUNN -- Northern Nash will look to defend its championship at the annual Bunn Holiday Boys Basketball Tournament.
The tourney will be held from Dec. 26-28 at the Bunn Dome on the campus of Bunn High School in Franklin County.
NN claimed the crown last year with a victory over East Wake in the title contest.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2019 All-Conference awards for football.
Huntingdon's Otis Porter was named Offensive Player of the Year while his coach, Mike Turk, earned Coach of the Year honors.
The LaGrange duo of Terron Dixon and Randy Fillingame were named Offensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Rookie of the Year, respectively.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are the updated brackets for the Class 2-AA and Class 3-A State Football Playoffs:

NASH COUNTY -- The 2019 boys soccer season proved to be a campaign of near-misses for the Southern Nash High School boys soccer program.
The Firebirds were solid the entire fall and put themselves one victory away from a Big East Conference regular season championship.
But a late loss to nemesis Franklinton dropped Southern Nash from a potential first to third place overall in the league.

RED OAK -- While an unexpected move to Thursday night might have shrunk the crowd at Northern Nash last week, there was a palpable buzz around Death Valley prior to and after kickoff.
For the first time since 2010, Northern Nash was hosting a football playoff game, and for the first time since 2010, the Fighting Knights advanced to the Class 3-A State Playoff's second round by defeating Vance County High School 54-30 in a high-scoring gridiron showdown.

Local fourth graders had a chance to experience how life on the farm was many years ago.
Nash County Cooperative Extension hosted its annual Heritage Days event at the Farmer's Market over three days last week.
The event has been held for over 20 years now for area fourth graders.

Nashville Police are reaching out to the community to help solve a recent homicide.
Marquis Perry, 27, of 1847 First Street, Nashville, was reportedly shot and killed at his Oak Tree Apartment home during an armed robbery, said Nashville Police Chief Anthony Puckett.

Opinions from the public were mixed on a proposal for Nash County Recreation and Senior Services to take over athletics for the Town of Nashville.
The Town of Nashville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Advisory Board hosted a public hearing last Wednesday evening to get opinions from the public on the proposal, which would allow Nash County to handle athletics for the town while allowing the town to focus on other recreational opportunities.

Nan Strickland is celebrating her 104th birthday this week.
Strickland turned 104 on Thursday, November 21.
A Nashville resident for most of her life, Strickland was born in the Beulah community on November 21, 1915.

Nash County may soon restrict the number of dogs that can be tethered.
Commissioners heard a proposal on Monday that would require a revision to the county's animal control ordinance.
Bill Hill, Human Services Director, presented the revisions to commissioners and said the addition of tethering to the ordinances came as a result of complaints from citizens.

Only one citizen spoke during a public hearing last week on the potential closing of three elementary schools.
The Nash-Rocky Mount Public School System was awarded a Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund Grant last year in the amount of $10 million 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.

Nash County Commissioners recognized two EMS employees who first began their service to the county in 1969.
Paramedics Cleveland Hunt and Ricky Turner were both recognized for their 50 years of service last Monday at the regular meeting of the Nash County Board of Commissioners.

Members of the Rocky Mount Garden Club, along with the NC Department of Transportation and area veterans, gathered on a cold, drizzly Friday morning to celebrate the new home of a Blue Star Memorial Marker.
The marker was unveiled and rededicated on Friday, November 15 at the rest area off of I-95 in Nash County.

Momeyer's Board of Commissioners have decided against making the town a bird sanctuary.
Commissioners decided at their regular meeting on Monday not to move forward the idea of declaring the town a bird sanctuary after getting additional information over the past month.

The Nash County Agriculture Center hosted an open house on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate its re-opening with the community.
High humidity levels forced staff of the Nash County Cooperative Extension, the Farm Service Agency and Nash County Soil and Water to be relocated to the Nash County Administration Building for almost a year while renovations were completed.