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Southern Nash's Adrian Rangel dives for possession for the Firebirds during last Wednesday afternoon's key Big East Conference boys soccer match versus Franklinton.

FRANKLINTON -- In front of an impressive homecoming crowd lastFriday night, Franklinton High School looked to pick up its first Big East Conference football win of the 2019 season.
However, Coach Andrew Farriss' Northern Nash Knights spoiled the homecoming festivities with a 42-14 win over the Red Rams.

RED OAK -- The rivalry between Southern Nash's Jadiza Jimenez and Northern Nash's Elana Griffin continued last Wednesday at the annual Big East Conference Cross Country Championships.
With Northern Nash serving as the host at Red Oak Middle School, Jimenez was able to edge Griffin for the top spot in the girls race.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College football team's comeback attempt fell just short as they lost 26-20 to Brevard College in conference action at Rocky Mount Stadium last Saturday.
Wesleyan scored 20 straight points in the fourth quarter to get within six points, but their onside kick attempt fell a half-yard short of going the required 10 yards before the kicking team could recover.

NASH COUNTY -- Heare are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Soccer League Scores for the fall season:

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.