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The NC Board of Transportation approved state and federal grants for projects to bolster the economy and improve safety at nine North Carolina airports. The approval came during the board's May meeting.
Nearly $13.6 million in state and federal funding has been granted for projects that will help these airports grow, such as new hangar sites and updated safety lighting.

When I first heard God calling me into ministry from a career in academia, I thought surely I was mistaken. I was a family therapist and professor of child development at NC State University. I had worked hard and was on my way to building a prominent career. There was one problem: God had different plans for me.

"Confess."
What does that word bring to mind when you read it? What does it mean in the Christian life? How does one actually confess? These days, it seems like each week brings new headlines with apologies from pedestaled persons owning up to moral failings.

School is finally out for the summer for traditional calendar students! Many of our community kids received awards for jobs well done during the school year. We will have more to report on this next week.
The Young At Heart Senior Citizens met on Saturday night May 25 at KIC. Guest speakers were Billy and Leah Perry from the Christian Motorcycle Association.

This past Sunday was a time to remember our armed forces that paid the ultimate price for our freedom. The Peachtree Baptist Church Congregation family and friends welcomed and recognized our Active and Retired Veterans to worship.
The Sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday was presented to glorify God by Beverly and Cecil Wilson to honor the memory of Hulda Strickland Wilson and in loving memory of those who gave their lives for our country.

Two Nashville residents were among those recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society.
Eugene Padgett and Victoria Cooper, of Nashville, were both initiated at East Carolina University.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2018-2019 school year.
The following students at Englewood Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2018-2019 school year.
The following students at Rocky Mount High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2018-2019 school year.
The following students at G.R. Edwards Middle School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2018-2019 school year.
The following students at Benvenue Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

ROCKY MOUNT - Nash Central decided to go old school -- as in the first year in school history -- as part of its recent Athletic Awards Ceremony at the NCHS Gymnasium.
As part of the event, Nash Central inducted a pair of 'original' Bulldogs into its Athletics Hall of Fame.

Tami Vaughan and Kenneth Grantham are the latest inductees into the Nash Central High School Athletics Hall of Fame. Both were at NCHS when it opened in 2002.

Omar Richardson and Sarah Hicks are this year's Nash Central High School recipients of the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools Triple Crown Award.

RED OAK -- League championships are hard to come by in the challenging Big East Conference -- but Northern Nash High School amassed quite a collection during the 2018-19 school year.
Six Northern Nash clubs picked up Big East crowns this season as the Knights continued to excel in athletics in one of the area's toughest conferences.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Now 10 years old, the H. Earl Coley Golf Classic continues to grow.
The annual event, which is part of the OD Moore Scholarship Foundation from the former Nash Central High School, was held last Friday at the Belmont Lake Golf Club near North Carolina Wesleyan College.

RED OAK -- The Northern Nash Girls Basketball Camp is scheduled for June 3-5 at the NNHS Gymnasium in Red Oak.
Times will be from 5:45-8:15 p.m. each day, and the camp is opener to girls in grades 4-12.
Cost is $25, which includes a T-shirt.

GREENVILLE -- The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced 16 regional sites for the 73rd annual NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Sunday evening, and for the second-straight year and third time in facility history, East Carolina University's Clark-LeClair Stadium will serve as a site for the opening round of The Road To Omaha.

ROCKY MOUNT -- It would be a bit of an understatement to say that Chris High loves the game of basketball.
High, a senior at Nash Central High School, is a gym rat who is always intent on improving his fundamentals and understanding of the game.
But the self-improvement steps don't end inside the NCHS gymnasium.

ROCKY MOUNT -- It was the Parker Gay Show last Thursday evening at Grover Lucas Park as the tall Pizza Inn 12-year-old tossed a 6-0 shutout over the Wesley Men, putting on quite a display for the players and fans alike.
Striking out 15, walking no one and coughing up only 3 harmless singles, the all-star hurler was in complete control as the Ringmaster on this gorgeous, "made for baseball" night.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Here are the award winners from the recent Nash Central High School Athletic Awards Ceremony:

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats rallied back from a five-run first inning deficit to eventually take a one-run lead in the fifth, but the Down East Wood Ducks came back with two in the sixth before defeating the Mudcats 9-7 in the finale of a four-game series on Monday afternoon at Five County Stadium in Class A Carolina League baseball action.

INCIDENTS
A fraud - credit card/ATM was reported on 5/21/19 at the PNC ATM, 109 Barnes Street