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Parmalee was the headliner of the 2019 Nashville Blooming Festival.

Meredith Davis Johnson and Jamie Pridgen opened for Parmalee at the 2019 Nashville Blooming Festival.

Savannah Gorham and her mother, Jessica Richardson, ride on the Boys & Girls Club float during the Nashville Blooming Festival.

Addison Combs has her hair spray painted by her dad, Jonathan Combs, of Eastgate Community Church. The church offered hair painting along with other activities at their booth at the Blooming Festival on Saturday.

Word Tabernacle Church Choir opens the festival on Saturday.

FRANKLINTON - Northern Nash and Southern Nash found familiar territory last Saturday in their respective quests to qualify athletes for the Class 3-A State Track and Field Championships.
That's because the Class 3-A East Regional Meet was held at the home of fellow Big East Conference foe Franklinton, with the top four finishers in each event earning the right to participate in this Saturday's state meet.

Northern Nash's Kamden Johnson competes in the Boys High Jump and the Class 3-A East Regional Track and Field Championships.

A Southern Nash relay runner picks up the pace during relay action last Saturday at the Class 3-A East Regional Track and Field Championships at Franklinton High School.

WILSON -- For the Nash Central Bulldogs, the road to Greensboro began with a side journey last Saturday to Wilson Fike High School.
That's where the Bulldogs -- and their Class 2-A East Regional competitors -- convened for an opportunity to qualify for this Friday's State Track Championships at North Carolina A&T State University.

Nash Central's DJ Baines takes a handoff from teammate Timothy Holiday during a relay event during last Saturday's Class 2-A East Regional Track and Field Championships at Wilson Fike HS.

Nash Central High School's Byron Hawkins (center) was the individual winner in the Boys 110 Hurdles at the Class 2-A East Regional Track and Field Championships.

NASH COUNTY -- The 2019 NCHSAA Regional campaign proved to be a tough one for Northern Nash, Southern Nash, and Nash Central High Schools.
Last Monday, Nash Central competed in the 2A Eastern Regional at the Wedgewood Golf Club in Wilson, while the Knights and Firebirds of both Northern and Southern Nash had a longer drive down I-95 South on Tuesday, as they were sent to the Reedy Creek Golf Club in Four Oaks.

RED OAK -- To Red Oak Middle School baseball coach Kristian Cox, it was merely a coincidence that his club met Elm City last Wednesday afternoon in the championship game of the Tri-County Conference Tournament. But for the Tigers, it was certainly an opportunity to right a wrong, as Cox's club had given up a double-digit lead last year to Elm City in the tourney finals -- and were defeated in heartbreaking fashion.

NASHVILLE -- The Town of Nashville Youth Baseball and Softball season started off a little slowly this spring with rain really dampening the season opener and the weeks following. The weather seems to have broken now and Glover Park as sprung back to life with T-ball, baseball, and softball action.

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Softball and Baseball League Scores:

LYNCHBURG, VA. -- Tristen Lutz had a run-scoring double in the second, Zach Clark tripled and scored in the fifth, but the Lynchburg Hillcats scored three runs in the first and held on for a 4-2 victory versus the visiting Carolina Mudcats on Monday night at City Stadium in Lynchburg.
The Mudcats (22-15) had won three straight before dropping Monday's series opener in Lynchburg to the Hillcats (18-17).

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Spring Soccer Scores:

NASH COUNTY -- Here are Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Flag Football League scores:

RALEIGH - The No. 17 North Carolina State University baseball jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back, as it closed out its home slate on Sunday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park with an 8-3 victory over visiting Clemson in Atlantic Coast Conference diamond action.
It was a complete effort at the plate and on the mound, as the Wolfpack picked up its first ACC series win since April 6 (at Boston College) and sixth of the year.

WICHITA, KS. -- Jake Agnos tossed seven shutout innings, while Alec Burleson drove in four runs helping No. 8 East Carolina University to a 6-1 baseball win over homestanding Wichita State last Friday night at Eck Stadium in Kansas.
With the win, the Pirates clinched the American Athletic Conference regular season title and improved to 38-11 overall (17-2 AAC) and the Shockers dropped to 22-27 (6-13 AAC).

NASH COUNTY -- Birchwood will not field a team this summer, so only three programs will participate in the Nash-Halifax Swim League.
Action will begin June 13 when defending champion Nash Rec will host Westridge.
Another change this season is that meets will start at 5:30 p.m. -- 30 minutes later than in the past.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Tristan Murray laced a bases-loaded triple to right centerfield with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning to chase home 3 runs and lead his Wesley Men team to a come-from-behind 11-10 victory over Hester and Tucker last Thursday night in City of Rocky Mount Little League baseball action.
Murray's heroics came one day after he helped carry his Red Oak Middle School team to the Tri-Counties conference championship by way of a 5-1 win against Elm City Middle.

A second jail break at the Nash County Detention Center has led Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone to temporarily close up the portion of the jail where the escapes are occurring until more secure measures are put into place.
Stone said between 1 and 3 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14, Terrell Gailand Miles, 29, of Rocky Mount, reportedly went through a malfunctioning back door and crawled through the same fence where five inmates escaped in March.

The rain did fall as anticipated on Saturday night during the evening entertainment at this year's Blooming Festival but it went as quickly as it came and Parmalee's performance still went on.
Parmalee took to the stage an hour later than planned but Cindy Puckett, one of the festival organizers, said she was pleased the rain was only a quick downpour instead of the storms that were initially being called for.

Dozens of Shriner's parade units will take part in the Ceremonial Parade Saturday in Nashville.
The Shriner's Parade is set for Saturday, May 18 at 12 noon.
Carl Wayne Smith, of Nashville, is serving as the Potentate for the Shriners. Smith is a member of the Rocky Mount Shrine Club and has lived in Nashville 10 years.