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WILSON -- Veteran head coach Willie Langley knew coming in that his Nash Central Bulldogs would be tested mightily at the annual Golden Leaf Invitational Baseball Tournament in Wilson County.
In the first two rounds, Central was slated to meet area powerhouses Rosewood and Cardinal Gibbons -- and Langley understood that each of those outings would be challenging.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public School Superintendent Dr. Shelton Jefferies is hoping Nash County Commissioners will support his request for elementary school security in the upcoming budget cycle.
The Finance Committee of the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education accepted the presentation of the 2019-2020 budget on Tuesday during a committee meeting. Jefferies presented the first draft of the budget to the committee.

A monumental effort has paid off for Spring Hope's Chamber of Commerce, as the organization celebrated the opening of a new license plate agency Tuesday.
The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles opened the new license plate agency at 123 South Ash Street in Spring Hope. The Spring Hope Chamber of Commerce will operate the agency.

WHO WON THE BET? - Cedar Grove Elementary School recently held its Field Day, with classes competing against one another. Pictured above (L-R), students Molly Elder, Carson Rivas (back center) and Collin Hawkins pull their hardest to win the tug-of-war race during field day.

It's the third year of the Creekside Music Series and this year, attendants will notice a few changes.
Events this year will be held on Saturday nights from 5 until 10 p.m. instead of Friday nights. In addition, two bands will perform instead of one.
Nashville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Director Marguerite Bishop said the changes are to draw a larger crowd.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools (NRMPS) will close on Wednesday, May 1 due to anticipated call-outs among staff for the Day of Advocacy.
The NRMPS leadership team announced last week that it had been monitoring the potential for call-outs for the Day of Advocacy among classroom teachers, instructional support, bus drivers and cafeteria staff and decided to make May 1 an optional teacher workday.

Love one another will be the theme for the 2019 National Day of Prayer.
The event is set for Thursday, May 2 at 12 noon at the Nash County Courthouse in Nashville.
National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and then signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

Parmalee is returning to its roots and will headline this year's Nashville Blooming Festival.
Parmalee will take to the stage on Saturday, May 11 at 8:30 p.m. Local performers Meredith Davis Johnson and Jamie Pridgen will open for the band.
The band is named after the small town where the band started, Parmele, a town of 278 people about 50 miles from Nashville.

The 25th annual Nash County Relay for Life will kick off at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 26 at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex.
Around 50 teams will be participating in this year's event.
Hundreds of survivors are expected to come out and participate in the annual Survivor Walk, which always follows the opening ceremony.

The Kids Walk event is a VITAL part of our Nash County Relay for Life.
We work very hard to teach our children, who are the future our Relay for Life, to have a servant's heart, and to help their friends and family raise money to find a Cure for Cancer.

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in Nash County on Friday night.
A tornado watch was in place for Nash County most of the day Friday but many parts of the county were upgraded to a warning after 5 p.m.
An EF-1 tornado was confirmed south of Highway 4 in the Gold Rock area, said Brent Fisher, Assistant Director of Fire/Rescue and Emergency Management for Nash County Emergency Services.

Nash Community College students and employees volunteered at the Nash County Special Olympics 2019 Spring Games held on Friday, March 29 at Rocky Mount High School. More than 200 athletes train year-round to participate in seven events.
Rebecca Griffin, NCC Corporate & Economic Development and Admissions Administrative Assistant, coordinated NCC's participation in the Spring Games. Griffin's son, Connor, is an experienced Special Olympics athlete.

Eight participants will compete in the sixth annual Dancing with the Arts fundraising event on Friday night.
The event will start at 7 p.m. at Nash Arts in Nashville.
Shelly Gray, Executive Director of Nash Arts, said this year, there is a theme for the competition. However, to find out what the theme is, you have to attend the competition on Friday.

Local author Michael K. Brantley has been awarded an Archie K. Davis Fellowship for 2019-20 to help fund research on his latest book project about an overlooked North Carolina historical figure from the 19th Century.
Brantley's second book is due out this fall from the University of Nebraska Press/Potomac Books.

Sometimes, people come along that have such a presence, that become such a part of a place that we think they'll always be there.
Unfortunately, life often reminds us that we have unreasonable expectations.
And so it is with Dr. Robert "Bob" Koszelak, better known as Dr. K, to nearly 20 years worth of science students at Rocky Mount Academy.

May is inching closer and closer and for Nashville folks, we all know what that means; it's Blooming Festival time!
Nashville's Chamber of Commerce has put on this awesome event for 23 years now and it takes a lot of volunteers coming together to make it happen.
Nashville's Chamber is an all volunteer group of business owners, residents and others who work to promote, develop and encourage the business and civic interests of Nashville.

One of my vivid childhood memories is on the South Lawn of the White House. It was a surprisingly warm spring day and I was pushing a brightly colored egg with a wooden spoon through meticulously manicured green grass.
It was exciting for our family and hundreds of others to participate in an American Easter tradition dating back to 1878 -- the White House Easter Egg Roll! There was certainly a sense of connection and comradery.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on June 10, 1971 and was then 45 years old. The photo was taken in 1926. The group of children were standing on the steps of Nashville High School, representing the 1926 eighth grade class.

FRANKLIN COUNTY -- A Nash County man is slated to appear in court next week on child sex charges from more than two decades ago.
Kenneth Neal Hinkle, 59, was charged with statutory rape, statutory sexual offense and felony indecent liberties with a minor -- all felonies.
Franklin and Wake county deputies combined on the investigation and issued warrants for Hinkle's arrest.

A Spring Hope man was one of three charged recently following an investigation by ALE special agents and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.
State and local authorities last Tuesday raided two homes and seized over 26 ounces of methamphetamines valued at more than $218,000 following an operation in Franklin County.

INCIDENTS
A credit card/ATM fraud was reported on 4/15/19 at 102 Joyner Street
A possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on 4/15/19 at 101 W Washington Street

A shooting into a church was reported on 4/14/19 at 13452 Burgess Road
A possession of marijuana was reported on 4/14/19 at Bethlehem Road and S Halifax Road
A domestic was reported on 4/14/19 at 13367 NC 98