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RED OAK -- Northern Nash senior quarterback Davontae Wiggins has seen a great deal of success in his time with the Knights, such as holding the school's single-game football records for both passing yards and passing touchdowns.
Wiggins, who just wrapped up his senior varsity basketball campaign, will soon be adding another accomplishment to that list, as he was recently selected to play in the annual North Carolina East/West All-Star game at the 2019 North Carolina Coaches Convention.

RED OAK -- When tryouts began back in February, Northern Nash High School boys tennis coach Elaina Ingram welcomed back only two full-time players from last year's squad.
Most of the other faces Ingram saw were either non-rotation performers from the 2018 campaign -- or students attempting to be a part of the program for the first time.

CARY -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball team finished off conference foe William Peace University with a three-game road sweep on Sunday as the Bishops held on for a 5-3 win.
The Bishops improved to 17-6 overall and 8-3 in the conference with the sweep while Peace fell to 5-17 and 1-10.

GREENVILLE -- East Carolina University junior Spencer Brickhouse has been named the American Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Week, according to the league office Monday afternoon.
It is Brickhouse's first career honor and marks the fifth time this year a Pirate has earned weekly accolades from the AAC.

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats have announced that The Big Dawg WDWG-FM 98.5 will return for its eighth consecutive season as the flagship radio station of Mudcats baseball this season.
The Mudcats will additionally air select weekday day games on Sports WRMT-AM 1490 in 2019.

Four of the five inmates who escaped the Nash County Dentention Center Monday have been caught.

David Viverette and Rahemm D. Horne were captured in Rocky Mount at a hotel. Keonte Daeman Murphy and David Anthony Riffin were captured in another county.

One of the five inmate escapees is still wanted.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office and the Twin County Crime Stoppers are offering a $1,500.00 reward for any information leading to the capture of Laquaris Rashaad Battle. Please call Twin County Crime Stoppers at (252) 977-1111.

Any tips concerning the location of Laquaris Rashaad Battle can be called in to (252) 462-2422, (252) 462-2656, or Nash County Communications at (252) 459-1510.

Laquaris Rashaad Battle

9438 Pine Street

Castalia, NC 27816

DOB: 1/22/1996, B/M

Rexford Lynn Keel appeared in an Arizona courtroom Thursday morning and waived extradition. On Friday, he was brought back to Nash County and booked in the Nash County Detention Center, where he will be arraigned on Tuesday, March 26 for the murder of his wife.

Keel is accused of stabbing Diana Alejandra Keel, 38, and dumping her body off a rural road in Edgecombe County. Her body was found on March 12.

During a press conference on Friday afternoon, Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone said Diana was stabbed but said how she died had not yet been released from the pathologist.

Search warrants recently released show numerous guns, swords and knives were seized from the home. Stone said Diana's death didn't come from gunfire. He added that they have not seen the pathology report yet so it's unknown if any of the other weapons found could be linked to Diana's death.

Keel was interviewed about his wife's death after her body was found but Stone said Keel was never under arrest and was free to come and go. Keel, who was living with his parents because his home and vehicles had been seized as part of the investigation, took off to Arizona after it was announced he was wanted for first degree murder in the death of Diana.

On Friday, Stone said Keel drove for three days, stopping periodically. He was apprehended on Sunday, March 17 near Tucson, Arizona after Nash County Communications received a tip.

Stone personally flew to Arizona to bring Keel back home.

"At the end of the day the sheriff's office is responsible for bringing this man back to justice," Stone said.

Stone said during the trip, Keel did not talk about the charges he is facing. He said Keel had a calm and quiet demeanor.

But, Stone later said Keel has always been quiet, adding that he knew Keel prior to his arrest.

"He worked at a gun store here," Stone said. "He was a machinist. I knew him through that."

As for the investigation into Diana's death, Stone said it's really still in the preliminary stages.

"It's still an open investigation and we're still in the process of sorting all that out now," he added. "We're really in the preliminary stages of it."

Stone said if anyone has any information into the murder of Diana to please let the Sheriff's Office know.

A beautiful Saint Patrick's Day Sunday met The Peachtree Baptist Church Congregation and friends.
The Sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday was presented to glorify God by Annie Belle Edwards in loving memory of her husband, Harold Edwards.
Sunday School:

ROCKY MOUNT -- There is a method to the madness of Nash Central's early-season baseball scheduling grind.
Veteran NCHS head coach Willie Langley saw his Bulldogs roll to the Eastern Plains Conference championship last season -- but wasn't sure if his club was adequately prepared for the level of competition the Bulldogs would encounter in the Class 2-A State Playoffs.

Nash-Rocky Mount teachers could see a 35 percent reduction in their supplement pay under a new plan proposed to reconcile the school system's budget.
Superintendent Dr. Shelton Jefferies presented the proposal to the Finance Committee of the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education on Tuesday afternoon.
"This year's budget cycle is a little bit different because we are still working to reconcile the 2018-2019 budget," Jefferies said. "We have a budget shortfall."

The husband of Diana Alejandra Keel, 38, was arrested Sunday morning in Arizona, not far from the Mexico border.
Rexford Lynn Keel was wanted for first degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, Diana.
Diana was reported missing on Saturday, March 9 around 7:30 p.m. after not being heard from by co-workers or her daughter in a few days.