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A Nashville man was charged with robbing the Sandy Cross L&L Convenience Store twice over four month period.
The first armed robbery happened on October 30. Sergeant Walker and K-9 Dako, of the Nash County Sheriff's Office, conducted a canine track from the L&L, located at 5862 NC Highway 58, Nashville, and tracked the suspect to Batchelor Road. The canine track ended on Batchelor Road with no further lead.

Nash County Commissioners approved a rezoning request that will pave the way for a new Dollar General to open up in the Sandy Cross area.
The request was to rezone 1.58 acres on the north side of Sandy Cross Road from R-40 (Single-Family residential) to GC-Cu (General Commercial Conditional Use) for the development of a general merchandise retail store.

Nashville's Police Department is hosting several block parties in the coming weeks for youth in the area.
The first will be held on Saturday, March 16 from 3 until 5 p.m. in the Nashville Elementary School gym.
Interim Police Chief Joey Corbett said the event is a way to bring youth in the community together with police officers.

Nash County celebrated the opening of a new, state-of-the-art senior center in the southern end of the county on Friday, a project that's been in the works for many years.
A ribbon cutting was held for the new senior center, which is located at the Bailey-Middlesex Park.

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from March 4 through 8.

The North Carolina State Division of Motor Vehicles will make its home in Rocky Mount, the Council of State decided last week.
The Council of State approved the move from Raleigh to Rocky Mount for the office of the Division of Motor Vehicles. The relocation will place the new headquarters in the six-story former Hardee's Food Systems building, located on North Church Street.

The Scooter Station is celebrating its 10th year in business with a new location.
Nashville's Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Ashley Whitley and his new location on Monday.
Whitley recently opened up at 122 South Boddie Street, moving from his previous location at 708 South Alston Street.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office released on Sunday audio and video files related to a February 9 officer-involved shooting.
The files were released after a court hearing last Thursday. Superior Court Judge Quentin Sumner ordered the files be released at the request of the family of Jonathan Ramirez and media outlets.

INCIDENTS
A possession of marijuana was reported on 3/3/19 at NC 58 and E Old Spring Hope Road
A damage to property (Vandalism) was reported on 3/8/19 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
An aggrivated simple possession of marijuana was reported on 3/9/19 at US 64 and Old Carriage Road

A breaking, entering and larceny was reported on 2/24/19 at 2840 Pole Cat Lane
A fraud was reported on 2/25/19 at 7060 Frazier Road
A domestic was reported on 2/25/19 at 3637 Old County Home Road

A federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned an indictment charging Victor Nahum Perez-Colindres, 40, of Honduras, with illegal re-entry of a deported alien.
Perez-Colindres was previously deported and found in Nash County.
Perez-Colindres has felony charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Rocky Mount City Manager Rochelle D. Small-Toney has appointed Captain George D. Robinson to serve as police chief for the city of Rocky Mount.
Robinson has filled the role of interim police chief since January.

"Oh, Those Tea Parties!" A Women's History Month presentation by Suzanne Adair, award-winning author of a mystery series set during the American Revolution, is being planned for 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, in the Benson Chapel of Louisburg College.
Adair will discuss how ladies' tea parties in the Old North State underscored the ways that the women of the Revolution controlled the economy and blindsided the British.

Miracles do happen... but they take a lot of work! Lavetta was a sweet dog, a favorite of the AC Officers. She loved people, as so many pit mixes do. She had been there since the end of January, which in itself is a miracle that she survived that long. You see, Lavetta was a bit alpha. She dominated other dogs which would have caused problems. This made her ineligible to be rescued, since Rescues use fosters who have other pets.

Where does your food come from? If you're like many Americans, the answer is the grocery store, which is disturbing. The grocery store isn't where food comes from - it's just from where it's distributed. In reality, far too many people are unaware of the role of American agriculture in their daily lives . . . and what it really takes to have food on their dinner table.

Products we use in our everyday lives come from plant and animal byproducts produced by America's farmers and ranchers

Pictured above, Nashville Firefighters (Station 14) and Rocky Mount Firefighters (Engine 6), stand on NC 64 looking down I-95 as they salute fallen Atlantic Beach Fire Chief Adam Snyder, whose body was being returned to his home after passing away from injuries due to a snow skiing accident at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia. Virginia State Police escorted the chief's body to North Carolina followed by a North Carolina Highway Patrol escort.

Rocky Mount High School's Gryphon Theatrical students perform "Mamma Mia!," a Greek Island comedy that features the 1970s music of ABBA. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. This sets the scene for a hilarious series of assumptions and miscommunication until the identity of the true father is revealed. This musical blockbuster fills the theater with joyful music and dancing that celebrate life, love and family.

Here is some advice: if you're in a store and see me in the checkout line, run.
Get in another line.
The line I am in is not the line you want to be in. Trust me.
It doesn't matter if it is a big box store, the convenience store, any number of grocery stores, or the concession stand line at the ball game.

Wednesday, March 13 marked a pretty important milestone in my life.
It was my 13-year anniversary of being a reporter at The Nashville Graphic.
Thirteen years!
It doesn't seem quite that long (most days anyway!).

On March 20, 2019, the Harold D. Cooley Library will be celebrating its Go Live Day as it officially joins the NC Cardinal Consortium. Cardinal consists of 141 member libraries throughout North Carolina who are dedicated to expanding access for patrons by sharing resources with other libraries. In preparation for this momentous transition, the library staff has had to perform an inventory of their 20,000+ items as well as a full weeding of outdated materials, and a rebarcode of all items. All of the old library cards have had to be replaced as well.

This picture originally published in The Nasvhille Graphic on April 29, 1971. The Children's Museum in Rocky Mount displayed a large brown bear as one of its many exhibits. The museum was reported as having 85,000 visitors in 1970.

How do we know if we're spiritually drifting? The Bible certainly acknowledges that it can happen. But what are the early warning signs that we are moving away from God?
Maybe today's column doesn't apply to you. How about your spouse, your friend, or your child? Were they once closer to the Lord than they now appear? Before you turn the page, see if you recognize warnings in the life of someone you love.

The Baptist Men will have their monthly breakfast on Sunday, March 17 at 8:30 am at Red Oak Baptist Church.
The Women in Action will meet on Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 pm at Red Oak Baptist Church. Their mission action project for this month is collecting pet supplies for My Sister's House. My Sister's House is a shelter for women, children, and men who are survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

Members of Bethel Heroes Chapter 636, UDC and Micajah Pettaway Chapter of DAR delivered Christmas gifts to the veterans living in the Men's Christian Fellowship Home for Veterans. Men in the home are honorably discharged Veterans from the Armed Forces and are homeless at the time of admission. This is the third year that these chapters have donated gifts to assure that these men are not forgotten at Christmas as well as other times throughout the year.