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RED OAK -- Northern Nash High School will kick off its 2019 baseball season on February 27 with a home contest versus the Nash Central Bulldogs as part of the 'Battle of the Bridge' series.
NN's complete ledger is as follows, with home games listed in CAPS:

The Northern Nash Fighting Knights were the champions at the first-ever Big East Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, which were held last Monday at the Franklinton HIgh School Football Field in Franklin County.

Nashville's Police Department has a new dispatcher. However, Nashville isn't new to Derrick Jones.
Jones was born and raised in Nashville and recently moved back from Clayton, where Jones served as a 9-1-1 dispatcher for Johnston County for six years.
Jones got his career start as a dispatcher after serving in customer service in a car center.
"It got stagnant," Jones said. "I was looking a change."

The majority of people attending the Town of Nashville's special called meeting showed their support for the town's plans to purchase the Birchwood Country Club Property to use for recreation.
Over 150 people attended meeting on Thursday night in the town's council chambers. So many showed up that many had to stand in the hallway during the meeting.

A Middlesex couple were killed in an accident on Friday night and their infant son was injured.
According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened just before 8 p.m. on Friday, January 25.
Amber Lynn Wilson, 26, was driving west on Finch Road when she reportedly failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection of Finch Road and Highway 581.

The North Carolina Chapter of Honor and Remember paid tribute to six families from across the nation during the annual Gold Star Banquet on Saturday night.
Nash Community College hosted the banquet, which honored six families with Honor and Remember Flags by North Carolina Chapter President Kathy Russell Moore.
A gold star represents the ultimate sacrifice of a family member.

The family of SSG Conrad A Robinson light a candle in his honor on Saturday.

A memorial for Ryan Russell, of Elm City, is displayed at the Honor and Remember Banquet Saturday.

Kristin Moore, far right, makes a presentation to the family of PFC McKenzie Fisher Callihan on Saturday at the Honor and Remember Banquet.

Theatre students at Faith Christian School received a surprise while attending the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, Georgia recently.
Students were selected to perform on stage with music team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen, La La Land, James and the Giant Peach), performing back up vocals to the song "You Will Be Found" with soloist Cynthia Erivo. Erivo won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a musical for her performance as Celie in "The Color Purple."

The HOPE Initiative of Nash County is celebrating three years by hosting a candelight vigil on the steps of the Nash County Courthouse.
The event is set for Saturday, February 9 at 6 p.m.
The candelight vigil will be held to remember those HOPE has helped, those who have lost their battled with addiction and for those who continue to struggle.