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NASH COUNTY - A free, community-centered event, The Wellness & Recovery Fair, is set to take place in Brown Auditorium at Nash Community College Thursday Sept. 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The fair is open to the public, with the focus of promoting mental health, substance use recovery and overall wellness.

On August 4, 2025, members of the Nash County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit arrested Shunquillis Earl Wiggins after an extensive investigation into the distribution of MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) within Nash County.
Shunquillis Wiggins is responsible for transporting and distributing thousands of MDMA tablets, as well as cocaine, in the Nashville and Spring Hope areas.

Shoplifting concealment goods at 10696 NC 97, Rocky Mount on 8/17/25
Possession of drug paraphernalia; possession cocaine at 1821 N. Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount on 8/19/25
Carrying concealed weapon at 2120 Stone Rose Dr., Rocky Mount on 8/21/25
Assault serious bodily injury at 2869 US 64A, Nashville on 8/19/25

Nash County lost a huge part of its farming heritage this week. Bobby Joe Fisher, 90, passed away Saturday, Aug. 24.
The first time I covered a Nash County Soil and Water Catfish Luncheon it was still being held at I.C. Lamm's farm - which was one of the most beautiful slices of Nash County I had ever seen. Back in the day, prior to the luncheon, multiple agencies were on the farm all day talking to high school students. At some point it transitioned from a high school field day to fourth graders, which was a good idea to teach the values of taking care of our farms at an early age.

"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching." (Hebrews 10:25)
In March 2020, our world changed. The government ordered that schools and public gatherings should cease due to the outbreak of Covid. But there was also another major change in America. Sundays have long held a place in our country as the day most Christians would gather at their local churches to worship the Lord.

From the moral argument presented over the last few weeks, we determined that since the Great Designer and Creator is necessary for moral values to exist in created humans, He must be a Moral Being Himself who has imparted moral values to human beings --via the imago Dei--with the expectation that they are obligated to fulfill His moral standards. God Himself is an infinitely Moral and infinitely Just Being, both attributes necessary for infinite love. In other words, the Purposeful, Spiritual, Creator and Designer of the universe, God, is a Moral and Just Being who imparted moral values into the spiritual consciousness of human beings whom He created in His image and likeness with the expectation that they embrace and fulfill His Moral Law.

Congratulations to Windley Griffin, daughter of Nathan and Heather Griffin, who joined Red Oak Baptist Church.
Congratulations to Bryce and Emma Pike, and big brother Bryce, on the birth of their daughter and sister, Elizabeth Tayloe "Sugar" Pike, on August 15. Proud grandparents are Bob and Cindy Pike.
The Walk for Life/Run for Life/Littles for Life will be held at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex on Saturday, Sept. 6.

Pierce Investments, LLC to Kyle Kenneth Bishop and Sarah Christine Bishop; 3020 Woods Walk Way, Rocky Mount; $351,000
D.R. Horton, Inc. to Tremaine Tyrone Lynch and Tynesha Vernee McGee; Bentridge Subdivision, Section 5, Lot 30
Kirkland Bass to Broudo Holdings, LLC; .25 acres; $120,000
D.R. Horton, Inc. to Carolyn Wood; Saddlebrook Subdivision, Phase 1-B, Lot 116

NASHVILLE - The Nash County Sheriff's Office School Resource Officer (SRO) Program, which recently expanded training for its deputies in the areas of autism and mental health, has attracted state notice, and is now considered a "flagship" program for the state.
Sgt. Kevin Bissette, NCSO SRO supervisor, shared the news during an SRO program update at the Aug. 11 Nash County commissioners' meeting.
Bissette said the "flagship" designation was given by the Center for Safer Schools, which is a division of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.

ROCKY MOUNT - The mother of an elementary school student has been arrested on two charges after an Evolv security system flagged that she had a concealed gun in her purse at M.B. Hubbard Elementary School in Battleboro.
Nikeya Dishay Ricks was charged with a felony for possession of a gun on educational property and with carrying a concealed gun, a misdemeanor, after an incident Wednesday, Aug.13.

NASHVILLE- Michael Bryant Fisher, newly retired from his position at Nash County 9-1-1 Communications Director, was celebrated for his many accomplishments last week. Along with a proclamation from Nash County recognizing Fisher's more than 31 years of service, Fisher was awarded the state's highest honor, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, along with a flag flown over the state capitol within minutes of a twin flag awarded at the same time to his brother, Brent Fisher, who retired from county service last year.

ROCKY MOUNT- With an eye to demographic increase, Nash County leaders and fire departments are learning from their counterparts from Johnston County, which has established a countywide fire service district.
Nash is currently researching future plans for fire services, with this being the first of many county models to be considered.

MOMEYER - One of Momeyer's capital reserve fund allocation ideas, that of installing a town sidewalk stretching from Bass Mobile Home Court up to A Touch Of The Father's Love, has been dropped like a hot potato once the "sticker shock" set in.
The sidewalk project was on the Aug. 18th town council meeting agenda, which featured a visit by Ben Farmer, planning and development services director for the Upper Coastal Plains Council of Governments (COG).

SPRING HOPE - Three people are homeless after a fire which apparently began in a vehicle parked in a carport and spread to the rest of the house. The house, declared unlivable, sustained "very extensive damage" according to the Spring Hope Fire Chief.
The first 9-1-1 communications call for the two-bedroom brick ranch house at 317 N. Walnut, owned by Clayton Crudup, came in at 5:01 p.m. Monday, August 18.
According to 9-1-1 command log records, the caller initially reported a car fire under the carport.

NASHVILLE - A Nashville attorney has embarked on a second career milestone at the state level while still working full-time locally. Kevin N. Lewis of the Valentine Law Firm was sworn in Aug. 12th as a member of the North Carolina State Ethics Commission, attending his first meeting two days later.
"It was a learning experience," Lewis said, adding that there was one other new member so that "he wasn't the sole rookie."

NASHVILLE - By a split vote, Nash commissioners have approved a waiver request submitted for the Taylors Store Road subdivision, proposed on the east side of Taylors Store Road near the Franklin, Warren and Halifax County lines.
A sketch plan for the owner, Nash Co JV 1, shows ten new residential lots and two open space lots on a 20-acre parcel, with the lots accessed by a new interior private road and served by private well and septic. Although technically located in Nash County, subdivision addresses would have a Hollister zip code.

NASHVILLE- A plan for a mural featuring a red cardinal on the side of Nashville Elementary has finally gotten some support from Nash County Public schools, but the project is essentially dead in the water at present without grant approval, which it did not receive on its first go-round.
Carrie Morningstar, an art teacher at Nashville Elementary, reached out to county commissioners in June asking for written support that she would add with her application to T-Mobile for a $50,000 grant.

NASHVILLE - In a move consistent with recent action by both the Nash County TRC and Planning Board, Nash Commissioners have voted to deny conditional zoning approval for a proposed expansion of the Williams Run Subdivision in Bailey.
The rezoning request by the C.T. Williams Corporation would have changed current zoning from R-40 to RA-20-CZ, allowing the construction of 54 new residential lots to be built on 37 acres on the north side of Strickland Road, across the street from Section 1 of the Williams Run Subdivision.