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NASHVILLE - Five weeks into the Nash-Halifax Swim League regular season, no team seems to be capable of matching Nash Rec's talent and overall depth.
Nash Rec, the defending N-HSL champion, remained undefeated at 5-0 last Thursday with a 538-134 home decision against backyard rival Birchwood at the NRST Pool.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education and officials with Nash Community College celebrated CITI High School on Monday afternoon with a ribbon cutting.
The new school is considered a Cooperative Innovative High School program and is a partnership between the school system and Nash Community College.
The new school, which stands Center for Industry, Technology and Innovation, would enable students to graduate with an AAS degree, diploma or multiple certificates to prepare them for work.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce hosted their annual membership meeting Tuesday night honoring the 2018 Business of the Year and the Beyond the Call of Duty Award recipient.
Jamey Baines, Town of Nashville Public Works Director, was presented the Beyond the Call of Duty Award while Farm Bureau of Nashville was noted as Business of the Year.

The Nashville Chamber of Commerce recognized Farm Bureau of Nashville as its 2018 Business of the Year Tuesday night during its annual membership meeting. Pictured above, Nashville Chamber Vice-President Cliff Joyner (left) presents the award to Farm Bureau's Agency Manager Dan Cone.

Nashville Chamber of Commerce President Mary Grace Daughtridge (left) presents Anna Thompson a $500 scholarship to be used towards her college expenses.

Nashville Chamber of Commerce President Mary Grace Daughtridge (left) presents Raven Colbert a $500 scholarship to be used towards her college expenses.

Nashville Chamber of Commerce Vice-President Cliff Joyner (center) presents Payton Bass (right) a $500 scholarship to be used towards his college expenses. Pictured left is Payton's mother, Susan Bass.

Nashville Mayor Donald Street (left) congratulates Jamey Baines on his Beyond the Call of Duty Award.

Nashville's Public Works Director Jamey Baines (right) was recognized Tuesday night by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce with the 2018 Beyond the Call of Duty Award. Presenting the award to Baines is Nashville Chamber of Commerce Vice-President Cliff Joyner.

A detention officer with the Nash County Sheriff's Office has been charged with providing cell phones to inmates.
Quintin Cardell Higgs, 26, of Rocky Mount, was arrested on Tuesday, July 17 and charged with eight felony counts of giving or selling a phone or electronic device to an inmate at the Nash County Detention Center.

Rick Thomason was named the Marine of the Year by the Cpl. Suzi Sannes Detachment 1262 in November 2016. He was also named the Department of North Carolina's Marine of the Year in 2016. Last month, he received another top honor, as Thomason received the Marine Corps League Mideast Division Marine of the Year Award for 2018.

Nashville Police suspect youth are the culprits for two vandalisms that occurred at Nashville Elementary School last week.
Sergeant Steve Glover said the school was broken into on two different occasions last week, on Monday, July 9 and Wednesday July 11. Both times, Glover said windows were busted out so someone could climb through and open the door. A rock was then placed in the door to keep it open.

"Heroin, it'll take your morals, it'll take your respect, it'll take everything from you and it won't give none of it back."
The real-life, unaltered stories of local families affected by addiction are shared in a documentary produced by a local man and first shared last week at a fund-raising event for the HOPE initiative.

Members of the Red Oak High School Class of 1958 attended the 100th Alumni Banquet on April 20. Pictured (L-R) is: Evelyn Pittman Frazier, Buddy Hull, John F. Griffin, III, Violet Harper Lanier, Wilma Griffin Enroughty, Carolyn Hunt Matthews and Coak May.

Members and guests of the Red Oak High School Class of 1958 met at the Red Oak Community Building on April 21 for their 60th reunion.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education plans to move forward with setting up town hall meetings for the community to hear presentations and ask questions on the proposal of building a new elementary school in the northern part of the county.
The Board of Education, along with the Nash County Board of Commissioners, are looking at consolidating Cedar Grove Elementary School, Swift Creek Elementary School and Red Oak Elementary School into one, newly built school.

Filing for the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education is moving at a slow pace, with only three filing so far for the five available seats.
Of those who have filed, two have filed for the District 9 seat. Incumbent LaShawnda Washington has filed to run and will face challenger Robert Cordell.
In addition, Edmond Keen Grazely has filed for the District 6 Board of Education seat. The District 6 seat is currently held by Wayne Doll.