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NASH COUNTY -- Southern Nash's ahead-of-schedule arrival highlighted the Big East Conference softball scene this spring.
The Ladybirds, despite fielding one of the league's youngest squads, won the Big East regular season and tournament championships before advancing to the second round of the Class 3-A State Playoffs.

ZEBULON -- Ronnie Gideon hit a solo home run and Keston Hiura went 3-for-5 with a triple for the Carolina Mudcats, but the visiting Myrtle Beach Pelicans received a strong out from starter Tyson Miller and a two double and two-RBI game from Wladimir Galindo as they defeated the Mudcats 6-3 on Sunday night at Five County Stadium.

GREENSBORO -- Veteran coach David Neal has guided Apex High School to unprecedented success, and he has won a boys basketball state championship during his prolific tenure.
Neal recently received one of the state's top honors when he was selected as the head coach for the East Team at the annual North Carolina Coaches Association's East-West Boys Basketball All-Star Game.

LOUISBURG -- For the past five years, Summer Phillips has been a dominant standout on the softball field in Franklin County -- first at Louisburg High School and then Louisburg College for a one-season stint.
Phillips will now be taking her act on the road, though she won't be going too far away.

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Spring Sports Youth League Scores:

CLEARWATER, Fla. - American Athletic Conference Most Outstanding Player Spencer Brickhouse collected a pair of hits, while Jake Agnos set a new Championship Game record with nine strikeouts helping No. 15 East Carolina University to a 4-3 win over No. 22 Connecticut last Saturday afternoon in the 2018 AAC Baseball Championship Game.

A golf tournament is only as good as its volunteers, and these ladies made sure everyone in attendance had a great time at last Friday's H. Earl Coley Golf Classic at the picturesque Belmont Lake Golf Club in Rocky Mount.

Nashville's Town Council held its final budget work session on Tuesday and agreed to move forward with a two cents property tax increase. The increase will bring the town's tax rate to 58 cents per $100 valuation.
At the board's budget retreat in February, council members voted on a seven cents tax increase after being told the town would not be able to continue offering the services it currently offers at the 56 cents tax rate. Council members voted 3-1 for the seven cents hike.

Rudy Lindsey, Dolly Langley Joyner and John Pridgen.

Andrew Harper, a Junior Information Technology major, of Nashville, was among over 800 Bob Jones University students named to the Spring 2018 Dean's List.
The Dean's List recognizes students who earn a 3.00-3.74 grade point average during the semester.
Located in Greenville, South Carolina, Bob Jones University provides an outstanding regionally accredited Christian liberal arts education purposely designed to inspire a lifelong pursuit of learning, loving and leading.

Nash County Emergency Management encourages residents to plan now for hurricanes by updating their emergency plans and supply kits. Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November.
"Tropical storms and hurricanes can devastate homes and communities," Brent Fisher, Assistant Director of Emergency Management and Fire-Rescue Services said.

Damien Wozniak, a 7th-grade student from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School in Rocky Mount, is among the students being honored by the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) for their exceptional scores on the ACT or SAT. He was recognized at the Grand Recognition Ceremony, held on May 21 at Duke University's Cameron Indoor Stadium. He was recognized at a separate ceremony at East Carolina University on May 11.

Closed sessions held in May, 2017, by Nashville's Town Council may have been held improperly, at least according to one town council member -- and nearly a year later the minutes of that closed-door session still have not been made public.
The closed sessions were brought to light by Nashville council member Louise Hinton during the board's May 1 meeting this year.