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Red Oak Middle School's Xavier Whitaker (left) prepares to elevate for a basket during Monday's Tri-County Conference boys basketall triumph at Parker Middle in Rocky Mount.

Southern Nash's Jalen Lucas drives for a basket against rival Wilson Fike High School.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Round and round the standings go in the topsy-turvy world of the Tri-County Conference North Division.
Where they will end up, nobody knows.
Heading into the final few days of the regular season, three teams -- Parker, Nash Central and Red Oak -- are competing for two playoff spots in the North Division girls basketball standings.

ROCKY MOUNT -- With Nash Central now in a different league, the annual Big East Conference Swim Championships had a different feel this time around.
Northern Nash and Southern Nash, however, are still in the league, and several performers from both schools offered outstanding efforts at last Friday's meet at the Harrison Family YMCA.

Members of the Nashville Business and Professional Women's (BPW) Club are finalizing plans for the 40th annual Elsie Clark Memorial Nashville Opry.
The event is slated to be held on Friday, March 2 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Nash Arts.
The Opry is a fundraiser for the organization and raises money for scholarships for area youth.

Authorities are continuing to search for a Rocky Mount man missing since Saturday.
The Rocky Mount Police Department responded to the main boat ramp at Battle Park Drive on Monday morning. A 2003 burgundy Ford Ranger pickup truck was found submerged in the Tar River.

Without volunteers, the annual Toys for Tots campaign wouldn't be possible.
The Cpl. Suzi Sannes Detachment 1262 of the Marine Corps League recognized those volunteers who contributed to the success of the 2017 Toys for Tots program with a meal and awards program on Friday night.

The Harold D. Cooley Library will celebrate Black History Month by showing episodes of a PBS documentary that recounts African American history.
The library will feature the documentary "The African American: Many Rivers to Cross" each Friday during the month of February. The documentary is written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who chronicles five centuries of black history in a six-part series on PBS.