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Members of the Nash County All-Stars stand along the first-base line during pre-game introductions before last Saturday's regional championship contest.

Nash County's Drifton Padgett smokes a line drive during last Saturday's title contest of the Babe Ruth 13-15 Baseball Southeast Regional Finals at Guy Smith Stadium.

NASHVILLE -- Nash Rec added an interesting final plot twist to the 2017 Nash-Halifax Swim League regular season -- and provided even more drama for the upcoming
N-HSL Championships.
Nash Rec saw its long-time league dynasty come to a close last year at the N-SHL Finals as Roanoke Valley picked up the crown.

Opponents of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline donned signs and red attire last Thursday night to express their disapproval of the project to officials with the N.C. Division of Water Quality.
Two regional public hearings were held recently to gather feedback before deciding whether a water quality certification permit will be issued for the pipeline project. One hearing was at Nash Community College in Brown Auditorium last Thursday. Prior to that, a hearing was held in Fayetteville.

Local authorities investigating a reported plane crash on Tuesday night were unable to located any aircraft after searching for several hours.
Nash County 9-1-1 received a call of a possible plane crash in the area of Highway 231 N at Buck Deans Road in Middlesex around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25.
The call reportedly came from an air traffic controller from Washington, D.C. saying they had received a call from a pilot that had picked up a distressed signal from another plane in the GPS coordinates of Highway 231.

In 2008, Eddie Gray began walking.
His mission was simple; to bring awareness to veterans and the issues they face.
Along the way, Gray has met with numerous public officials and veterans.
This week, he met with officials in Nashville.

A Middlesex man was charged with felony death by motor vehicle after investigators allege his careless and reckless driving caused a three-car wreck that killed a Warrenton woman.
Barbara Jean O'Brien, 34, died as a result of injuries sustained in the head-on collision.
Witnesses said they learned the wife and mother of two was on the way to pick up one of her children from daycare.

The Nash County Board of Elections has authorized a one-week extension on filing for seats in three municipalities after no one filed.
Filing ended at noon on July 21. However, Nash County Board of Elections Director John Kearney said there were seats in Bailey, Castalia and Momeyer that no one filed for.
In Momeyer, there were two town commissioner seats up for grabs but only Martha Lucas, who currently serves on the board, filed for one of the seats.

Nashville's Police Department will continue National Night Out but has moved the fifth annual event to October.
Typically, the nationwide event is held on the first Tuesday in August. However, Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore said the department decided to move it due to the heat.