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Reports of an armed subject near the courthouse on Thursday afternoon were unfounded, according to the Nash County Sheriff's Office.

The Nashville Chamber of Commerce collected toys at its Christmas Social for local families. Pictured above Nashville Chamber Member Elaine Robertson (left) presents toys to Stephanie Grischow, Foster Care Supervisor for Nash County Department of Social Services. Toys were also given to Faith Christian Ministries in Nashville.

Nash County Commissioners agreed on Monday to contribute half of the funding needed to ensure all teachers in the Nash-Rocky Mount School System are able to receive merit-based bonuses.
The state gave $208,000 to the school system to provide merit-based bonuses to state-funded employees who are not teachers. That equated to 123 employees who would be eligible to receive the bonus under a plan the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education approved, which meant a $1,691 bonus per employee.

Property owners in Nash County will soon be getting valuation notices from the Nash County Tax Department.
Jim Wrenn, Director of the Nash County Tax Department, presented information on the effect the recent revaluation will have on the county at the board's regular meeting on Monday.
Wrenn said despite county officials being prepared for as much as a 12 percent decrease in property values, the overall decrease came in much lower, at 1.21 percent.

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE! --- Brian Whitley dances with his daughter (left) Bryony Whitley and her friend, Taylor Dickens during the annual Daddy Daughter Dance sponsored by Nash County's Parks and Recreation Department. The event was held at the Nash County Ag Center in Nashville with close to 500 guests attending.

The Spring Hope Board of Commissioners are discussing the possibility of adding LED lights to areas of the town that are dim.
Spring Hope resident and member of the Spring Hope Chamber of Commerce Allen Barbee proposed the idea.
He said lights should be added to the section on Highway 581 where drivers come off of the Spring Hope/Bailey exit from either US-64 West or US-64 East.
"Basically, you have one light at each ramp entrance and exit and then one that will kind of light up the bridge itself," he explained.

Nashville's Town Council wants more information before moving forward with a Duke Energy Grant that will provide two electric vehicle charging stations in town.
Council members were presented a reimbursement agreement on Tuesday at the board's regular meeting that would reimburse the town $10,000 upon completion of the project.
The $10,000 is part of Duke Energy's "EV Charging Infrastructure Project," which awarded grants for over 200 charging stations in around 50 counties throughout the state.

The O.D. Moore Scholarship Foundation is hoping to provide even more scholarships to area youth by hosting its first ever Gospel Jubilee Fundraiser.
The event will be held on Saturday, March 4 and will raise money for the scholarship, which the foundation has been providing to youth for over 40 years.
In the past, a golf tournament has solely funded the scholarships, said Irma Boykin, who serves on the O.D. Moore Scholarship Golf Tournament Committee. But Boykin added that the committee decided to organize another even to raise even more money so that more scholarships could be given out.

Nash County Emergency Services celebrated the career of 9-1-1 Supervisor Doug Jackson last week at a retirement celebration held in his honor.
Jackson started in the 9-1-1 center when he was 22 years old. He said his uncle was a paramedic at the time and suggested he apply for the position.
"He told me to come here one day and observe and I've been here every since, more or less," Jackson said.
Jackson said he enjoys being able to help others and that's something he has been able to do in his role with the 9-1-1 center.

Former Nash County Commissioner Danny Tyson came before the Nash Board on Monday with a simple request; name either the tax office or health department after Billy Morgan.
Morgan was a long-time commissioner on Nash County's Board who recently passed away. Morgan had just retired from the board when he unexpectedly passed away at his home.

The majority of the regular monthly meeting of the town board of Castalia Tuesday was spent discussing the park.
First the board heard a presentation from Zach Wood. At the January meeting Wood presented several possible Eagle Scout projects. The board had decided on raised flower beds around the picnic shelter. However, the cost of that project is beyond the budget, so Wood presented an alternative project involving the installation of grills near the picnic shelter. The board approved the change, and his next step involves raising funds to cover the cost of the new project.

Bobby Land (right) has recently started designing and painting benches for special people in his life. Pictured above he presents a special bench to his brother, Wayne Land, in honor of his 44 years in business in Nash County.

Last week, a water main broke in Chapel Hill, essentially sending the town into chaos. It was unsafe to drink or wash hands with tap water.
Water is one of those things we don't think about until we have a problem with it. Around here, that might be a busted pipe, or a problem with a well, or maybe a drought.
Bottled and jugged water flew off shelves in the town faster than bread and milk five minutes after a TV weatherperson utters the words "maybe" and "flurries" within three sentences of each other.

Last Thursday, February 2, my youngest little baby turned two years old.
I suppose I should have written about him last week but I'll be honest, I'm in a state of denial over how fast he's growing up!
Brendin is a little fella. Though he's now two years old, he is still wearing 18-month-old clothes and most of the pants he wears are too big. He still has at least one 12-month-old outfit he still wears, mostly because it's a UNC outfit and he wants to wear it for as long as he can!