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Former Nash County Commissioner Billy Morgan passed away on Wednesday afternoon, just weeks after retiring from the Board of Commissioners.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education will be led by two of its female members, after the board unanimously voted in Wendy Wilson and Ann Edge to serve as the Chair and Vice-Chair last week.
The board elects its leadership each January during the first board meeting of the new year.
Wilson was voted in unanimously as the Chair of the board, following the swearing in of the six newly re-elected board members.

Nash County residents wanting a safe place to sell their things can now visit Nashville's Police Department's "Internet Purchase Safety Zone."
The department recently installed cameras in front of the police station so people could have a safe place to purchase things from others online.
Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore said with the increase of people selling items online at swap and shop sites, the town wanted to offer a safe place for transactions to take place.

Nash County residents were treated to some snow, but mostly ice, this weekend as the first winter storm of 2017 hit the area on Friday night and all day Saturday.
Brian Brantley, Nash County Emergency Services Director, said the mix of rain then sleet then snow made for terrible conditions on the roadways. But overall, Brantley said Nash County residents seemed to stay off the road and out of accidents.
"The accidents were up quite a bit, but not as bad as it could have been," Brantley said. "I think people have done a good job of staying off the roads."

A Family and Consumer Sciences Agent with Nash County Cooperative Extension was recently awarded the Jean Woodley Ballance FCS Scholarship Award.
Jayne McBurney received the award at a state extension meeting in November. The award is given to agents who have outstanding leadership in family and consumer sciences.
Agents in the Northeast District are eligible to receive the Jean Woodley Ballance FCS Scholarship Award, which is named after Ballance, who was a Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent in Hyde County.

The Spaulding Alumni Association in Spring Hope has offered to purchase the former Spaulding Middle School site for $10,000, Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Chief of Staff Brian Miller reported to the board last week.
The offer was made using the upset bid process, which is a 10-day upset bid. Attorney Rod Malone told board members that if the school system did not receive any other bids for the property, it would mean the immediate sale to the Spaulding Alumni Association.

A newly formed organization is hoping to make its first mission saving the historic teacherage in Red Oak.
The Red Oak Area Historic Preservation Society was formed last year after discovering that the Town of Red Oak had made plans to demolish the Red Oak Teacherage, a historic building that was built in the 1900s. The building sits across the street from Red Oak Elementary School and was used as a dormitory for single instructors and students. Most recently, it was used as a four-unit housing complex.

Phil Rodgers was close to living on the streets when he was welcomed into the Christian Veterans Home.
The home has provided shelter and support for numerous veterans since opening last year in Rocky Mount.
The home was once a halfway house for women just out of prison but was offered to Christian Fellowship Home's Board of Directors as another resource for them. The home was donated by Church on the Rise.

Ashlyn House and Natalie Pridgen are all bundled up and ready to sled in Nashville. (Graphic photo by Lou Roldan)

Shyanne Smith is all smiles while slipping and sliding around on the icy snow. (Graphic photo by Lou Roldan)

The Nashville Willing Workers will host their annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Banquet on Sunday, January 15 at 4 p.m.
The banquet will be held at the O.D. Moore Alumni Building at 806 South Alston Street in Nashville.
The guest speakers for the event will be Apostle Collins Kornegay and Minister Quavion Richardson and Voices with Purpose will provide music.

Thursday, January 12 from 2:30 until 7 p.m. at Red Oak Volunteer Fire Department, 7951 Red Oak Boulevard
Saturday, January 14 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Thorne's Chapel Baptist Church, 1624 Windsor Drive, Rocky Mount.
Wednesday, January 18 from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Honeywell Corporation, 3475 Wesleyan Boulevard, Rocky mount.
Thursday, January 19 from 10:45 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at Lowe's, 700 N. Wesleyan Boulevard

Due to the winter storm, the deadline to register for FEMA assistance as a result of Hurrican Matthew damage has been extended to January 23, 2017. To register, call 1-800-621-FEMA.

It is mid-January and that can mean only one thing: in about four weeks, everyone who joined a gym in early January has about four more weeks of workouts before they quit.
It is also time for the Soapbox Predictions for 2017.
Feel free to clip this and save it, because all of these predictions are always right, as far as you can remember.

The madness started last week, right when those weather people started using the "s" word.
I had told the boys the news about the possibility of snow once it had been mentioned several times. Of course, they were super excited and on Friday night, couldn't wait to go to bed so they could wake up to a yard full of that cold, white stuff. I had told the boys that they'd get awakened by a full rendition of "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman" on Saturday morning by their mother to celebrate the snow.

Dear Editor:
Last year, the Carolina Panthers' Cam Newton was all-everything. He was All-Pro, MVP and won virtually every award there was to win.
Well, why not, right?

VALENTINE'S DAY -- This photo originally published in The Graphic twenty-nine years ago on February 12, 1988. Travis Boulden presents a Valentine to Jessica Freeman.