Recent Articles

The City of Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Department will host the 34th annual Down East Senior Games Monday, May 1, 2017 to Friday, May 12, 2017. The games are a partnership among five counties, including Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Northampton and Wilson. Registration for participation ends Monday, April 3, 2017.
"We have senior competitors that come from as far away as Scotland Neck," says Alex Langley, Senior Center manager.

Nashville's Harold D. Cooley Library hosted a special storytime on Saturday, March 25 with Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore as the storyteller. Bashore read several stories about police officers and talked to youth about his job as a police officer.

Members of the Spring Hope High School Class of 1959 held their 58th reunion last Thursday at the home of John T. Puckett in Nashville. There were 42 in the graduating class. Those in attendance enjoyed a meal and fellowship.

Lillie Jo, 19 months, picks flowers while she waits for the Easter Egg Hunt to begin at Nashville's Glover Park.

Judson Beasley, 3, picks up eggs on Monday during the Easter Egg Hunt at Glover Park. Youth were divided into three age groups for the annual egg hunt.

Elm Grove Baptist Church held its Spring Fest on Saturday, April 1 at Glover Park. The event included inflatables, games, face painting, crafts, outdoorsman demonstrations and food. as well as door prizes and entertainment. Pictured above, Sarah Dunn, 7, at right, gets her face painted from Brittany Whitehurst, at left.

Monday, May 1 from 2:30 until 6:30 p.m. at the Sharpsburg Fire Department, 300 Taylor Road, Sharpsburg
Saturday, May 6 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Capital Ford Lincoln, 2012 Stone Rose Drive, Rocky Mount
Tuesday, May 9 from 3 until 7 p.m. at Stony Hill FWB Church, 9649 Stony Hill Church Road, Middlesex
Saturday, May 13 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Light of Peace Missionary Baptist Church, 510 S. Glendale Avenue, Rocky Mount

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2016-2017 school year.
The following students at Southern Nash High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2016-2017 school year.
The following students at Southern Nash Middle School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2016-2017 school year. The following students at Rocky Mount High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Caitlyn Vester recently received a National Medal in the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Vester was awarded the Silver Medal in the Drawing and Illustration category. In 2017 more than 300,000 works of art and writing were submitted, and less than one percent of submissions are awarded medals at the National Level.
Since 1923, the Awards have recognized creative teenagers from across the country. By receiving a Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Medal, these students join a legacy of celebrated artists including Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, Lena Durham and Paul Chan.

Sometimes.... it doesn't seem like that there are many pets available at the Shelter. But if you visit, there may be someone there that you will fall in love with. There may be pets not photographed who have just arrived. Some of the pets at the Shelter are there for things such as bite quarantines (they are seldom available) or their owners are known.

Elizabeth Winstead has been awarded this year's Ann MacPherson Weaver Memorial Scholarship at Rocky Mount Academy.
An eighth-grader at Bunn Middle School, Winstead will attend RMA in the fall on a full-tuition scholarship, valued at more than $48,000 for four years.
The Weaver Scholarship was established at Rocky Mount Academy in 1986 in memory of a 1984 RMA graduate who had succumbed to cancer earlier that year.

He is Risen! (I can hear you as you sit with your coffee or tea as you excitingly reply back, "He is risen, indeed!) Oh what joys come with Easter, what treasures can be found in knowing the cross and tomb are empty as they bear no power over our risen Savior, but instead serve as a sign of where he once hung and he once lay.
For us, as disciples of Jesus, Easter must be our victory song, it must be our continued battle cry as we live our daily lives.

Easter Morning was a beautiful climax to Holy Week. As Peachtree folks gathered for worship, it was with joyful praise for a Risen Savior.
The Good Friday service, which had been held in communion with the people of Spring Hope Baptist Church and their pastor, Kevin Moore, was well attended. It was an inspirational service. Following Holy Communion, Pastor Whitehouse brought the message, "The Faces of Calvary". Special music was solos by Jerry Hobgood, Marta Whitehouse and David Griffin.

Red Oak Baptist Church had a great time of revival last week! Rev. Justin Carp brought the Sunday morning message and Rev. Billy Webb brought the evening messages. It was good to see the community participate.
Dorothy, Audrey, and Suzy Pearce enjoyed time with family on Easter. Family gathered at the home of Earl Penny in Selma. They had a delicious lunch together and an Easter Egg Hunt for the children.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2016-2017 school year.
The following students at JW Parker Middle School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol recognized 76 employees on Monday, April 3 in a promotional ceremony.
The ceremony was held in Raleigh.
The promotions included eight civilian and 68 sworn members from various sections within the organization.

The League of Women Voters Twin Counties invites the public to a legislative update with Senator Rick Horner (R-Nash, Wilson, Johnston).
Senator Horner will speak and answer questions on Thursday, April 20 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Warner meeting room at Braswell Memorial Library.
Horner, who won last fall's District 11 senatorial election, was educated in Nash County public schools and graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in Business Administration. His career has focused on the securities industry and commercial insurance, specializing in agribusiness and education.

Stacey Wise, Nash County Agent for North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, was named among the Top 75 Agents for 2016, by Steven D. Carroll, CPCU, Executive Vice President and General Manager. Agent Wise was selected for this honor based on her outstanding sales and service record for multi lines of insurance during 2016. North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Company has more than 785 agents across the state.

Halifax Resolves NC Sons of the American Revolution Vice President R. J. Myrick, at left, presented the Sheetz #447 station on Wesleyan Boulevard in Rocky Mount the SAR Flag Certificate last month. This certificate is presented to individuals, organizations or companies "In Recognition of exemplary Patriotism in the display of the flag of the United States of America." Tasha Bryant, at right, accepted the certificate on behalf of Sheetz.

Giving to others is extremely important for Girl Scouts, and during the 2017 Girl Scout Cookie Program, many girls made a strong effort to collect contributions for Operation Cookie Drop, our council-wide service project that brings the sweet taste of home to military men and women deployed far from home.
This year, Cara Cotugno, a Girl Scout Brownie from Nashville Troop #611, went above and beyond to collect donations.

Rick Thomason, at left in front, hands over command of the Marine Corps League Detachment #1262 - Cpl Suzy Sannes to his successor Dave Sannes, at right, during a recent meeting. The Marince Corps League is for all Marines and veterans and meets on the first Monday of every month at the VFW hall on Highway 97.

Edith Coggin Whitby, at left, Vice President Bethel Heroes 636 Chapter, UDC, presented Margie Parker Brantley, at right, with a Supplemental Certificate. The certificate honors Brantley's ancestor, Richard Lawrence Green, Company D, 47th Regiment, NC Infantry, CSA.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2016-2017 school year.
The following students at Rocky Mount Middle School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.