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Authorities arrested Middlesex's police chief on charges that he assaulted his girlfriend, a Franklin County woman.

WILSON -- After losing three key seniors -- and Louisburg College signees -- from last year's club, it was unsure how good the Southern Nash Ladybirds could possibly be during the 2017 girls soccer campaign.
It hasn't taken long for the Ladybirds of Coach Carlos Barron to respond to that assessment.
Through seven matches, the Ladybirds are an impressive 6-1 overall -- a mark that includes a strong victory over Hobbton last Saturday at the annual The Brittany Girls Soccer Showcase at Gillette Park in Wilson.

Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone announced on Monday the dismantling of a cocaine trafficking ring with ties to Nash County.
The investigation was done by members of the Tar River Regional Drug Task Force, which initiated its investigation into the Rayfield Morgan Drug Trafficking Organization in August 2016.
Stone said really, though, the operation started several years ago and had evolved over time.

Nash UNC Health Care recently announced it would be closing the pediatric wing of its hospital.
Jeff Hedgepeth, Director of Public Relations and Marketing, said the pediatric wing is averaging 1.3 patients per day. However, the new Pediatric Emergency Department is seeing a tremendous increase in the number of patients it sees.

Nashville Elementary School recently sent seven teams to the Coastal Regional Odyssey of the Mind Competition, with two teams moving on to the state competition next month.
Two teams placed first in the competition and another team received third place.
Odyssey of the Mind is a creative problem-solving program that teaches students from kindergarten to college to learn creative problem-solving methods while having fun in the process.

Nashville Town Manager Henry Raper warned council members at a retreat last month that the town may be forced to increase its utility rates.
"We are anticipating Rocky Mount is going to go up on utility prices this year," Raper said. "If they go up on their rates, we will be forced to go up on our rates otherwise we're going to take a huge loss."
Raper said the town's enterprise fund is already tight and is a fund intended to operate to make money.

The Nash-Rocky Mount School System is urging parents to register their rising kindergartner in the coming weeks to help the school system assign the proper number of staff to classrooms during the next school year.
Pre-registration events are planned for April at several schools to encourage parents to take advantage of early registration.
Renee Johnson, Preschool Coordinator for Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, said signing up early is important for planning how many teachers are needed in August.

The Town of Nashville will be receiving two electric vehicle charging stations after all.
Council members approved a reimbursement agreement last Tuesday night that paves the way for two charging stations to be set up at Cooley Library.
The town was notified in December it had received a $10,000 grant for the charging stations. However, at the board's February meeting, council members were hesitant to approve a reimbursement agreement that would reimburse the town the $10,000 upon completion of the project.

Nash County Firefighters have been busy the past few days.
Firefighters have responded to numerous fires since Friday all over the county.
Nash County Fire Marshal Chris Bissette said the strong winds have contributed to a few of the fires.
On Friday afternoon, the Salem Fire Department noticed smoke and went to investigate and found an abandoned chicken house on fire at 5116 Swift Creek School Road.

I never thought the time would come when I would care so little about Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.
But then again, growing up as a Carolina fan, I never thought I'd know of a time when UNC athletes were involved in academic scandals, or got arrested, or that Woody Durham would no longer be calling the games on the radio.
I also never thought they'd take the conference beyond ruin -- the proper Southern term here is "rurnt" -- by adding a bunch of schools that have no business hanging out on Tobacco Road.

Sunshine doesn't appear to be in the forecast this week in Nash County but journalists across the country are still spreading some sunshine.
And boy is it needed!
Sunshine Week is a week dedicated to transparency, accountability and good government.
Just typing that sentence made me chuckle a little.

Dear Editor:
There are many who appear to have missed the teachings of the Bible or have forgotten them. God created the earth and everything on and in the earth. After creating the earth, sun, moon, stars, and the universe God appointed mankind to rule over all the earth and its creatures during their time on earth.

JAYVEE CHEERLEADERS -- This photo was originally published in The Graphic on May 28, 1974. Pictured are the Northern Nash Jayvee Cheerleaders for the following season. Pictured, left to right, first row, are: Bridgette Boswell, Denise Gibson and Fohliette Williams. Second row: Denise Ward, Lynn Henderson, Venessa Harrison, Cathy Alston and Linda Hinton. Third row: Becky High, Meba Richardson, Debbie Battle, JoAnn Battle, and Tammy Wells.

Nashville's Police Department was a talking point in Governor Roy Cooper's State of the State address on Monday night.
Cooper discussed the opioid and substance abuse crisis facing the state.
"In my hometown of Nashville, North Carolina, Police Chief Tom Bashore is working to combat this addiction crisis."
Last February, Bashore and the department started up the HOPE initiative.