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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.