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Local teen gets state's highest 4-H honor (relevance: 100%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
RALEIGH- Longtime Nash County 4-H competitor Page Strickland has been inducted into the 4-H Honor Club, achieving the organization's highest honor at the state level.
Strickland, inducted July 21, 2025 during the NC 4-H Congress event in Raleigh, was awarded four scholarships at the Youth and Donor Event two days later: the Edward Gore/General Hugh Shelton 4-H Leadership Scholarship for $2,500; the Edmund & Elizabeth Aycock 4-H Scholarship for $2,000; the LR Harrill 4-H Scholarship for $2,000; and the Robert N. Wood Collegiate 4-H Scholarship for $1,000.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR (relevance: 64.1%, date: Apr 18, 2006)

Swift Creek Elem. School to go back up for public auction (relevance: 59%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
NASHVILLE - The old Swift Creek Elementary School, sold off by Nash County Public Schools last year, is going back up on the auction block now that the buyer has backed out of the deal.
Angie Miller, NCPS Special Assistant of Auxiliary Services, Operations and Athletics, first shared the news at a July 28 board of education committee meeting, relaying that the property would be put back up for sale.

New Nash Community College mural supports first responder mental health (relevance: 57.6%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
ROCKY MOUNT - A summer camp project for local middle school students may leave a lasting impression on first responders, with a message for firefighters and police officers who use the Nash Community College fire burn building near the Police Officer Physical Agility Test Field.
The side of the Burn building, used each year during NCC's Firefighter Academy, now is covered by an immense piece of "graffiti art" featuring a yellow sun burning on a blue background with the words "You Are Not Alone."

Chloe's Court Prowess (relevance: 56%, date: Jul 31, 2025)
TUSKEGEE, ALA. -- One of the top tennis players in Nash County's recent history is heading into her final year of college this fall and is primed for a strong senior campaign on the tennis court.
Northern Nash graduate Chloe Harrington has made a huge impact on the Tuskegee University Golden Tiger tennis team over her first three years, highlighted by back-to-back NCAA Division II Regional appearances by Harrington and her teammates in 2024 and 2025.

Rosser announces that he is leaving Northern (relevance: 53.2%, date: Jul 31, 2025)
RED OAK -- One of the top basketball players in the area's history is making a big change this offseason, one that not only is taking him outside of Nash County but outside of North Carolina as a whole.
Formerly of Northern Nash High School's Boys Basketball roster, one of the class of 2027's top players in C.J. Rosser announced on Sunday via social media that he would be leaving Northern this year, opting to attend Southeastern Preparatory Academy in Orlando, Florida this academic year.

NCSO I-95 traffic stop nets cocaine, money (relevance: 49.2%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
BATTLEBORO- Two out-of-state men are being held in the Nash County Detention Center after their arrest on July 15 on I-95 near Battleboro. The reason? Cocaine and a "large amount" of money found in the car.
According to a July 16 Nash County Sheriff's Office press release, Harry Rodriguez Felix, 35, of Erie, PA and Marcos Rivera Garcia, 26, of New Bedford, MA, were driving a white mini-van with out-of-state plates when they were pulled over at 1:45 p.m. July 15 for a routine traffic violation.

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Nash extension agent takes national award (relevance: 40.6%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - One of Nash County's Cooperative Extension Agents, Colby Griffin, has another prize to add to his wall: this one for Distinguished Service. It is awarded by both state and national associations of county agricultural agents, recognizing Extension professionals for outstanding service, program excellence and high regard among peers. Only extension agents who have served ten or more years are eligible.
Griffin was awarded the prize at the state level in Concord, NC, on June 11th, proceeding to Billings, MT, July 1 to collect the national award.

Truck buying seemed like a cross-cultural experience (relevance: 37.4%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
Last week, I wrote about how Old Unreliable finally bit the dust, taking a deer and my credit card balance with it.
While that old Dodge served my dad and his pugs for a generation, it was not so kind to us. If a truck could smoke two packs of Marlboros a day, lay out of work twice a week and get in the occasional fight at the Waffle House, it would have been this one.
The truck was ruled totaled and I told my youngest son, the primary driver of the vehicle, that we'd try to take our time and find the right vehicle.

Contract applications sought to operate Rocky Mount License Plate Agency (relevance: 34.3%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
ROCKY MOUNT - The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles is seeking applicants for a commissioned contractor to operate a license plate agency (LPA) in Rocky Mount.
In North Carolina, NCDMV oversees LPAs, but the agencies are managed by private businesses or local governments.
The current agency, at 1850 Stone Rose Dr., in Rocky Mount, will close at 5 p.m. on Nov. 26 following the announced retirement of the contractor. The agency is owned by Rocky Mount, LPA, LLC, and has been operated by Vicki Bridgers since 1981.

Sgt. Ricks retires after 25 years at NCSO (relevance: 29.6%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
NASHVILLE - A special ceremony to mark the 25-year retirement of Sgt. Stanley "Stan" Ricks of the Nash County Sheriff's Office was held Thursday, July 31st, at the historic Nash County courthouse, followed by a caravan of law enforcement to Ricks' home outside Nashville for him to do a radio check off-duty.
Ricks, whose partner, K-9 Pebbles, retired earlier this month, was the subject of multiple speeches of praise, also receiving multiple plaques for his service from Sheriff Keith Stone, from Capt. Bryant from the Civil division, from Capt. Costa from the K-9 Team and from Chief Deputy Alan Wilson for the special response team.

Breaking News: Flash flood in Spring Hope leaves two dead (relevance: 27.1%, date: Aug 7, 2025)
NASHVILLE - A man and a woman are dead, the victims of flash flooding Wednesday in Spring Hope.
While the victims' identities have not yet been officially released by the Nash County Sheriff's Office, the two were reportedly from Louisburg: 55-year-old Raymond Evans Jr. and 24-year-old Lottie Alston, a 2020 graduate of Franklin County Early College High. They were driving a silver 2002 Honda Odyssey minivan around 2:15 Wednesday afternoon in the area of 687 North NC-581 when the vehicle was swept off the right side of the road about 35 yards into a ravine during flash flooding.

STERLING CHOICE (relevance: 24.7%, date: Jul 31, 2025)
STANHOPE -- For the first time in more than 20 years, Southern Nash will be under the direction of a new boys basketball coach this winter.
Ten-year assistant and longtime member of the Southern Nash family Sterling Leonard will be taking the reins as the Firebirds' head coach on the hardwood, taking over the position from Robbie Kennedy, a role he held since the 2002-03 season.

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