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Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival set for October 2-3 (relevance: 75%, date: Aug 5, 2026)
SPRING HOPE - More pieces are falling into place for this year's Spring Hope National Pumpkin Festival, planned Friday, Oct. 2nd and Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026.
"We got a much earlier start this year," said Steve Brumfield, commissioner, speaking at the July 20th Downtown Development Board meeting. "We're going to have more vendors than I've seen in a very long time."
Brumfield, who is Festival President, attempted to recuse himself from board action regarding festival permit approval August 3rd, but attorney Nick Berry said that since Brumfield had no financial conflict, it was permissable for Brumfield to vote for permit approval.

Overheard conversations are not the same as eavesdropping (relevance: 50%, date: Aug 5, 2026)
I was in a Wilmington hotel lobby, having just checked out and sitting alone waiting for my car. The woman working the front desk took a phone call. I had no interest in her business whatsoever, but then:
Woman: Naw, I can't be seen with them in public. I've told you that.
Long pause.
Woman: That's the agreement.

Bailey mayor under fire for conduct (relevance: 50%, date: Aug 5, 2026)
BAILEY - A contentious board of commissioners meeting in which the Mayor was asked to leave a closed session - the subject of which was a complaint by a town employee against him- ended with a unanimous motion to require the Mayor to keep within the confines of his prescribed duties. The Mayor was also directed to follow personnel policies "without undue harassment or aggression."

Stateline.org (relevance: 25%)
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RONALD "RONNIE" LAMM (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 11, 2026)

BOBBY RAY WILSON (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 11, 2026)

JAMES OLIVER LEE (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 11, 2026)

MICHAEL HANNAH (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 11, 2026)

DALE KEITH GRIFFIN (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 11, 2026)

NASH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 5, 2026)
1054 Bloomery Rd, Bailey; 07/27/26;common law robbery
10855 Smith Rd, Middlesex; 07/30/26; larceny of a firearm
12040 Nada Rd, Zebulon; 07/26/26; warrant service; resisting arrest/hinder and delay
12481 Bloomer Lane, Whitakers; 07/26/26; resisting arrest/hinder and delay; assault on law enforcement officer; assault with deadly weapon with inflicting serious injury

AMERICAN LEGION POST 110 NEWS (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 5, 2026)
Pictured above: Robert Flowers, outgoing Post Commander; Devell "Bo" Durham Jr., Department of North Carolina Past Commander; Incoming Commander, Bob La Banz.

Town mulls parking ordinances; bumps trash can fee again (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 5, 2026)
NASHVILLE - A request from Nashville Methodist Church to allow on-street parking on the west side of nearby S. Hilliard Street has met with town council approval, but the council tabled other parking changes until related ordinance issues could be addressed.
Randy Lansing, town manager, said that the church had asked that the parking restriction to be lifted in order to accommodate additional church parking. A house originally located at 106 S. Hilliard, Lansing said, but now demolished after acquisition by the church, was the reason the no parking zone had been put in place.

BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
Nashville Chamber celebrates 75th year (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 5, 2026)
NASHVILLE - Taylor Made Jewelry, a family-owned and operated business that opened its doors in the Piggly Wiggly shopping center in 2002, was named and celebrated as the 2026 Business of the Year during the 75th annual meeting of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce.
Diane Taylor, with son Ryan, daughter Rachel, and Tracie Rives, sales manager, accepted the award from Cliff Joyner, Chamber President, at the Elks Club on Thursday night, July 30th.

Nash to amend location rules for rural vape shops (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 5, 2026)
NASHVILLE - The adoption of a new UDO Text Amendment to regulate the locations of stand-alone "vape" shops has put the kibosh on suspected plans to place one on NC 97 near the Rocky Mount-Wilson Airport.
Nash commissioners voted unanimously August 3rd to adopt the text amendment into current code, effective immediately, with the understanding that it would be carried over into the draft revised Unified Development Ordinance currently being worked on.

EASTER MAE-ELLA CONYERS SILVER (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 5, 2026)

RITA SMALL (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 4, 2026)

Nebraska Baker (relevance: 25%, date: Aug 4, 2026)

Click "Graphic Sports" link on right sidebar (relevance: 25%, date: Nov 19, 2025)

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