A traffic stop on Monday night on Interstate 95 in Nash County resulted in the largest seizure of heroin in Nash County history.
The Nash County Sheriff's Office Highway Interdiction Team seized close to four pounds of heroin after stopping the car, a black Cadillac passenger car at the 134 mile marker northbound on I-95.

Nash County Commissioners approved the 2018-2019 fiscal year budget, totalling $93.9 million, last Monday following a public hearing.
The adopted budget totals $93,928,346 and is compared to the 2017-2018 original budget of $90,307,834.
"This represents a 4.01 percent increase over the FY 2017-2018 original budget," County Manager Zee Lamb explained.

Tammy Bybee has donated over 100 bloodhound puppies to law enforcement and other agencies across the country.
Last week, Bybee got a chance to visit with two of the puppies she donated last year in Nash County.
Bybee is the founder of Just In Case Bloodhounds and has been donating the puppies for over 10 years now.

Over 1,000 seniors with Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools turned their tassells on Saturday, as they graduated from four area high schools.
Ceremonies were held at Southern Nash High School, Rocky Mount High School, Northern Nash High School and Nash Central High School.
Family, friends, teachers, board members and district administrators gathered to celebrate the success of the graduates.

Plans are coming together for the fifth annual Nash County Bark for Life.
This year's event will be held in Rocky Mount at Best Friend's Dog Park. The event is slated for September 29 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event will be held rain or shine.

A local Nashville community is hosting a "Neighborhood Day" and inviting other communities to join in.
Nashville Neighborhood Day will be held on Saturday, June 23 from 12 until 5 p.m. at Glover Park.
Mary Richardson, one of the organizers for the event, grew up in the Brooklyn Community and said the event was created specifically for that community.

Nash County 4-H inducted its latest Hall of Famers on Sunday during a special ice cream social.
Dan Cone, Dr. Diane Price Fleming and Jane Tyson were all announced as the 2018 Nash County 4-H Hall of Fame recipients.
Barbara Tyre, President of the Nash County 4-H Alumni and Friends group, read a poem called, "The Dash" by Linda Ellis before announcing the inductees.

Boice-Willis Clinic, a mutli-specialtiy, physicial-owned practice, celebrated the opening of its new Medical Center last Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
The brand new, two-story healthcare facility is located on a 3.74 acre property at 91 Enterprise Drive, on the corner of English Road and Enterprise Drive.

Revamping Christmas decorations, planting trees and purchasing year-round banner flags in the downtown area were considered desired projects at the June 4th Municipal Service District (MSD) Advisory Board meeting, however dealing with last year's new LED Christmas decorations were labeled as the first priority.
Nashville's MSD projects are funded through tax dollars collected from property owners in the district. Around $32,000 is collected annually.

INCIDENTS
A larceny (shoplifting) was reported on 6/4/18 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A larceny was reported on 6/5/18 at 222 W Washington Street

A call for service was reported on 6/3/18 at 7603 Old Smithfield Road
A first degree burglary, assault and battery was reported on 6/4/18 at 4808 Taylors Store Road
A misdemeanor larceny was reported on 6/4/18 at 3854 Riviera Drive

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from May 28 through June 8.

Nashville Lions Club recently installed new officers. Pictured on the front row (L-R): Steve Bradley, Director, Jeannette Shaw, Director, Jim Boehm, President and Leroy Jones, Tail Twister. Pictured on the back row (L-R) is: Tom Hathaway, Vice President, Charles Holloman, Installer of officers and Past District Governor. On the very back is Stan Miller secretar. Not pictured is Doris McBride Treasurer.

Nashville's American Legion Post 110 installed its new officers last month. Pictured on the front row is J.D. Powell, of RM Post 58, who installed the oficers, James Ervin, Commander, Jim Boehm, Historian, Barney Bell, Sergeant-at-Arms, Gerald Pipkin, Chaplain and Ken Powell, Adjutant. On the back row (L-R) is: Ross Strickland, Finance Officer, Larry Womack, Veterans Service Officer and Gene Braswell, First Vice Commander.

Past Nash County 4-H Hall of Fame recipients Manly Wilder (far left) and Bobby Joe Fisher (far right) present a numbered lithograph of a painting, "Hands of Service" by Richard Tumbleston to 4-H Hall of Fame inductee Dan Cone. Each inductee was presented the painting on Sunday.

The Nashville High Class of 1963 held its reunion commemorating 55 years since graduation at the Community Building in Nashville Saturday evening, June 2. Everyone enjoyed a great time of visiting, a good meal and a time of sharing and "catching up".

The Nashville High Class of 1960 held its reunion on April 27th. Pam and Mike Evans served as hosts.

Over $9,000 was raised for My Sister's House at a golf tournament hosted by ACDi on May 4th at Belmont Lake Golf Club. One hundred golfers participated in this year's event. In total, ACDi has raised over $45,000 for My Sister's House with this annual event. "We really appreciate ACDi supporting us each year through this golf tournament. It is a fun day for the golfers while raising much needed funds for our agency.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2017-2018 school year.
The following students at Nashville Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2017-2018 school year.
The following students at Benvenue Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Rocky Mount Prep School has joined the Lock Your Meds Campaign with PORT Health Services to prevent prescription drug abuse. The school has changed its policy to keep all medications locked up in boxes for safety purposes.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2017-2018 school year.
The following students at Bailey Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2017-2018 school year.
The following students at Middlesex Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the third semester of the 2017-2018 school year.
The following students at Englewood Elementary School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

"He shall judge the world in righteousness, and he shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness." (Psalms 9:8)
I am grateful for God's grace and mercy in my life. I see it every day and often wonder, "Why me?" I also ask the same question when I get frustrated, even angry with God.

June greetings, fellow Followers of the Way! I have an important save the date announcement for you, that I do hope you will mark on your calendars and make plans to attend. But first, I invite you to read a bit and then we will get to the announcement...
God is a covenant God. God cuts covenant and when he cuts covenant he keeps covenant.

Happy 90th birthday to Nell Boone! She celebrated early with a party at Red Oak Baptist Church on Sunday, June 10. Lots of guests attended including family, friends, and former students including some who were the first students she taught! Everyone enjoyed the time with her and refreshments.
Lorene Bass also celebrated her 95th birthday last week. Happy birthday!

Thursday, June 14 from 12 until 6 p.m. at Englewood Presbyterian Church, 100 South Englewood Drive, Rocky Mount
Friday, June 15 from 11 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at Englewood Presbyterian Church, 100 South Englewood Drive, Rocky Mount
Thursday, June 21 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Tri-County Industries, 1250 Atlantic Avenue, Rocky Mount

There once was a King who lived among a long line of both godly and wicked rulers. This back and forth leadership took its toll on the citizens and the nation as a whole. Idol worship ran rampant in the nation and reforms were needed. The King was seeking God and he was making necessary changes in the nation. The King was doing a good thing.

Sunday was the 13 year anniversary of the devastating fire which destroyed the 1954 church building. Through the grace of God, and with the help of many people, the present building was complete and dedicated on June 10, 2007- eleven years ago today. Thanks be to God for his multiple blessings upon us.
Sanctuary flowers were given by Kathy and Aubrey Farmer. The Adult Choir sang "Calvary Covers it All" under the direction of the Pastor.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages America's farmers and ranchers to nominate candidates to lead, serve and represent their community on their local county committee. USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) will accept nominations for county committee members beginning Friday, June 15, 2018.
Producers across the country are already serving on committees where they play a critical role in the day-to-day operations of FSA, making important decisions on programs dealing with disaster and conservation, emergencies, commodity price loan support, county office employment and other agricultural issues.

On May 22nd, Red Oak Girl Scout Troop 3249 celebrated National Thank You Day (which was May 19th) by putting together a gift bag full of snacks and water and presenting it to the local volunteer fire department. Pictured are some of the local volunteer firefighters and troop members Logan Greene, Samantha Serrano, Hannah Tollefsen and Elizabeth Sloane.

Red Oak Girl Scout Troop 3249 cleaned and planted flowers in the border around the flag pole at the Red Oak Post Office on May 1st. The girls from left to right are: Logan Greene, Samantha Serrano, Destiny Silver, Hannah Tollefsen and Kiersten Cridlin.

Nash Central High School graduates Seth Turner and Dillon Viverette

Southern Nash High School graduates Kelvin Whitaker, Dae'One Wilkins, Tyler Wilson and Jalen Smith.

Rocky Mount High School graduates and Student Government Association members Jayla Coley, Courtney Coley, Nija Bryant, Vanessa Ward and Renata Eley.

Rocky Mount High School graduates Aiyanna Clanton and Jaydyn Bryant.

Rocky Mount High School Valedictorian Solomon Tyler Gonzalez, Salutatorians Meredith Sides and Jerin Smith.

Sarah Lamm and Linzi Long

Anya Lawrence, Kiara Hall and Shenautica Atkinson

Julia Williams

Senior Class President Tillery Bolden, Salutatorian Caitlyn Cooke, Valedictorian Natalie Bernat and Senior Class Vice President Markela Avent

Tarshianna Nicholson, Uosar Nasser and Shamiya Mercer

Ms. Claudia Jenkins with her homeroom class of seniors on graduation day

Southern Nash High School graduates Jacob Lamm and Dylan Jeffreys.

Southern Nash High School graduates Jamia Thomas and Uyen Vo.

It's a simple concept, really. Three-year-olds all across America often turn it into a game.
When you make a piece of trash, it goes in the trashcan.
When the trashcan fills, the trash goes outside to be picked up by the trash truck or taken to a county convenience center a.k.a., "the dump."

School is officially out for the summer and over 1,000 students earned diplomas on Saturday during four graduation ceremonies, marking a new chapter of their life.
For these seniors, life is really just getting started and I'm sure lots of adventures await.
The graduation at Southern Nash High School had a moment of pure joy for everyone who attended.

Dear Editor: The State of NC has gone round on the issue of statues and awards. Culturally there are differences in appearances, values and certainly not in the skill or art form. It seems to be political and localized. Our children are less bias affected than we adults. The side that did the kind things: e.g. Save people from whippings, abuse, lack of education, and enhance their lives with personal freedoms was one side of the Civil War process.

ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM -- This photo was originally published in The Graphic on May 25, 1978. Tim Parker (left), Marvin Winstead and Jo Ann Pitts (right) are shown in a scene from the Northern Nash High School Drama Department's production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."

NORTHERN NASH BASKETBALL STANDOUT UNDRA CHERRY

RED OAK -- Undray Cherry's boys basketball career at Northern Nash featured the best of both worlds.
Not only did Cherry put up some impressive individual numbers, he was part of a team that has boasted an incredible won-loss record over the past two campaigns.

SOUTHERN NASH HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR EMORY NEW

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash High School recently held its annual Spring Sports Awards Ceremony -- and also saluted its top student-athletes and coaches from the 2017-18 school year.
Here is a list of the award winners:

VAULTING OVER THE COMPETITION. Multi-sport standout Sarah Hicks has been saluted as the Female Athlete of the Year for the 2017-18 calendar year at Nash Central High School.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Here is a list of honorees from the recent Nash Central High School Athletic Awards Ceremony for the 2017-18 year:

ROCKY MOUNT -- Second-round Little Legaue baseball playoff action for the City of Rocky Mount saw old rivals Wesley Men and Chambliss & Rabil squaring off again, with this round going to the Wesley Men by a 6-1 count.
Wesley was led by shortstop Clayton Hedgepeth's 2-3 outing at the plate, Dylan Moseley's early-inning RBI single and the steady pitching of right-hander Tevin Jones.

ZEBULON -- Winston-Salem's Joel Booker delivered a go-ahead RBI double in the eleventh as the Dash finished off a three-game sweep of the homestanding Carolina Mudcats with an 11-inning 2-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at Five County Stadium in a Class A Carolina League baseball contest.
Booker's run-scoring double in the 11th came against reliever Luke Barker and with two outs in what would prove to be the final inning of the game.

NASH COUNTY -- The annual Nash-Halifax Swim League schedule will kick off today with a meeting between long-time rivals Nash Rec and Westridge.
Action will begin at 5 p.m. at the Nash Rec Pool in Nashville.
This will be the only meet today as other league entrants Birchwood and Roanoke Rapids will be idle.

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Sports League Week 8 Scores: