Due to a cyberattack, Nash County residents have been unable to view deeds and other similar information online since Christmas.
"Unfortunately, due to a cyberattack on our vendor that handles the issuance of marriage licenses and the recording of any real estate, we will not be able to do any at this time. You may bring it into our office and we will hold it until the system is back up and record accordingly," appears on the website for the county's Register of Deeds as of earlier this week.

Drake Street will remain a one-way street, Nashville's Town Council agreed on Tuesday night.
Council members unanimously voted to leave Drake Street a one-way street between Elm Street and Washington Street after considering converting the street into a two-way street.
The decision will keep a 150-foot median from being constructed on Washington Street in the downtown area.

JEFFERYS

A familiar story for Spring Hope residents: A water outage followed by a boil water warning.
The entire town went without water for a day and a half last week while workers repaired a leak on Ash Street and waited for the tower to refill.
The cause is an aging, not-cared-for infrastructure, but the solution could be at hand if the town listens to one of its commissioners.

Investigators are again asking for the public's help in the unsolved homicide of a Nashville man.
Randy Colegrove, 53, died at the scene of a home invasion five years ago, said Capt. Jeff Sherrod with the Nash County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies received a call at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 21, 2017, of a suspicious activity on the 3500 block of N.C. 58 near Viverette Road just outside Nashville.

Winter 2023 looks to be a lot better now than last year for Nash County residents when it comes to COVID-19.
The coronvirus hit its peak locally in early 2022 with a high number of hospitalizations and death.
Those numbers were way down in December although the flu and upper respiratory diseases remain a concern, said Bill Hill, director of Nash County's Health Department.

A Nashville mother has been released from involuntary commitment and charged with trying to set her young child on fire.
Latisha McDonald, 33, has now been charged with first-degree attempted murder, attempted arson and child abuse. She received a $250,000 bond.
McDonald is accused of pouring lighter fluid on the bed of her 4-year-old child in an attempt to set the bed and child on fire.

Rocky Mount Police are looking for a man accused of robbing two convenience stores.
Officers responded to Kangaroo at 240 South Wesleyan Boulevard around 6:41 a.m. on January 2 in reference to a commercial robbery.
Ten minutes later, officers responded to the L&L Food Store at 2558 Hunter Hill Road in reference to a robbery.

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An identity fraud was reported on 12/27/22 at 1155 Duck Pond Road, Nashville
A breaking and entering from an auto and larceny from an auto was reported on 12/27/22 at 3752 Samaria Church Lane, Middlesex
Found property was reported on 12/30/22 at 4071 Ashbrook Road, Nashville

INCIDENTS
A driving while license revoked impaired rev., open container after consuming, driving while intoxicated and failure to maintain lane control was reported on 12/27/22 on US 64E at the 462 mile marker
A misdemeanor larceny was reported on 12/28/22 at 1205 Eastern Avenue

Nashville Planning Board Member Betty Lowe (at right) was recognized by Nashville's Town Council on Tuesday night for her 32 years of service to the planning board. Pictured, Mayor Brenda Brown (at left) reads a resolution in appreciation of Lowe's service. Lowe is retiring from the planning board.

Nashville Planning Board Member Betty Lowe (at right) was recognized by Nashville's Town Council on Tuesday night for her 32 years of service to the planning board. Pictured, Mayor Brenda Brown (at left) reads a resolution in appreciation of Lowe's service. Lowe is retiring from the planning board. Graphic photo by Amanda Clark - Nashville native Vera Morris (at right) was recognized for her accomplishements by Nashville Mayor Brenda Brown on Tuesday night at the board's regular meeting.

Nashville Mayor Brenda Brown (at left) swears in Town Clerk Louise "Lou" Bennett (center) at the town council meeting on Tuesday night. Pictured with Bennett is her daughter, Jupiter (at right).

The first baby born at Nash UNC Health Care is always an exciting event. This year was no different, as the Nash Women's Center welcomed Khalil Hykeem Williams as the first Nash UNC baby of 2023.
Khalil was born at 10:04 p.m. on New Year's Day to Qwanda and Dewayne Williams, of Nashville, weighing 7 pounds and 10 ounces.

Under a new owner, work has finally begun to stabilize a partially collapsed building in downtown Spring Hope that has been a thorn in the side of local officials for two years.
A wall of the building at 205 W. Main St. collapsed in November 2020, raining debris down on neighboring structures, causing the closure of three businesses.

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS LOSE WEIGHT ~ Say YES to Raw VEGGIES! Carrots and other uncooked vegetables such as celery and sweet potatoes are GOOD for your pets, when used as treats. Frozen veggies work fine too! They are a good source of vitamins and for our pets who might be a little chubby (ahem), a good alternate to other treats. Many pet treats are high in fat and many of us tend to give our pets too many of them! Of course, these are in addition to pet food, which is balanced to a pet's needs.

Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter [b] of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:1-2, CSB)
As I read the above-mentioned scripture, I began to think about the "suitcases" of our lives.

"And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'" (Luke 15:21)
I know that God wrestled in the Bible, but it never hit me that God ran in the Bible, too. Why would an omnipotent, all-powerful God who created the universe ever run? The answer is found in Luke 15.
The story, as it is told, chronicles the early adult life of a son, who after receiving his inheritance from his father, moved away, and apparently squandered a small fortune in the process.

Mckaylah Collins, a Senior Early Childhood Education major from Nashville, was among approximately 850 Bob Jones University students named to the Fall 2022 Dean's List.
The Dean's List recognizes students who earn a 3.00-3.74 grade point average during the semester.

As Taggart put it in Blazin' Saddles many years ago, "What in the wide world of sports is going on here?"
Last week, a video made the rounds all over the Internet and television of a brawl at a Waffle House in Texas. It looked like something from one of those overly scripted "reality TV" shows, except it was real.
Employees asked some customers to leave.

It's officially 2023!
It's hard to believe but here we are!
It seems like the last three years have been a blur. I stopped making resolutions a long time ago so I don't have any new and exciting goals for 2023 but I am a little anxious to see what this year will bring, both for me personally and for the Town of Nashville.

CONSERVATION PLAN - This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic Thursday, September 12, 1974. Hubbard Batchelor (right) and Phillip Murray (left), Soil Conservation Service Technician, discuss a conservation plan for the Batchelor Farm. Batchelor had been honored as Nash County's Conservationist Farmer of the Year.