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ROCKY MOUNT - One of Spring Hope's own, Lt. Jason Leary, stood in front of a crowd of 400 at Nash Community College Tuesday night to receive one of the most meaningful honors anyone can get: the Carnegie medal, "awarded to civilians who risk death or serious physical injury to an extraordinary degree saving or attempting to save the lives of others."
Leary, who stood silently on a dais flanked by Spring Hope Police Chief Nate Gant, Nash Sheriff Keith Stone, and Spring Hope Mayor Kyle Pritchard, accepted the award from Senator Lisa Barnes after Barnes told the story of what happened on August 6th, 2025, in the area of 687 N NC-581 .

NASHVILLE - Public complaints about the town's pickup schedule for curbside collection of yard waste and bulk trash are hitting town council ears, with a decision made last week to give the twice a month schedule- newly amended- another 60-day trial period.
In order to avoid having to hire additional public works personnel and to free up time for workers to attend to other public works tasks, town officials made the decision two months ago to change curbside collection from every week to the first and third weeks of the month.

NASHVILLE - An announced plan by the Long Island-based company BuildLabs to put a $12 million dollar precision-engineering facility on Lot 4 of the Nashville Business Center has withered on the vine, with the announcement last week that the town was getting its land back.
Randy Lansing, town manager, read through a Real Estate Conveyance Agreement at the Sept. 16th town council meeting, relaying that BuildLabs owner Punit Chugh had told town officials that the company was not going to be able to "meet the terms of the development agreement" for construction of the promised manufacturing facility.

Brenda Foster knows community service isn't always easy, but after years of giving her time to organizations throughout Nash County, walking away has never really been an option.
"Sometimes it gets kinda hard, but I got a passion for it, I guess, and I don't want to let it go," Foster said.
That passion was recognized Saturday when Foster was named the 2026 Community Champion during the annual Community and Rural Development (CRD) of Nash County Banquet at the Nash County Agriculture Center.

NASHVILLE - Five decades ago, a vision took shape inside the walls of Nashville Methodist Church to create a dedicated program to meet the developmental needs of local children. The program wasn't designed just for members of the church, but as a resource for families across the entire community.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, Nashville Methodist Church Weekday School will celebrate five decades of education, care and growth with a 50th anniversary community celebration, "Legacy of Little Feet: Planting Faithful Seeds for 50 Years."

The bridge on Old Carriage Road over U.S. 64 may be little more than concrete and steel to the motorists who cross it each day, but for the family, friends and fellow officers of Nash County Sheriff's Deputy Jared Allison, it now carries something much more -- his name and the promise that his service will not be forgotten.
The bridge was officially dedicated on Friday, Sept. 18 as the Jared M. Allison Bridge in honor of the 26-year-old deputy and Army veteran who died in 2020 from injuries sustained in the line of duty.