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On February 19, 2026, at 4:09 pm. officers with the Nashville Police Department conducted proactive patrol operations and routine security checks throughout the town. During a security check of the abandoned W.L. Greene School, located at the intersection of Sixth Street and Brake Street, officers discovered a deceased individual on the premises.
Investigators are currently working to confirm the positive identification of the deceased. Investigators are considering this a suspicious death investigation.

Irregularities in voter registration forms - including some for Nash County voters- have kicked off an investigation by the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE).
"Voter registration applications turned into county boards of elections are missing required voter information or include inaccurate information, such as a wrong date of birth or a voter identification number different from what's on file in the state election system. It is a Class I felony to falsify a voter registration form," states a NCSBE Feb. 13 press release.

NASHVILLE - In order to provide itself and landowners continued insurance protection from flooding, the town of Nashville is updating its flood damage prevention ordinance.
Parts of Nashville fall within a "flood plain" from either Stoney Creek or Sapony Creek, particularly lower W. Washington Street including "Dos Hermanos, McDonalds, Sheetz, Bojangles, all that," said Randy Lansing, town manager, at the Jan. 20 planning board meeting.

Bill Hill (right) is honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine during Monday's county commissioners meeting. Hill is retiring after nearly a half of a century of service as Nash County's health director. Pictured left is Dr. Mike Johnson, long-time Health and Human Services Board Chair, who presented the award to Hill.

SPRING HOPE - You can lead a horse to water, but if it's in Spring Hope, you might find a rock in the well and low water pressure from not enough wells- or water towers - online.
Public Works Director Bobby Ball gave a public works update at the Feb. 9 board of commissioners meeting.
"I know everybody's frustrated with it and I am too because I've been dealing with it," Ball said, summarizing the current low-pressure status as stemming from two wells that were no longer producing like they should.

NASHVILLE - Bill Hill, retiring Nash County Health Director, was honored for his nearly half a century of service Monday, receiving a surprise in the process: indoctrination into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
Credited as the longest serving health director in state history, and guiding the county through "significant health challenges, including the HIV/AIDs epidemic, Hurricane Floyd, SARS, Ebola, Zika and Covid-19," Hill's tenure also included statewide initiatives such as universal childhood vaccinations, bioterrorism preparedness and responses to the opioid crisis and mental health challenges.

NASHVILLE - A question of alleged misinformation about the Nash County Detention Center is causing differences of opinion between Nash County commissioners, prompting one request for the county to issue a 'fact check' in response.
Jerry Barnes, Nash County commissioner candidate, placed a full-page political ad in last week's Nashville Graphic. Included in the ad were claims about a 2020 letter from L.R. Kimball, an architectural and engineering firm which then declined to bid on recommended jail improvements; about current and projected jail costs, and about reduced jail capacity.

The nomination deadline is March 13 for the Nashville Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizen and Junior Achievement awards
Nominations can be emailed to nashvillencchamber@gmail.com, mailed to Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Distinguished Citizen Committee, PO Box 1003, Nashville, NC 27856 or dropped off at The Nashville Graphic, 203 W. Washington Street, Nashville.
The Distinguished Citizen Award is presented to a citizen or business person from the Nashville area who strives to make the community a better place.