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A Celebration of Life for Xavien Harrison, Pastor and Nashville Town Councilman, who passed away August 11th, will be held Saturday, August 22nd, beginning at 12 noon at Northern Nash High School, 4230 Green Hills Road, Rocky Mount.
Harrison, 53, described by Nashville Mayor Brenda Brown as a "true servant of the community," has a distinguished history of service. A Shaw University graduate and former 8th grade history teacher, Harrison, Pastor at Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, previously served for years as a youth Pastor for Union Hill Baptist Church.

NASHVILLE - A Nashville teenager arrested during an overdose death investigation may be back in court soon to answer charges following the June 15th drug-related death of a 17-year-old boy.
Dillon Blake Davis, 19, of 5603 Sandy Road, Nashville, was arrested August 11th and charged with the B-2 felony aggravated death by distribution.
The term "aggravated" as part of the charge is typically applied to people who have prior felony convictions for drug offenses within seven years.

RED OAK - At a quiet house in Red Oak sits a workshop filled with what looks like, on first glance, brightly colored children's toys. But they're not toys, they're puppets- and they come to life, each with their own names, voices, personalities and movements, under the hands of their creator, Chris Chappell.
Chappell, soft-spoken and unassuming, doesn't come across as a famous guy, but he is, kinda, with some famous friends. A series of signed photographs on the wall from people like Cheech and Chong, Noel MacNeal (the creator of "Ernie" on Sesame Street), along with film awards tell part of the story.

NASHVILLE- One of Nashville's newer businesses, JB's Billiards at 117 West Church Street, wants to get the message out that you don't have to be good at pool to come by.
"Just come play," said Bobbie Hargrove, manager and co-owner. "We want people to come have a good time without negativity."
'People' also includes children, who can play arcade and pinball games at the front of the hall along with foosball up until 7 p.m.; after that, it is adults only.

Danny Vester of Spring Hope stopped by The Nashville Graphic with a 73-pound cantaloupe grown on his farm. While the state record weight for cantaloupes is 72 pounds, Vester said he disqualified this one himself because it has a "soft spot." Vester grew a world record cantelope in 2018 weighing 65.90 pounds. He also grew a 55 pound cantelope in 2016.