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NASHVILLE - Yet another attempt to get conditional rezoning to allow the expansion of a Bailey subdivision has failed at the county planning board level,with the project attorney asking to postpone commissioner review until April 6.
C.T. Williams, developer of Williams Run Section 2, Phase 2, subdivision, which proposes 76 new residential lots on about 72 acres north of Strickland Road, presented a familiar-looking request to the planning board at the Feb. 16 meeting.

NASHVILLE- Delinquent taxes uncollected for 2025 stand at over $145,000, characterizing one council member to call the number "unreal."
Larry Taylor, councilman, made the comment during the Feb. 18 council meeting, at which time the council approved publishing the list of unpaid taxes, including parcel and owner name, in The Graphic during the first week of March.

NASHVILLE - Nash County has received three recent grants from the state, each earmarked for improvements to the new Nash County Recreation Center, the town of Whitakers, and Southern Nash High School.

"Jesus died for the remission of our sins."
We've all heard it repeatedly in our churches and Sunday school classes. But what does the Bible mean by saying that our sins have been remitted? When we remit a payment, that means we send it away. Yet we all know from personal experience that Christian living does not bring an end to sin. Sinning doesn't just go away!
Several translations of the Bible substitute the word "forgiveness" for remission. I agree that our sins are forgiven when we come to a saving knowledge of Christ, but I'm not sure the word forgiveness fully embraces what remission really means.

Over the last several articles, we have looked at the popularity of hallucination theories as a possible explanation of what happened to Jesus after the crucifixion. We began the entire discussion by accepting Bart Ehrman's straightforward statement, "either Jesus really appeared to his disciples . . . or they were seeing things," as true. To help possibly answer Ehrman's question, we presented several reasons why hallucination theories, as a possible explanation of what happened to Jesus after the crucifixion, are implausible. Finally, we concluded that since it seems highly implausible that the disciples were "seeing things," it is more reasonable to believe that Jesus actually appeared to His disciples; otherwise, He should have been found safely in His tomb.

Congratulations to Brandon and Megan Driver on the birth of their daughter, Lily Green Driver, on February 15! Proud big sister, Emma, and big brother, Landon. Proud grandmother, Jean McIntyre.
Several from Red Oak Baptist Church attended the Your Choice Resource Center's Celebrate Life Banquet on Thursday, Feb. 19 at Englewood Baptist Church.
The Area Wide WMU Spring Meeting will be on Monday, March 9 at West Edgecombe Baptist Church. Meeting will begin at 10 a.m.

Peachtree Baptist Church in Spring Hope will host its first annual Classics Car Show on Saturday, March 28th from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the field directly behind the church (3523 N. NC 581, Spring Hope).
Registration is open for classic cars (1990 and earlier) right up to show day at the registration table. Registrations may also be mailed to PO Box 579, Spring Hope, NC 27882 with a check in the amount of $20 payable to Peachtree Baptist Church.

Sheila Ann Johnson, Sheila Tomlinson and Sheila Ann Tomlinson to Sheila Ann Johnson and Harry Stanley Johnson; 9066 Fox Run Road, Bailey
Frederic E. Privette to 39 South Properties, LLC; Big Woods Subdivision, Lot 1
Ryial Constain Mills, Courtney Mills Ervin, The Margaret Mills Trust, Courtney Mills Ervin, Archie Ervin, Archie Wilson Ervin, Christopher K. Mills and Anita Petteway Mills to Jeffery Constain Mills; 210 and 212 West Franklin Street, Spring Hope, 7654 Ash Street, 602 First Street, Spring Hope, 4410 Macedonia Road, Spring Hope,

Assault on child under 12 reported at L.A. Green Farm Rd., Whitakers on 2/19/26
Identity fraud reported at 105 Drake St., Nashville on 2/16/26
Assault on law enforcement officer; assault-simple; assault with deadly weapon with inflicting serious injury reported at 10942 West St., Whitakers on 2/19/26
Resisting arrest/hinder and delay; possession with intent manufacture/sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance; possession schedule II controlled substance - felony reported at 11486 Aderson R., Spring Hope on 2/19/26

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