NASHVILLE - A 52-year-old Nashville man is hospitalized at Wake Med in critical but stable condition with charges pending after he was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with two Nash County Sheriff's deputies late Sunday evening.
Keith Stone, Nash County Sheriff, held a press conference at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, about the incident, which involved James Breheim and two deputies, Sgt. Miguel Salazar and Lt. David Walker, at a home on the 2000 block of Reges Store Road, which is in a heavily-populated subdivision.

LAKE ROYALE- A 45-year-old Spring Hope man, arrested over a year ago on charges of kidnapping and sexual abuse, is due to appear in Nash County Superior Court August 27.
Andre Acevedo, who was staying in an RV at 126 Poma Drive, Spring Hope while listing an offsite address of 9022 Lake Royale, Louisburg, posted bail on a $175,000 secured bond May 23, 2023 despite having five felony charges against him.

Students returned to classrooms in the Nash County Public School System Monday. Hundreds of youngsters arrived at Nashville Elementary Monday morning greeted with hugs from teachers, lots of smiles from staff and even some cool stickers from North Carolina Wesleyan University football players.
Pictured above, NCWU player Dexter Flood, places a sticker on Joelle Hudson's hand upon arrival for his first day of third grade.

EZZELL

The numbers of people speeding, getting in accidents and dying are going up across North Carolina, enough to drive state officials into holding local traffic safety forums to ask community residents for ideas on what can be done to stop the trend.
Mark Ezzell, Director of the Governor's Highway Safety Program, a division of NCDOT, speaking August 22 at a Nash County Community Traffic Safety Forum held at Nash Community College, said 24 people died last year in Nash County from traffic fatalities.

Aaron Parker provided school supplies for all Nashville Elementary third graders.

NASHVILLE - Elementary school parents are well aware that with the start of school comes the "supply list" requested by teachers for student use. The lists can seem daunting, but items such as notebooks, pencils and glue sticks are needed aspects of classroom life. For parents of 3rd grade students at Nashville Elementary, however, almost that entire list has been taken care of, thanks to the generosity and hard work of a Nashville teen, Joshua Aaron Parker, a rising Senior at Faith Christian School.

NASHVILLE - Brian Grice, former Interim Public Works Director, has just been promoted to full Director status. He's been working to stem leaks- not only in water pipes, but in personnel.
 "As far as Nashville's biggest concern facing the public works department, in my opinion, it has been personnel," Grice said, adding that the department was understaffed when he was hired on in April.

FRIDAY - SEPT. 6
Event times for Friday, Sept. 6 are from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., including the tractor show, which often draws 40 or more entries.
A variety of food and craft vendors will be on site, while a bike meet begins at 3 p.m.
Hop on/off hay rides for children around the park will be offered both Friday and Saturday.

NASHVILLE - Nashville Police have another new recruit: K-9 "Knox," a one-year old Dutch Shepherd who is currently training with his handler, Officer Nathan Barbour, at Southern Police Canine Inc. (SPCI) on Old County Home Road, Nashville.
Knox and Officer Barbour are one of four pairs in their class, which started July 29th and also includes a dog and handler from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office and two more from the Greenville Police Department. Knox and the two from Greenville are Dutch shepherds, while the Franklin County dog is a black Lab.

NASHVILLE, N.C. -- Four local elementary schools will be starting after-school programs for selected students this fall thanks to just over $1.4 million in federal grant money designated for targeted academic support.
Nashville Elementary, Spring Hope Elementary, Middlesex Elementary and Bailey Elementary are scheduled to start after-school programs October 14 with expected service offerings to forty students at each of the four schools, according to Heather Finch, Executive Director of Communication, Planning and Engagement at Nash County Public Schools.

SPRING HOPE - A Greenville man is running from the law after reportedly fleeing into the woods between Spring Hope and Nashville Saturday night in the aftermath of a high-speed chase.
Zachary Alexander Harvey, age 23, was spotted driving a borrowed Lexus over 100 mph while east-bound on US 64 near the 581 intersection in Spring Hope at around 9 p.m. Saturday, according to State Trooper J. Brantley.

SPRING HOPE- A Rocky Mount man caught red-handed with a stolen car trailer in Spring Hope is facing charges for also stealing cars, goods, and fleeing to elude law enforcement.
Keonte Javon Hicks, 28, of King Edward Court, Rocky Mount, was taken into custody at the Duck Thru in Spring Hope on August 20 by Nash County Sheriff's Deputies after they received a tip about Hicks attempting to sell a possibly stolen 2014 Leonard car trailer.

The CC Spaulding Alumni will host their annual reunion festivities on Aug. 31 through Sept. 2.
The annual banquet will be held on Sept. 1 at the O.D. Moore Building in Nashville at 5 p.m. celebrating "Fifty Years of keeping the Spaulding Spirit Alive."
Other events slated for the celebration include a fish fry on Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. which will be held at the Spaulding Gym in Spring Hope at 6 p.m.
A Day in the Park will be held on Sept. 2 at 3 p.m. at the Teacher's Home Spaulding Campus.

The Bible teaches us that sin separates us from God. But you know what? It wasn't until a few years ago that I realized that sin as far back as my own childhood robbed me of the opportunity to know the fullness of God.
When I was seven, I broke a vase on the hearth of our fireplace. I knew that my mother was going to wear me out when she found out about it. As a matter of background, trouble had its way of finding me, and I was no stranger to getting "taken to the woodshed" at my house. At least that's the way it seemed to me.

Red Oak Baptist Church held its Promotion Sunday on Aug. 25. Everyone who will be working with Sunday School in the new church year which begins in September was recognized. Rising first graders receive a Bible from the church. Charlotte Lewis will be in first grade this year and she received a Bible. Red Oak Baptist Church has Sunday School classes for all ages. Everyone is welcome.
Congratulations to Ava Hardy, Brett Hardy, and Alex Vire who were baptized Sunday, Aug. 25 at Red Oak Baptist Church.

The Puritans were a group of English pastors in the 1600s. Their writing and preaching had special force because they blended soaring theological insight with childlike hearts of love for God. And their minds and hearts were soaked with Scripture. A typical book written by a Puritan would take a single verse of the Bible, wring it dry for all the comfort and hope to be found in it, and then, several hundred pages later, be sent off to a publisher.
One such Puritan was a man named Thomas Goodwin. In 1651 he wrote a book called The Heart of Christ in Heaven towards Sinners on Earth.

Civil Air Patrol's Tar River Composite Squadron will observe the squadron's 44th anniversary of it's founding in August, announced unit commander, 1st Lt. Stephen Beal. "It's amazing to think how many years this squadron has been operating and how many lives it has touched and changed. I am proud to be a part of that and welcome everyone out to our birthday celebration and Open House to share that with you!" Past members and interested members of the public are invited to the birthday celebration and Open House which takes place on Aug. 29 from 7-9pm, 7972 - FAA Drive, Rocky Mount, (Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport).

Anyone that's ever lost an important person -- especially a parent -- knows all about those moments that come up in the first year after a passing.
Sometimes, something random will trigger a silly memory. I had one of those recently about my mama, who passed away in March.
I've seen a lot of ads for concealed carry classes and self-defense sessions for women lately. It reminded me of the time Mama decided to take one of those classes (she did both, about 30 years apart).

Back in September of 2018, we covered a county commissioners meeting where it was proposed that Nash County move the Nash County Health Department from Nashville to Rocky Mount.
The proposal was to buy out Edgecombe County's half of a building that the two counties owned together, which was the former mental health offices located on the UNC Nash Health Care Campus.

This photo published on Oct. 1, 1953 in The Nashville Graphic. This group of Boy Scouts and their leader represented the Nash County area at an encampment near Aberdeen honoring Lady Flora MacLeod.