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My wife told me a story several years ago, which took the form of a modern-day parable.
Jesus often relied on parables in the Bible to compare something in everyday life to a spiritual truth. However, many of us have trouble applying them in today's world because we don't belong to the culture for which they were written. In other words, the importance of the spiritual truth is easily misunderstood - if not lost altogether - because we can't relate to the everyday example to which Jesus compares it.

Every time you read scripture, it is like reading it for the first time. The word of God is pregnant with truth to be discovered. Hebrews 4:12 says, "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." The Bible is the living word of God.
In this 17th stanza of Psalm 119, the psalmist declares another truth about scripture.

Two of Nash County's neighbors, Edgecombe and Wilson Counties, are adding new manufacturing plants which should bring over 1,000 new jobs to the region.
Natron Energy, a global leader in sodium-ion battery technology, has selected Kingsboro, outside Tarboro, as the site for its first Gigafactory in the United States. The company plans to invest nearly $1.4 billion in Edgecombe County and provide approximately 1,062 new jobs with salaries averaging about $64,000.
"North Carolina's momentum in the clean energy economy reaches epic proportions with this news," said N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper.

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.

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.

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.

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.