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A Bailey woman is facing charges from State Highway Patrol after an accident last Thursday on US 64 outside Spring Hope that sent a tractor-trailer full of peanuts off the road and closed down the roadway for three hours.
Janella McKeel Ordess, age 43, was reportedly driving a passenger car west on 64 near the NC 58 intersection at an estimated 70 miles per hour when she rear-ended the back left portion of a tractor-trailer owned by Mikasa Express, also headed west, in the right lane.

A 76-year-old Castalia man has died and three more people were hurt in a three-vehicle collision Thursday, June 13th, in the area of recent construction near Nash Community College.
Jimmy Roosevelt Taylor was reported killed in the accident, which occurred around 8:34 a.m. under the Old Carriage Overpass.
A state trooper's report said that Taylor had been driving west in a 2021 Chevrolet behind two DOT contractors, the first pulling a trailer, when the first two vehicles began to slow near the right shoulder of the roadway.

I've guess I've reached the point in life where I slow down over obituary page, something I'd never thought I'd do when I was younger.
Maybe I'm more keen to it since my mother's passing in March, but three other friends have passed this year that have really made me think about the impacts they had on me.
Earlier this year, my 9th grade English teacher, Bonnie Kane, died. She was unlike any instructor I'd had in my life to that point or since.

The Nashville Town Council members have a huge decision to make in a short amount of time. I sure wouldn't want to be in their shoes over the next few weeks attempting to weigh the pros and cons of purchasing a building and property just outside the city limits to revamp as a new town hall and recreation center.
A quick snap-shot, in case you've been enjoying the fruits of summer vacation and haven't had a chance to catch up on your local news. The Town of Nashville has been offered a really good opportunity on a building and property, the former location of Fellowship Church at 969 Old White Oak Rd.

This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on September 23, 1971. A new civil defense truck was presented to the Momeyer Rescue Squad.

I once heard a testimony from a lady in my church. She confessed to having a nervous breakdown and was so stressed out that she couldn't remember her own name. Ultimately, it was her faith that brought her through. She said, "I may not have known my name, but Jesus did".
After listening to her story, I realized the comfort that comes from knowing that we belong to Christ. For many, it's the first outward and visible sign of the peace that comes with salvation.

It is good, wise, and right to make plans. The weightier the goals, the weightier your plans. "If you fail to plan," said Benjamin Franklin, "you are planning to fail." That old and famous axiom is true. The Bible teaches us to walk by faith and not by sight. Yet the life of faith does not exclude making plans. Scripture does rebuke the pride and presumption that makes plans without factoring in God. That is the message of James 4:13-17.
James is the most practical letter in the New Testament. It is the New Testament counterpart to Proverbs. James teaches us to talk the talk and walk the walk.

Damien Wozniak of Nashville was named to The University of Alabama Deans List for spring semester 2024.
A total of 13,103 students enrolled during Spring Semester 2024 at The University of Alabama were named to the dean's list with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the president's list with an academic record of 4.0 (all A's). These driven students are making waves across UA's more than 70 undergraduate programs.

Appalachian State University has released its list of 2024 Spring gradutes. Local students include:
Logan Mckenzie Davis of Castalia earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Landon Wesley Green of Rocky Mount earned a Master of Science Degree in Nutrition
Rebecca Gail Pinkham of Rocky Mount earned a Master of Social Work

Edgecombe Community College Associate Degree Nursing graduates participated in their pinning ceremony on May 8. The ADN Class of 2024 is a large class of 41 members, who graduated from the ADN program during the college's commencement ceremony on May 10. The graduates have met the education requirements to take the NCLEX-RN®, the National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses.

Eight of the eleven members of the Edgecombe Community College Radiography Class of 2024 passed the national certification exam on their first attempt, becoming registered radiographers and earning the title R.T.(R)(ARRT), which signifies Registered Technologist in Radiography by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. Three graduates are waiting to take the certification exam.

NASHVILLE - Twenty-four people were celebrated for having the curiosity to find out how local government worked and the dedication for spending time over eight weeks to do it; graduation ceremonies for the 15th Nash County Citizens' Academy class were held May 20th as part of the second monthly meeting of the Nash County Board of Commissioners.

Rosa Estrella Vega, Manuel Vega Linares, Hugo Rosas, Marisol Hedgepeth, D. Hedgepeth and Donnell Hedgepeth Jr. to Rosa Murillo Rosas; 4418 Boseman Road, Rocky Mount
Winstead Crossings, LLC and Williams Builders of Rocky Mount, LLC to Williams Builders of Rocky Mount, LLC and Winstead Crossings, LLC; Lots B1-B9
R. Leonard Daughtridge and Debbie W. Daughtridge to Vincent P. Keeney and Christen E. Keeney; 3820 Woodlawn Road, Rocky Mount; $659,000

Addition (covered); 6197 Bones Acres Rd., Elm City; Matt Gibson; $40
Open shelter (detached); 9978 Straight Gate Rd., Whitakers; Lindberg Nicholson; $24,000
Singlewide; 4590 Langwood Way, Rocky Mount; J. Freeman; $50,000

The O.D. Moore Scholarship Foundation recently made a return to its annual events with the Henry Earl Coley Golf Classic kicking off the weekend after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first place team consisted of Willie Lee, Ernis Lee, Lee Jackson and Nate Lundy. Second place went to Stacy Fehr, Anthony Perry, and Greg Boykin. The foundation also hosted the annual banquet in Nashville, where they awarded three deserving students with scholarships.

Tikal Property, LLC to Wilder Jose Dueque Ruiz; property of Rocky Mount Hosiery Co., Block D, Lot 27; $37,000
Robert Wilcox and Shannon Wilcox to Shannon Wilcox; 35.72 acres
George Thomas Jones and Jill Bruner Jones to Daniel Grabe Kirkpatrick and Allison Hedgepeth Kirkpatrick; Potter's Clay Subdivision, Lot 3