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SPRING HOPE - A Spring Hope man was arrested on Sept. 29th for attempting to burglarize a home on Southern Nash High Road in Spring Hope.
Jose Uribe Martinez, 33, whose address was listed as Unit 4, 2778 Highway 97 W, Spring Hope, was charged with burglary, first degree; possession of burglary tools, damage to real property, impersonating an office, resisting arrest and impersonating an officer, according to NCSO Investigator Sgt. Kevin Bissette.
Deputies were dispatched at 6:27 a.m. to 5517 Southern Nash High Road based on a report of a suspicious person attempting to break into a residence.

CASTALIA- A Castalia man was lucky to escape injury after someone shot into his mobile home.
Nash County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call of shots fired at 1:05 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, at 10840 Lancaster Store Road, according to NCSO Investigator Sgt. Kevin Bissette. The homeowner told deputies he had been lying on a couch in his living room and heard several gunshots; deputies found evidence of several shots at the rear of the mobile home and also found a bullet fragment on a living room couch.

Paisley Thomas of Nashville rides the merry-go-round at Red Oak's Christmas Celebration.

Oak Creek Farm horses and riders don festive attire at Red Oak's Christmas Parade.

Members of Nash Central High School's Student Goverment walk in Red Oak's Christmas Parade.

Well, we've already had Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But if you are like most people, you've really not done all your Christmas shopping.
This is the season of the year is when one of the Ten Commandments is broken DAILY, if not hourly! Which one is it? #10 - "Thou shalt not covet"!
This has probably just hit a nerve with some of you. Your children and grandchildren have probably already asked for everything in the Amazon Catalogue. And of course ALL their friends have a cell phone. There is no way a child should be expected to live without one of those!! That is the very definition of coveting!

"He is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else." Acts 17
Paul on Mars Hill in Athens proclaimed the entire self-sufficiency of God.
We are his body, it is true, which is the fullness or completion of the Head. He uses us. But he needs nothing from us. Let that sink in. We do not add to him in any way, but rather, he gives us our "life, our breath and everything else."

The Lottie Moon Christmas Post Office is now open for the holiday season at Red Oak Baptist Church. Through the post office members can "mail" Christmas cards to other members for only 25 cents each or donations. All proceeds go to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions. There is also the Lottie Moon Experience table which will change weekly telling the story of Lottie Moon, missionary to China, and it will also have activities for all ages to learn more about Lottie and her missions work in China.

NASH COUNTY - Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious but preventable respiratory disease that most commonly affects infants and young children. North Carolina is seeing an increase in pertussis cases to pre-pandemic levels. Pertussis can cause breathing problems and pneumonia, leading to hospitalization or death, especially in infants.

On Nov. 9th, C&C Industrial Inc.'s flag was flying high representing the destination for Friendsgiving. C&C Industrial, Inc. is owned by Chris Collie. Through sales of bar-b-que chicken, pork plates, sweets, and donations $3,030 was raised with 100 percent going to the Nash County Sheriff's Office Christmas Children's Fund.

WILSON- World-leading healthcare company Johnson & Johnson has announced plans to invest more than $2 billion biologics training center in the city of Wilson, expected to create 420 new jobs.
An Oct. 1 news release from the Office of Governor Roy Cooper stated that new positions for the project will include analysists, engineers, microbiologists, scientists, specialists, manager and senior leaders, with the average annual wage $108, 823.

The North Carolina Division of Public Health (NC DPH) announced it is investigating multiple illnesses that appear to be related to eating raw oysters. The cases have not been traced to a single oyster harvest area, and different germs, including Hepatitis A, norovirus, Shigella spp., and Plesiomonas spp., have caused the illnesses. Oysters sold in NC can come from waters anywhere in North America, including NC waters.
The NC DPH strongly advises that people only eat fully cooked oysters and shellfish.

Edgecombe Community College's Alpha Omega Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa recently welcomed 28 new members. Phi Theta Kappa is an honor society for students attending two-year schools. The organization held an induction ceremony on the Tarboro campus on Thursday, Oct. 24. The guest speaker was Suzi Shippen-Wagner, surgical technology program chair at ECC and the 2024 Hitachi Astemo Endowed Faculty Chair recipient. Samanthia Phillips, vice president of Student Services, also shared remarks.

Deck; 6975 Hill Rd., Spring Hope; Ian Kendrick; $20,780
Miscellaneous 10471 S. Walnut S.t, Middlesex; Martha Campos Limon Limon; $4,000
New single family dwelling; 10609 Farmall Dr., Middlesex; Steven Futrell; $250,000
New single family dwelling; 11884 International Dr., Middlesex; Steven Futrell; $250,000

D.R. Horton, Inc. to Kesha C. Taybron; Bentridge Subdivision, Section 5, Lot 54
Erma Clark King and Erma C. Taylor to Jameson Greywolfe Heath; property in Rocky Mount
Angelo Hardy to Ahmad Abdulkalik; 932 South Grace Street, Rocky Mount; $85,000
Marcus Laquan Evans to Barbara McCann and Thomas McCann; Lake Royale, Lot C-1773

Rocky Mount native Clifton Barnes, who was a reporter and editor at The Nashville Graphic in the 1980s, has won a national award for Editorial & Advocacy writing.
Writing for CapitalSportsNC, Barnes won an Award of Excellence from the DC area-based Communications Concepts through its 2024 Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX) competition.
Barnes, a UNC-Chapel Hill journalism and political science grad who lives in Cary, was one of seven winners nationally in the category.

Nash County will be offering training for Extension Master Gardener Volunteers beginning on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 through Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Classes will meet weekly on Thursday mornings from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Nash County Agriculture Center.
During the course, participants will learn more about soils, fertilizer, pruning, propagation, and many other horticultural concepts, as well as learning how to diagnose insect and pest problems and make informed pest management decisions based on integrated pest management principles.