Nash County Public Schools has announced its 2025 Educator of the Year nominees, honoring exceptional educators and support staff throughout the district. Finalists for Teacher of the Year, First-Year Teacher of the Year and Teacher Assistant of the Year will be announced in the coming weeks. Winners will be recognized during the Educator of the Year Celebration on Tuesday, May […]
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State lawmakers visit Nash County classrooms
In celebration of N.C. Legislators in Schools Week, Nash County Public Schools welcomed two state lawmakers April 11 to connect with students and highlight the importance of public education. At Coopers Elementary School, Rep. Dante Pittman, D-Wilson, was greeted by Principal Courtney Land before meeting with all kindergarten students. He read “I Will Be Fierce!” by Bea Birdsong, sharing a […]
Ladybirds crunch Knights en route to 17-0 record
ROCKY MOUNT — Southern Nash scored 13 runs in the top of the second inning on its way to a 23-3 demolition of host Northern Nash in Tuesday’s 2-A/3-A Big East Conference softball clash. The 3-A Ladybirds, who improved to 17-0 overall, stood 11-0 in Big East play with just Thursday’s game at Franklinton standing in the way of a […]
Museum exhibit to open despite lack of artifacts
SPRING HOPE — A curator with the town’s historical museum says its 2025 exhibit, already past a March deadline due to slow-arriving resources, will debut by month’s end. “We’re opening, somehow, by the end of April — and that’s going to make us at least six weeks later than ever before, but it’s because of the volume of what […]
Hospital president to speak at ECC graduation
TARBORO — Patrick Heins, president of ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital, will serve as the keynote speaker for Edgecombe Community College’s spring 2025 commencement ceremony. Heins, who has served as hospital president since 2018, will deliver a message to the graduates at 4 p.m. Friday, May 9. The ceremony will be held in the Keihin Auditorium, located in the Fleming building […]
Man charged in Cedar Lake break-ins
NASHVILLE — Nash County deputies have arrested a man accused in a string of Middlesex break-ins. Cornelius Crumel, 29, was arrested April 8 after video surveillance footage identified him as a suspect in an April 5 break-in at the Cedar Lake Mobile Home Park. Authorities found Crumel at a home in Wake Forest and arrested him after a brief foot […]
Deputies: I-95 traffic stop leads to drug bust
A traffic stop along the Interstate 95 corridor led to a substantive narcotics seizure for the Nash County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. After stopping a vehicle for a traffic violation near mile marker 127 on I-95 South, Sheriff Keith Stone suspected criminal activity and requested the assistance of Nash County’s K-9, Waldo, and handler Deputy Phillip Briggs. At the scene, […]
Stanton hired to lead Nash County finance division
NASHVILLE — Nikki Stanton, an eight-year veteran of local government commerce, has been hired as Nash County’s new finance director. Nash County Manager Stacie Shatzer announced the move during the Board of Commissioners meeting on April 7. “We are excited to welcome Nikki to Nash County,” Shatzer said of Stanton, who most recently worked as finance director for Warren County. […]
Forever Firebirds: Elite eight form charter Southern Nash HOF class
FREEHumility, gratitude and emotion were common threads as eight legends were enshrined to make the Southern Nash High School Athletic Hall of Fame a reality at the first induction ceremony Saturday evening in the school gymnasium. A packed house witnessed former student-athletes Meka Battle, Julius Peppers, Anna Tharrington and the late Derrick High along with coaching […]
Ladybirds honor their past with doubleheader sweep of Gryphons
On a day when Southern Nash High saluted its only state championship softball team over the school’s 57-history, the current Ladybirds continued to play like a team hoping to double that total. Southern Nash honored members of its 1995 slow-pitch team and head coach Rosalie Bardin, who is part of the charter induction class for the school’s athletic hall of […]
Firebirds ‘Battle’ past Gryphons, 11-1
Cousins Isaiah Battle and Jeremiah Battle sparked their Southern Nash High varsity baseball team to an 11-1 mercy-rule win in five innings over 2-A/3-A Big East Conference visitor Rocky Mount on Thursday afternoon. Sophomore second baseman Isaiah Battle drove in a career-high six runs in a 3-for-4 day at the plate while sophomore pitcherJeremiah Battle allowed one run on three […]
Drug, gun convict receives 10-year sentence
A Roanoke Rapids man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for charges related to selling drugs in Nash and Halifax counties. On Nov. 4, 33-year-old Danny Steven Bryant Jr. pleaded guilty to 13 charges that include nine drug-related offenses and four counts of possession of a firearm by a felon. U.S. District Judge Louise W. Flanagan handed down […]
Bailey chamber finalizes Sweetpotato Festival agenda
BAILEY — The Bailey Chamber of Commerce has wrapped its itinerary for the 2025 N.C. Sweetpotato Festival, which will unfold May 16-17 along Main Street. “We are excited to host the fourth annual N.C. Sweetpotato Festival, highlighting the rich agricultural heritage of our community and southern Nash County,” chamber President Dillon Bissette said of the bash. “We invite everyone […]
Chesser kicks off NC Legislators in Schools week with NCPS
ROCKY MOUNT — State Rep. Allen Chesser, R-Nash, visited two Nash County Public Schools campuses on Tuesday, mixing with administrators, students and teachers at M.B. Hubbard Elementary School and Nash Central High School. “Nash County is home to some fantastic schools, and talking with students and staff today just served as a reminder as to how proud and honored I […]
Nash woman faces insurance fraud charges
A Nash County woman has been charged with two counts each of felony insurance fraud and felony obtaining property by false pretense. Amanda Michelle Austin, 36, of 13260 N.C. Highway 231 south of Middlesex, was arrested Feb. 27 after special agents with the North Carolina Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Division accused her of filing a fraudulent $8,121 claim. […]
Southern Nash FFA competes in state livestock event
RALEIGH — The Southern Nash Future Farmers of America chapter recently attended the State FFA Poultry Judging Event, testing members’ skills in two evaluation contests. The Firebirds’ Livestock Judging Team — composed of Ross Hinnant, Bryleigh Colbert, Sarah Ewers and Nathan Medlin — secured a fourth-place finish, with Hinnant earning top individual honors and a trip to June’s state convention. […]
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