A new memorial in Wilson honors a dozen N.C. Department of Transportation employees who lost their lives on the job. The NCDOT Division 4 memorial is located at 509 Ward Blvd. and includes a flagpole, benches, brick pavers and a stone paver that lists Division 4 employees’ names, according to Andrew Barksdale, NCDOT communications officer. The division is headquartered in […]
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Spaulding Family Resource Center wraps winter coat drive
SPRING HOPE — The Spaulding Family Resource Center wrapped its 2024 coat drive last week, providing a host of area children with warm winter apparel. “We were able to bless 60 children-families between Spring Hope, Middlesex and Bailey elementary schools,” Spaulding Program Director Corliss Newkirk said of the project, which started ahead of Thanksgiving. “Our coat tree shows our donors […]
Injury-shortened senior season still spectacular for SN’s Mitchell
Even if he ends up playing on Sundays, the 2024 high school football season for Southern Nash High senior Tylik Mitchell will forever be bittersweet. By midseason, Mitchell was the top rusher in the state, across all classifications, and the Firebirds were 6-0 until disaster struck. First a concussion interrupted what could have been one of the most prolific rushing […]
Stanhope church blesses Wesley Shelter for Christmas
WILSON — The Wesley Shelter received a load of donations Monday from Red Oak Grove Baptist Church in southern Nash County’s Stanhope community just in time for Christmas. Linda Piatt, who dropped off the clothing, toiletries and diapers, said this was the church’s second year giving to the domestic violence shelter just before Christmas. “We did this last year,” Piatt […]
Braswell Family Farms ready for 2025 Egg Drop
NASHVILLE — A local agricultural mainstay has finalized plan’s for a New Year’s Eve extravaganza. Braswell Family Farms, a fourth-generation egg and feed producer, announced plans last week for its second annual Egg Drop, which will take place from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31 at The Nashville Junction, 723 S. Barnes St. The free celebration will feature live music by […]
1st draft of NCHSAA realignment hits differently around town
The release of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s first draft of its next realignment — an unprecedented move to eight classifications starting in 2025 — brought different reactions from Wilson member schools and Southern Nash High. The first proposal in a process that will stretch into March before becoming final provides a starting point for the biggest shakeup […]
Holiday thank-yous for a few Spring Hopians
CommentarySPRING HOPE — As a writer, photographer and sometimes-podcaster, getting settled in a beat can be interesting. For starters, you’re name-new. Face new. Cell number new. Email new, different-than-Hannah-new. Until further-notice … new. “Hold on, hold on, hold on — wait a minute,” folks often said. “What do you mean, she’s gone? I had no idea.” […]
Southern Nash Hall of Fame to induct 1st class
The Southern Nash High School Athletics Hall of Fame Committee has announced its inaugural class, highlighting eight of the most prolific players and coaches in school history. “The creation of the Hall of Fame has been a goal for a long time, and we’re so pleased to have everything underway,” Southern athletic director Robbie Kennedy said of the project. “The […]
Leggett: Bolster Bailey, Nash County ties
BAILEY — Nash County Board of Commissioners Vice Chair Sue Leggett appeared before the town’s elected officials last week, outlining a litany of projects slated for the new year. “We’ll be doing some additional things to reach out to you all and help build the bridge a little bit more and make that bridge stronger,” Leggett said. “We’ll have some […]
Bailey commissioners receive 2024 audit findings
BAILEY — Commissioners gained positive feedback on the town’s 2024 audit, presented in data bunches last week by Lee Grissom of S. Preston Douglas and Associates LLP. The Ocean Isle-based accountant spoke at modest length Dec. 16 about just one internal control finding — segregation of duties funding — that was expected given the town’s annual hiring budget. […]
Fentanyl, guns seized in Nash drug raid
NASHVILLE — Sheriff’s deputies say they seized 378 pressed fentanyl pills, several guns and two pistols altered for automatic fire in Friday searches of a Nash County man’s homes. Travis Wayne Davis, 24, was arrested after deputies executed a search warrant at 5603 Sandy Road in the Coopers community outside Nashville. “During the search of the residence on Sandy Road, […]
Nash Correctional inmate dies in apparent suicide
NASHVILLE — Authorities say a Nash Correctional Institution inmate died of an apparent suicide on Saturday, roughly 10 months before his scheduled release. Timothy Beaver, 43, was found unresponsive in his cell around 7 a.m., N.C. Department of Adult Correction spokesman Keith Acree announced. Prison medical employees attempted to revive him and paramedics responded. Beaver was pronounced dead at 7:25 […]
Ladybirds swat Yellow Jackets, 62-21
Southern Nash halted a two-game skid and picked up its first 2-A/3-A Big East Conference triumph Friday with a 62-21 home win over 2-A Roanoke Rapids. The 3-A Ladybirds, now 3-4 overall and 1-1 in conference play, took a 36-14 lead into halftime and limited Roanoke Rapids (4-2, 0-2 Big East) to just seven points in the second half. Junior […]
Cooper in farewell address: ‘We did come back’
FREEROCKY MOUNT — Gov. Roy Cooper delivered a multi-layered farewell address on Wednesday at Nash County Community College, reviewing his time in office with candor, humor and data-driven perspective. “I wanted to build a North Carolina where people are better educated and healthier with more money in their pockets,” Cooper said to a robust Brown Auditorium assembly, “and the opportunity […]
Firebirds win 2nd straight
ROCKY MOUNT — Southern Nash gave up 24 points to Nash Central in the first quarter of Tuesday’s 2-A/3-A Big East Conference opener for both teams, then allowed just 25 points by the Bulldogs the rest of the way in a 54-49 victory for the Firebirds. Southern Nash, a 3-A team, climbed to 3-2 with its second win in a […]
ECC Foundation recognizes 2024-25 scholarship recipients
Nina White quickly felt a connection with the Edgecombe Community College students honored during a recent scholarship recognition ceremony held on the Tarboro campus. The ECC alumna turned business owner and motivational speaker is a testament to the significance of embracing obstacles, pursuing passions and harnessing talent. “As I look out, I see the reflection of myself,” said White, who […]
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