Sheetz lowers gas prices for July 4 weekend

Sheetz, with several locations in Nash County and surrounding areas, has reduced pain at the pump wi...

Rocky Mount police say Rico Battle and Dominick Lynch, pictured here, injured each other in a June 14 shootout.

Two men accused of shooting each other

ROCKY MOUNT — Authorities have charged two men with seriously injuring each other in a broad dayligh...

Woman accused of shooting husband

| June 26, 2022

ROCKY MOUNT — Detectives are still trying to figure out why a woman allegedly shot her husband in th...

Freya, a K-9 with the Nash County Sheriff's Office, sits next to a table with 101 pounds of methamphetamine seized during a traffic stop in southern Nash County. Under the table is a hollow speaker box meant to hide the drug, according to deputies.

Sheriff’s Office nets largest meth haul in its history

| June 25, 2022

NASHVILLE — The Nash County Sheriff’s Office made its largest meth seizure in agency history last we...

Nash County Public Utilities Director Jonathan Boone takes a hit from a water balloon tossed by an employee who donated to the United Way during a fundraiser last year. This time around, the county is hosting a yard sale and car wash July 16 to benefit the charity.

Yard sale, car wash to benefit United Way

| June 25, 2022

NASHVILLE — Nash County is hosting a community yard sale and car wash on Saturday, July 16, to help ...

Bailey passes budget with no tax increase

| June 26, 2022

BAILEY — Town commissioners have passed a fiscal year budget with no property tax increase. The town...

Rocky Mount woman sentenced for buying guns for gangs

| June 25, 2022

RALEIGH — A Rocky Mount woman has been sentenced to six years in prison on drug convictions and buyi...

Shown in this photo are Rocky Mount Police Department vehicles.

4 charged with federal firearm counts

| June 26, 2022

ROCKY MOUNT — Four city residents have been charged with federal firearms offenses as result of the ...

Spring Hope will no longer use its Facebook page due to changes in the social media company's policies that require a personal account be linked to all pages.

Spring Hope phasing out Facebook

| June 23, 2022

The town of Spring Hope will no longer use Facebook to communicate with residents. “Due to the corpo...

Saxophonist Freddy Greene will perform his mix of jazz and funk at the Celebrate Diversity in the Arts event 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Louisburg College JPAC.

Community Calendar

Diverse arts to be spotlighted Saturday

| June 22, 2022

LOUISBURG — Several types of art and diverse artists will be on display this Saturday. The Franklin ...

Nash college students earn academic honors

| June 21, 2022

Colleges, universities and honor societies have announced the following academic honors for students...

This year's annual Independence Day event in Louisburg has been canceled due to a fatal fire that destroyed a cache of fireworks in La Grange last month.

Louisburg fireworks show canceled

| June 20, 2022

LOUISBURG — A fatal fire in Lenoir County last month has forced Franklin County officials to cancel ...

American Legion Post 396 Commander Otto Hayes presents a plague to Jan Mills on June 16 honoring her for placing flags on veterans’ graves in the Spring Hope area every Memorial Day and Veterans Day for the last two decades.

Jan Mills honored by local American Legion

| June 19, 2022

The American Legion Post 396 honored Jan Mills last week for her unwavering dedication to fallen her...

Churches form partnership to fund Ukrainian relief

| June 17, 2022

ROCKY MOUNT — Lakeside Baptist Church is paring with Košice Baptist Church in Slovakia to provide re...

Spaulding says goodbye to 1, hello to 2

| June 16, 2022

Like Moses who lead the Israelites to the promised land, but didn’t enter himself, a longtime direct...

The Claude Mayo Jr. Administration Building is shown in a Nash County government photo.

Nash budget avoids tax increase

By Ken Ripley

| May 30, 2022

NASHVILLE — New Nash County Manager Stacie Shatzer continued her predecessor’s hot streak when she s...

Arrest made in motel robbery

ROCKY MOUNT — City police have arrested two men accused of an armed robbery at a local motel. Kareem...

LOCAL HEADLINES

Sheetz lowers gas prices for July 4 weekend

Mudcats for America series on deck this week

Sandy Smith, GK Butterfield react to abortion ruling

Arrest made in motel robbery

Woman accused of shooting husband

Yard sale, car wash to benefit United Way

Sheriff’s Office nets largest meth haul in its history

Two men accused of shooting each other

Rocky Mount woman sentenced for buying guns for gangs

School board redistricting complete

Bailey passes budget with no tax increase

4 charged with federal firearm counts

Spring Hope phasing out Facebook

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SPORTS

Southern Nash junior varsity baseball head coach Kwamaine Battle watches the action during a game this season. Battle, a 2007 graduate of Southern Nash, will lead the Firebirds varsity baseball program next season as he succeeds Todd Brewer, who held the job for the past eight seasons.

Battle takes over Firebirds baseball

By Paul Durham

| June 24, 2022

Football has played a big part of Kwamaine Battle's life, taking him from Southern Nash High to Virg...

Southern Nash freshman Anna Dickinson was named the 2022 NCHSAA 2-A/3-A Big East Conference Pitcher of the Year.

Dickinson wins Big East Pitcher of the Year; Ladybirds well represented on all-conference team

By Andrew Schnittker

| June 23, 2022

The 2022 spring softball season was the first season of Southern Nash pitcher/third baseman Anna Dic...

SouthWest Edgecombe graduate Jake Fuller, front, is committed to play baseball at Louisburg College. Pictured behind him, from left, are SouthWest Edgecombe head football coach Carter Varnell, baseball head coach Spiers Miller and Bobby Hawkins.

SouthWest Edgecombe’s Fuller heads to Louisburg College

By Andrew Schnittker

| June 21, 2022

As he began his high school baseball career at SouthWest Edgecombe High, Jake Fuller started to drea...

Fike High senior Tristan Little fires a pitch during a game against North Johnston in the Golden Leaf Invitational tournament April 16 at Fleming Stadium. Little was named to the N.C. Baseball Coaches Association 3-A all-state team.

Fike's Little, SN's High among area all-state selections

By Paul Durham

| June 17, 2022

Tristan Little worked hard to become Fike High's No. 1 pitcher by his senior season this spring. Sou...

Southern Nash’s Keegan Wallace runs to third base during an NCHSAA 3-A playoff game May 10 at Fike. Wallace was one of four Firebirds to be named to the 2-A/3-A Big East Conference all-conference team along with junior Landen Baker, senior A.J. High and sophomore Blake Strickland.

Firebirds' Baker dominates Big East honors

| June 17, 2022

Landen Baker dominated the 2-A/3-A Big East Conference baseball awards like the Southern Nash High j...

SPORTS HEADLINES

SN's Baker takes the cake: Firebirds star named top 3-A player by NCBCA

Hall Named Wesleyan men’s soccer assistant coach

Southern Nash's Nunez headed to Louisburg College

Brooks Finishes 11th in 100M; Named Second Team All-American

Southern Nash’s Woodard headed to Barton

Ladybirds fall just short in season-ending loss

Hunt, Southern Nash playoff games moved to Tuesday

Lyon graduates with father while helping Bishops advance on memorable day

TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Firebirds secure three all-state finishes

Ladybirds advance with shutout of Wildcats

Firebirds’ White to run, jump at Mount Olive

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LETTERS

Is America partially Putinized? Russia provides cautionary tale

We can do more than just claim a Ukrainian in our midst

Fontenot shows leadership on education, veterans’ issues

Rankin earned respect as NC House candidate

Health concern takes focus away from campaign

Treating minorities like victims won’t help them rise

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CARTOONS

Dave DiFilippo cartoon for Wednesday, June 29

June 26, 2022

Dave DiFilippo cartoon for Wednesday, June 22

June 20, 2022

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EDITORIALS

Our Opinion: Adding NCHSAA oversight is a wise compromise

Our Opinion: It’s not too late to bring records into the sunlight

Our Opinion: Tackle tobacco with education, not regulation

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COLUMNS

WEATHERCAST

Storm chances spike as holiday weekend approaches

By Al Thomas

If the weather models can stay consistent, it looks as if the upcoming July Fourth weekend will prov...

COMMENTARY

Telling an aging relative she can’t drive anymore

By D.G. Martin

North Carolina is blessed with more than its share of great writers. And I am looking over some of m...

Will Joe Biden really go stag?

By John Hood

Soaring prices. Social unrest. A resurgent Russia. A military withdrawal followed by the collapse of...

The right’s lonely war against Medicaid expansion is doomed

By Alexander H. Jones

A dream so long enjoyed cannot cease without hardship. But the psychological pain of diminishing hop...

America needs a national day of mourning

By Kimball Shinkoskey