Wednesday, January 22, 2025
NASHVILLE — Nash County Public Schools issued an inclement weather update on Wednesday after snow blanketed the area overnight. Thursday will be observed as a district-wide remote learning day, according to an NCPS Facebook post, with assignments accessible to students via Canvas, Google Classroom or additional means provided by instructors...
ROCKY MOUNT — The UNC Health Nash Board of Commissioners welcomed two new members at its January meeting. Allen Corbett III and Stephen Barnes were sworn in, while board member and Secretary Damian Tucker concluded his nine-year term. Current board member Kristen Brabble assumed the open role of secretary after...
SPRING HOPE — The Spring Hope Area Chamber of Commerce voted in unanimous fashion last week to end its sponsorship of the town’s National Pumpkin Festival, citing a host of challenges as the basis for its decision. “As an all-volunteer organization, the chamber has relied on the generosity of...
A Nashville man will serve four years in federal prison after fraudulently securing household emergency rental assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. District Judge James C. Dever handed down 50-year-old Joe Lewis Jefferson’s sentence in a Raleigh hearing last week. On Aug. 12, Jefferson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit...
NASHVILLE — Nash County Public Schools was notified Jan. 8 that an unauthorized party accessed district data related to PowerSchool, a provider of cloud-based education software. The breach, which ran for 10 days starting Dec. 19, occurred when the company’s student information system was compromised via PowerSource, one of its...
LITTLETON — Prior to this varsity girls basketball season, Wilson Prep had only ever played one NCHSAA school outside its 1-A classification, losing twice each of the last two seasons...
KENLY — Host North Johnston remained the only overall undefeated varsity girls basketball team in the 2-A Neuse 6 Conference with a methodical 44-20 conquest of neighboring Beddingfield in the...
KENLY — The possessor of a 38-29 lead going into the fourth quarter of Friday’s 2-A Neuse 6 Conference varsity boys basketball game at North Johnston High, Beddingfield was limited...
Bloodsucking leeches, coffin-shaped tablets and a mechanical “lung” are among the more than 5,000 items on display at the Country Doctor Museum in Nash County. The museum’s collection, spread across...
A historic, flood-prone North Carolina community will become more resilient as a result of FEMA approving an $11.2 million grant. Princeville, located below the Tar River, has experienced repetitive flooding...
WILSON — A Thursday groundbreaking ceremony for a baseball stadium that will serve as the Carolina Mudcats’ future home was about more than throwing dirt — it was about celebrating...
As a proud native of the Charlotte area who has happily lived most of my life in the Raleigh area, I am overjoyed to report that North Carolina’s recent growth...
The 19-inch black and white TV was rolled into our classroom each day to watch ninth grade physical science on WUNC-TV in Chapel Hill. We were introduced to basic concepts...
Anger is one of the stages of grief. Loss of life, property or personal effects prompts anger as a response. Most recently, anger leveled at government entities is being amplified...
