Nashville News

SHARPSBURG Sharpsburg commissioners will be entering a closed session during their regular meeting Tuesday night to discuss land development.

Incumbent officials and political hopefuls in Wilson, Nash, Johnston and Wayne county towns have begun filing for this fall's elections.

" Gov. Bev Perdue today appointed Lt. Col. Randy Glover to the position of colonel of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

A man was arrested Friday after allegedly leaving marijuana residue in a Best Buy restroom.

Since it opened Sunday, the owner of a stand-alone ice and water vending machine feels his product is going to be "great for the economy" in Tarboro.

Musician Gino Speight left Kinston for a career in music 30 years ago. On Friday, he will perform two homecoming shows at the House of Esther on Old Snow Hill Road.

On a normal Sunday morning, the offering brought to the altar consists of baskets filled with nonperishable food -- cereal, canned beans and pasta for the local food pantry.

The death of Darrell Bass May 30 in Covington has left an array of questions for investigating officers and sad times for family members.

A financial adviser at Edward Jones in Rocky Mount has spearheaded a new endowment program that will fund annual scholarships for business students at East Carolina University.

A Nash County man again was turned down Monday in what has become an ongoing fight to run a banquet hall on his rural property.

Every audience member is a friend. Whether she knows them, that is how Amy Boykin treats people who come to hear her perform.

A performance by the Annie Sellick Quartet will mark the midpoint of the Western North Carolina Jazz Society's 2009 season series at the Diana Wortham Theatre with a performance at 7 p.m. June 7. A preshow reception will be held at 6:15 p.m., featuring food from Frankie Bones restaurant.

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - A tract of land next to the railroad tracks in Nashville has been set aside for businesses to drop off products for rail shipment all over the country.

Robert Masters has been on the proverbial hot seat lately. The town administrator of Sharpsburg is fielding numerous calls from residents upset about proposed increases in fees, including those the city is having to raise for water and sewer.

Town officials are proposing to set the local property tax rate at 50 cents per $100 valuation, a 9 cent drop from the current rate.

What ever happened to Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite cleric who once had a recurring role in news stories about the Iraq war?Curiosity about al-Sadr inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news.If you have your own news-related question that ...

Cute doesn't cut it with Mark Mills. Every eight weeks, Mills goes to Europe to find German shepherds and Belgian Malinois he can train for law-enforcement agencies at Southern Police Canine Inc.

Ret. Air Force Master Sgt. Steve Pridgen, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, salutes as 'Taps' is played Monday during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Rocky Mount Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park.

Not knowing was the worst. Vera Morris lived in pain for three years. She went to one doctor after another trying to figure out why she constantly suffered from joint pain, the flu, eye infections, anemia, stomach pains and other symptoms.

SHARPSBURG Sharpsburg commissioners will have two meetings this week to discuss the town's 2009-10 FY budget.