Spring Hope News

By ROSE CUSHING False positive readings from the Middlesex water system for excessive levels of chlorine has turned out to be the result of contaminated sand used in the treatment process and the town is taking ...

By DAVID CLARK The story goes that back in the old days, there was a particular individual who went around talking to crowds about things he knew to be true.

Quentin Davis hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 11th inning to send the Mississippi Braves past the Carolina Mudcats 8-7 in the series final at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss.

JAMES JOYNER A private graveside service was held July 19 for James Junior Joyner, 66, of Spring Hope, who died July 17.

By KEN MURCHISON The Spring Hope Farmers Market is moving back downtown. The town's board of commissioners Monday voted to approve a temporary special use permit to allow the farmers market to operate between 8 ...

Storyteller "Miss Rose" uses a flannel board to illustrate the story of "Bark George" to a group of children at the first session of the Spring Hope Public Library's Summer Reading program last Thursday.

Mudcat Chris Coghlan takes a swing during the Southern League All-Star game at Five County Stadium Monday before a crowd of 5,667. Later in the game, Coghlan hit a three-run home run which helped ensure a 6-1 ...

Nash County deputies charged a Spring Hope man with multiple offenses following a high-speed chase that occurred Wednesday afternoon.

By ROSE CUSHING What began in 1949 as Edward's Restaurant has seen different owners and names before becoming the Country Inn, and on June 2 the long-running Spring Hope restaurant was renamed Charlotte's ...

By KEN MURCHISON Spring Hope officials are expecting to hear from the state within the next few days that the Bojangles' project can get underway.

By ROSE CUSHING The Rural Center has denied an application for Middlesex for $500,000 to drill a new wall and install a pump station and second water tower, town commissioners were told Monday.

Why did the chicken cross the road? BARACK OBAMA: The chic ken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change! JOHN McCAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he ...

With economic woes mounting, polls say the American people's emphasis on ending the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan is, well, running out of gas.

All students enrolled in public school must now meet a new immunization requirement before entering the sixth grade.

REGINALD L. BLACKBURN A funeral service was held July 11 at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Nashville for Reginald "Reggie" Lee Blackburn, 58, of Nashville, who died July 9. Burial followed in Rocky Mount Memorial ...

The Castalia Fourth of July celebration last Friday drew a large crowd for the day of activities which included an Independence Day parade featuring Uncle Sam and local beauties like Miss Castalia , and ...

The Pinetops Library will hold a Needle Workers program July 17 at 7 p.m. All people who crochet, knit, quilt or embroider are invited to attend and show off their work, exchange ideas and share project ideas.

A Bailey man was killed and a Sims man was injured in a single car accident June 28.

By KEN MURCHISON After much discussion Monday, the Nash County Board of Commissioners approved a request to rezone a little over one acre on Baines Loop Road off West N.C. 97 from A-1 to rural commercial to ...

Cathy Gould of Spring Hope uses a hose to give her horse, Gee Whiz, a cool drink after a ride into town last week.